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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Dad organized the 1992 Ruddell-Himes
reunion. He is very familiar with these lines. I will forward your
message to him.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronda Howard</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=john.ballard@anu.edu.au href="mailto:john.ballard@anu.edu.au">John
Ballard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=JudyRobertson39@aol.com
href="mailto:JudyRobertson39@aol.com">JudyRobertson39@aol.com</A> ; <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Ruddell
genealogy</DIV>
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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 color=#000000 size=+1>
"</FONT><FONT color=#000000>(b. 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>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I'd be grateful for any further light that you can
shed on this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>John</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>