Ona Rudd

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Ona married William Wilson Sudbury on 7 May 1807 in Prince Edward County. William (son of David Sudbury) was born about 1780 in Amelia County, Virginia; died between 1851 and 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4271

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN L. SUDBURY was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1812. His
family migrated from Virginia to Rutherford County, Tennessee sometime after
1820. On September 25, 1838, John married SARAH WOOD in Rutherford
County. Sarah had been born in Tennessee in 1820.

John is one of only four Sudburys listed in the 1840 Tennessee census index, where
he is shown living in Robertson County (apparently a mistake for Rutherford County)
on a parcel of land next to his father. John's age in the 1840 census is listed as
between 20 and 30, while his wife, Sarah, falls into the 15-20 category. Their first
daughter, also named Sarah, is listed as under 5 years old.

In the 1850 Tennessee census index, John is listed with a middle initial "M", which
appears to be a mistake, since the 1840 and 1870 censuses give his middle initial as
"L". There is ample reason to believe that the John L. of the 1840 census and the
John M. of the 1850 census are the same individual. The John of the 1850 census is
also shown to be living on a parcel of land in Rutherford County adjacent to William
W. Sudbury, and the ages of his wife and first child match (with enough accuracy)
the categories of the 1840 census. The 1850 census lists John at age 38, his wife
Sarah at age 31, and the following children: Sarah F. (age 10), John H. (age 9),
Elizabeth R. (age 7), Mary T. (age 5), Martha A. (age 4), and Charles R. (age 3
months). A birthplace of Tennessee is listed for John's wife, Sarah.

Although there is no entry for John in the 1860 census index, an entry for him (age
58) appears in the 1870 census index in Bedford County, which is situated directly
south of Rutherford County. About John's later years, Robert Martin McBride
writes:

John L. Sudberry and his family lived until after 1870 in the 9th and 5th districts
of Bedford County. Their home was about one mile north of the village of
Longview. On that property (now owned by a Mrs. Boyce) is an old graveyard,
identified on maps as being the "Sudberry Cemetery". It contains a number of
old graves, either unmarked or with illegible inscriptions, and a number of
marked graves. This spot is probably the resting place of William and Ona
Sudberry, his parents.

John and his wife Sarah had a total of ten children. Robert McBride observes that
most of these children eventually migrated to Texas.

Robert McBride. Robert spells the last name of this branch of the family as
"Sudberry", and since that is the spelling these family members themselves appear to
use, I will follow that spelling beginning with members of the Fifth Generation.
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John married Sarah Wood on 25 Sep 1838 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Sarah was born about 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4279

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

PATRICK HENRY SUDBURY was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in
1817. According to Robert McBride, Patrick moved with his parents to Rutherford
County, Tennessee, about 1837. He is the right age to have been the one unidentified
son listed as living with his father, William W. Sudbury, in the 1840 Tennessee
census index. On May 17, 1843, in Rutherford County, Patrick married SARAH
SMOTHERMAN. Sarah had been born in Rutherford County in 1822. She was the
daughter of JOHN G. SMOTHERMAN and NANCY WILLIAMS. Robert
McBride says that the marriage of Patrick and Sarah was part of a double ceremony
in which Patrick's sister, Mariah (entry 1445), married Sarah's brother, Bartholomew
Smotherman.

In the 1850 Tennessee census, Patrick is listed at age 33, along with Sarah, age 23,
and their son William, age 2. At that time they were living on a parcel of land in
Rutherford County very close to Patrick's parents. Although there is no 1860 census
listing for Patrick, there is a listing in the 1870 Tennessee census index for a "Patrick
Sudbury", age 56, living in Rutherford County. Despite the three-year age discrepancy between the Patrick listed in the 1850 census and the Patrick listed in the
1870 census, there is good reason to believe that they are the same person. First of
all, they are both listed as living in Rutherford County. Secondly, there is an entry in
the 1870 census index for a "William Sudbury", age 22, living on a parcel of land
next to Patrick. This William is the exact age that Patrick's son William would have
been according to the 1850 census entry.

Robert McBride recounts the following interesting facts about Patrick's life:

Patrick Henry Sudberry and his family lived in the 14th district of Rutherford
County. His home, since burned and replaced by another structure, lay about a
mile south of the village of Link, and directly across the road from Lebanon
Methodist Church. It is noted that Patrick Henry Sudberry donated the land on
which "Old Leb" Church stands. In the absence of Episcopal churches in rural
Tennessee, the Sudberry family invariably, it seems, became Methodists.

Patrick Henry Sudberry and his brother-in-law, Bartholomew Smotherman, as
well as being farmers, were partners as blacksmiths -- the 19th century equivalent
of the "super service-station". They prospered and were men of some local
prominence and affluence.

Patrick H. Sudberry lived in the Link community for the rest of his life. He died
about 1897 (his estate was settled in 1898). His wife died a year later. He and
his wife are buried in a family graveyard about two miles northeast of his home.

This cemetery is on the Williams farm, which once belonged to William
Williams, a first cousin of Mrs. Sudberry's. The graveyard has been unattended
for many years and, although there are perhaps a hundred graves there, none have
legible inscriptions on the markers.
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Family/Spouse: Sarah Smotherman. Sarah was born in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: William T Sudbury. William (son of Ezekiel Sudbury and Catherine Fagg) was born in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SUSAN ELIZABETH SUDBURY was born in 1814, in Prince Edward County,
Virginia. According to Robert McBride, she was married in Rutherford County,
Tennessee, on May 17, 1843, to THOMAS SMOTHER1VIAN, oldest son of ELIJAH
SMOTHER1VIAN. Robert writes that they later moved to Missouri, and there is no
further record of them in Middle Tennessee.
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Susan married Thomas Smotherman on 17 May 1843 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4273

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SARAH F. SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1840.
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• Reference Number: 4274

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN H. SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1841. His
marriage to CHARITY T. SMOTHERMAN (on January 21, 1859) was one of an
almost startling number of weddings between the Sudbury and Smotherman clans in
Rutherford County. Charity, the daughter of Rev. ISOM GREEN SMOTHER-
MAN, was born in 1843.

John, who would have been 20 years old in 1861, appears to have fought in the
Civil War. There are two listings in Tennesseans in the Civil War under the name
John H. Sudberry, one reading "Pvt. I Co. 1st (Feild's) Inf." and the other reading
"Pvt. Morton's L-Arty. Co." The records underlying these entries should be
obtained and reviewed.
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John married Charity Smotherman on 21 Jan 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4275

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ELIZABETH R. SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1843.
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• Reference Number: 4276

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MARY TENNESSEE SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in
1845.
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• Reference Number: 4277

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

MARTHA ANN SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1846.
According to Robert McBride, she married PEYTON H. WHEELHOUSE, born
in Virginia in 1833, the son of DENNIS WHEELHOUSE.
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Family/Spouse: Peyton H Wheelhouse. Peyton (son of Dennis Wheelhouse) was born in 1833 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4278

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

CHARLES R. SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1850.
He married a woman with the last name of WALLACE.
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Family/Spouse: unk Wallace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

LUCINDA SUDBERRY was born in 1853, probably in Rutherford County,
Tennessee.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

GEORGE L. SUDBERRY was born in 1855, probably in Rutherford County,
Tennessee. He married a woman with the first name of SUSAN, who was born in
1859. In 1880, according to Robert McBride, they were living in the Fifth District
of Bedford County, Tennessee.
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Family/Spouse: Susan unk. Susan was born in 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

P.F. SUDBERRY, a female, was born in 1857, probably in Rutherford County,
Tennessee.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ALICE SUDBERRY was born in 1859, in either Rutherford County or Bedford
County, Tennessee. According to Robert McBride, she died unmarried.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM R. SUDBERRY was born in 1864, in either Rutherford County or
Bedford County, Tennessee.
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• Reference Number: 4281

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER SUDBERRY was born May 9, 1848, in Rutherford
County, Tennessee. According to Robert McBride, he married his cousin, MARY
ANN SMOTHERMAN, on May 19, 1866. Mary Ann, born in Rutherford County
in 1845, was the daughter of FRANCIS SMOTHERMAN and ELIZABETH
WEST, and the granddaughter of William's grandparents, LEWIS SMOTHERMAN and MARY WILLIAMS. There is an entry for William in the 1870
Tennessee census, showing him, at age 22, still living in Rutherford County. This
entry needs to be looked up. Robert McBride tells us that William died on
September 15, 1888. Mary Ann died in 1895, according to Diana Sudberry Quinn.
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William married Mary Ann Smotherman on 19 May 1866. Mary (daughter of Francis Smotherman and Elizabeth West) died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4282

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

ONA ELIZABETH SUDBERRY ("Oney") was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1854 or 1855. On August 17, 1875, in Rutherford County, she married
FOUNTAIN P. SMOTHERMAN (born 1855), son of ALFRED SMOTHERMAN
and his wife ELIZABETH. Alfred died in 1879, while Oney passed away in
September 1924.
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Ona married Fountain P Smotherman on 17 Aug 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

RICHARD PITTS SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on July
9, 1852. On August 14, 1875, he married SALLY JANE WILLIAMS (1856-
1925), daughter of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and LAVESTA HOLDEN.
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Family/Spouse: Sally Jane Williams. Sally (daughter of William Williams and Lavesta Holden) was born in 1856; died in 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SUSANNA SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1856 or
1857. On July 13, 1876, she married JOHN P. SMOTHERMAN, son of
WILLIAM M. SMOTHERMAN and his wife, NANCY J.
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Susanna married John P Smotherman on 13 Jul 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

AMY LUCINDA SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on
September 11, 1863. On September 18, 1881, she married JOHN MILTON
McBRIDE. Further biographical information on Amy and her descendants can be
found in Robert McBride's compilation The McBride Family of Rutherford County,
Tennessee, beginning on page 31. However, the author of this history has not yet
had access to those pages of the McBride compilation which deal with the McBride
family.
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Amy married John Milton McBride on 18 Sep 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

VIRGINIA SUDBERRY ("Jenny") was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in
1867. She died unmarried sometime after 1880.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JOHN M. SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1871. He
died young, at age 10, in 1881.
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• Reference Number: 4051

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• Reference Number: 4052

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• Reference Number: 4053

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• Reference Number: 4054

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

JAMES HENRY SUDBERRY was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on May
18, 1861. On November 15, 1883, according to Robert McBride, James married
MARY ELIZABETH BOYCE (born 1866). Robert McBride gives Mary's date of
death as 1914, and James's date of death as July 13, 1934.
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James married Mary Elizabeth Boyce on 15 Nov 1883. Mary was born in 1866; died in 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Lewis Smotherman on 27 Dec 1894. William (son of Hugh Presley Smotherman and Evaline Tucker) was born in 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]