Levi S. Rudy

As printed in 1910

LEVI S. RUDY.

Prominent among the worthy representatives of the pioneer element that cleared the wilderness which covered the rich soil of Wayne county and developed therefrom as fine farms as any state in the Union can boast, is the Rudy family, who were also prominent in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, before migrating westward, and of the descendants of the same, Levi S. Rudy, the well-known agriculturist and stock raiser of Sugar Creek township, is a representative and worthy of a conspicuous place in the present volume. For many years he has been a forceful factor in the growth and prosperity of the same, and as such his name and reputation have extended far beyond the limits of the locality in which the greater part of his life has been spent. He is the son of David Rudy and the grandson of Christian Rudy, who came to Ohio in 1832, a detailed history of each of whom is to be found in the sketch of David Rudy, on another page of this work. Levi S. Rudy-was born in Greene township, Wayne county, near Orrville, October 8, 1843. worked on the home farm and attended the neighboring schools during the winter months, attending school in Orrville and Sugar Creek township, and received a very good education. He remained under the parental rooftree until 1864, when he could no longer repress his patriotic pride, and enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and he did very creditable duty until his enlistment expired, four months later, having during that period acted as guard at Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Marcy. Returning to the home farm, he worked on the same until his marriage, in the spring of 1867, to Eliza E. Erwin, who was born in Sugar Creek township in April, 1846. After this event he rented his father’s farm two years and then purchased the farm and there remained for a period of forty years. He prospered from the first, the place consisting of one hundred and sixty-three acres, on which he made all the improvements, and it is safe to say that no richer soil and no better improved farm is to be found in Sugar Creek township. It has been so skillfully managed that abundant harvests are reaped from year to year and the original fertility of the soil has been retained. He has been a hard working man, and no small part of his ample competency has been gained through the successful handling of livestock, especially horses, which he buys, feeds and sells, no trouble being experienced in making sales owing to the fine quality of the animals he handles, being an excellent judge of a horse. He has on the farm a beautifully located home which is cozy and well furnished, and everything about the place shows that a gentleman of good taste and excellent judgment has its management in hand. In fact, no more progressive and up-to-date agriculturist could be found within the prescribed limits of Wayne county. Mr. Rudy built a fine new residence, located a half mile east of Dalton, into which he moved in the spring of 1909.

To Mr. and Mrs. Levi S. Rudy three sons have been born, namely: Clyde, 1874; Guy, 1875; Merle, 1885. All received a good high school and collegiate education and are well launched in business affairs.

Mr. Rudy is a member of the Presbyterian church at Dalton, this county, being one of the ruling elders of the same and active in its various lines of work, also a liberal supporter of the church, and takes an interest in Sunday school work. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic post at Dalton. Politically he is a Republican. He is held in high esteem by all who know him for his public spirit, his exemplary life and his genial disposition and generous nature.

As printed in History of Wayne County, Ohio (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.