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JUDY, CORNELIUS Born Jan. 5, 1846 Death Date Unknown Age Unknown
"History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania" Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 324-5. Transcribed by Candace Roth.

Cornelius JUDY, of Althouse, is a grandson of Cornelius JUDY, who was a farmer and one of the early settlers of Brothers Valley Township. He was the father of four sons and three daughters. Solomon, Matthias, Youst, and Jonathan, of whom later; Rose, wife of David HOOVER; Phoebe, wife of William HOOVER; and Polly, wife of Joseph HOOVER.

Jonathan JUDY, son of Cornelius JUDY, was born in Brothers Valley Township, and from early youth was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owned his farm and in connection with it operated a sawmill, making from the trees of that region farm and house lumber. He was a Republican and a member of the German Baptist church. Mr. JUDY married Eva Christner, and their children were: Jacob, carpenter and farmer of Garrett, Pennsylvania; Jerome, merchant of Garrett, married Barbara BURKHOLDER; William, farmer of Brothers Valley Township, married Lena BROWN; John, farmer of Thayer County, Nebraska, married Eliza SWANA; Cornelius, of whom later; Polly, wife of Jonathan SCHROCK, of Black Township; Malinda, wife of Herman VOGEL, farmer of Brothers Valley Township; and Caroline,deceased. Both Mr. and Mrs. JUDY lived to the age of 75, the former dying in 1899, and the latter in 1902. She was a member of the same church as her husband.

Cornelius JUDY, son of Jonathan and Eva (Christner) JUDY, was born January 5, 1846, on the homestead, near Althouse, and received his education in the common schools. He engaged in farm work for his father and others until his marriage, after which he was a tenant farmer for three years in another part of the Township. He then returned to the homestead and for another three years cultivated the land on shares. At the end of that time he purchased the property and resided thereon until 1904, when he built his present home in Althouse, still, however, cultivating the farm. The estate consists of 146 acres and is underlaid with coal, which is leased to the Somerset Coal Company abnd worked on a royalty. Mr. JUDY is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

Mr. JUDY married, September 18, 1873, Henrietta HOFFMAN, born February, 1851, and they are the parents of the following children: 1. Alice M., born August 24, 1875, wife of William A. MERRILL, coal operator and merchant of Garrett, has five children. 2. Henry Wilson, born October 20, 1877, assists his father on the farm, he married Leacia POORBAUGH. 3. Bertha Della, born February 12, 1880, wife of John RAY, has one child, Harry, and lives on the homestead. 4. Elias, born March 27, 1884, works in the mines and lives at home. All these children were educated in the public schools of the Township.