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<div>Dear Judy, Steve and Ronda</div>
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<div>You have recently posted messages on the or-roots list with dates
of Ruddell family members. I'm particularly interested in the
source of the birth date given for Keziah C Smith<font face="Courier"
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January 13, 1811 Illinois)", wife of Stephen Duley Ruddell,
making her five years older than her husband. I understand from
others who have published this date that they have taken it from the
1992 Ruddell-Himes reunion brochure, but I haven't been able to
ascertain the source that the brochure drew on.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Her son William Hendry Ruddell, in the 1900
census, gives her place of birth as TN, which seems more likely, given
that the Smith families living adjacent to the Ruddells in the 1840
census hailed from NC/TN.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">I'd be grateful for any further light that
you can shed on this.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">John</font></div>
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