Benjamin Franklin Rudd

1852 - 1934  (81 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Rudd
  Born	4 Nov 1852	Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Aug 1934	Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Rosebank Cemetery
  Died	19 Aug 1934	Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Find A Grave # 83120140
  Person ID	I6751	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Wiley Benjamin Rudd,   b. 1826, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Bef 1910, Tennessee, USA  (Age < 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary M Floyd,   b. Dec 1828, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1865  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elnora Josephine Campbell,   b. 9 Apr 1875, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1934, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Frankie Ruth Rudd,   b. 14 Aug 1915, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1998, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   2. Mary Elizabeth Rudd,   b. 5 Jan 1903, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Nov 1976, Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F2463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hattie Campbell,   b. 12 May 1873, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 12 Aug 1899, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  (Age 26 years)
  Married	7 Dec 1894	Bedford, Tennessee, USA
  Children	1. Alta Mai Rudd,   b. 12 Apr 1898, Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United States ,   d. 22 Feb 1996, Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United States  (Age 97 years)  [natural]   2. William Marvin Rudd,   b. 22 Nov 1895, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1989, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  (Age 93 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F2464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  RUDD FAMILY HISTORY By Dlorice Rudd Stanaland In the late 1800's Benjamin Franklin Rudd (1853-1934) moved into the Flat Creek community and purchased property on what was later known as Hilltop Road. He married Hattie Campbell (1873-1899) of the Goose Creek community. They had two children, William Marvin Rudd (1895-1989) and Alta Mai Rudd (1898-1996). He had a general merchandise store and later farmed. In 1899 Hattie died of typhoid fever and he was left with two small children. Frank then married her cousin Elnora Campbell (d.1934). They had two children, Mary and Frankie Ruth. Mary and Frankie Ruth married and moved to North Carolina. In World War I Marvin joined the Marines and served in France as a Military Police. When he came home he worked for the telephone company and met and married Hester Bryant (1898-1992) of the Hilltop community. They had two daughters, Gneva Rudd (1892-1996) and Dlorice Rudd Stanaland (1922-2009). Hester and Marvin owned and operated a general merchandise/grocery store in Flat Creek from 1930's until the 1960's. Marvin had a "rolling store" truck making routes to the surrounding areas - Goose Creek, Possum Trot, etc. He carried groceries and merchandise and often traded for eggs and chickens. They bought the Rudd farm after the death of Frank and lived there until Marvin's death in 1989 and Hester's in 1992. Alta Mai married Cecil Bearden of Flat Creek and lived there all of her life. She was postmistress of the Flat Creek post office until it closed during the depression. Cecil was manager and teller of the Flat Creek Bank until its closure during the depression. They had one daughter, Gwendolyn (1924-1983). She was a secretary at Camp Forrest during World War II and later moved to Nashville where she married Ester L. Vinson. They had two children, Randall and Deborah. Gwendolyn lived there until her death. Gneva and Dlorice worked as secretaries at Camp Forrest during World War II. After the war Gneva went to MTSU and later to Oak Ridge where she was a secretary. Later she transferred to VA Hospital Nashville where she worked until her marriage to Ollie Moore (1910-1976). They lived in Nashville where they owned and operated a motel until Ollie retired. They moved to the Rudd farm which was home base for them as they traveled extensively the next few years. They continued to live in Flat Creek until their deaths. Dlorice went to Bowling Green Business College and later worked as medical secretary at Camp Forrest Hospital until it closed in 1946. Then she went to Atlanta where she was employed as medical secretary at the Atlanta Veterans Hospital until her retirement. In 1952 she married Warren Yates Stanaland (1924-1985), an Atlanta architect. After the demise of Marvin and Hester Rudd and Gneva Moore, Dlorice inherited the family home where her father was reared. She resided there until her death in 2009.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for Benjamin Franklin Rudd [S215] Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;). Record for Benjamin Franklin Rudd