Biographical Directory of the Tenn. General Assembly
(C. Avis Catalog entry #919)
p. 643
Rudd, Joseph R. (c. 1814-1858)
House, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57; representing Monroe County; American or Know-Nothing Party. Born in Virginia c.1814. Exact date and place of birth, names of parents, extent of schooling undetermined. Married Rachel C. Maples, native of Alabama, and daughter of William Maples, date and place of marriage not given. Children--Sarah, Joseph, W. H., Texas E., Mc. A., Florence C., and J. C. Rudd. Subject was a tailor by trade, living at Madisonville, Monroe County. Appointed postmaster, 1848. Died in McMinn County in 1858; burial place unknown.
Sources: Madisonville Democrat, February 4, 1954; U.S. Census 1850 and 1860, Monroe County; Monroe County Chancery Case #687 (filed 1858).