Born: January, 1804.
Died: Atlanta, Illinois, September, 1903.
Became a Christian in Greene County, O., before he was fifteen years of age and just before a church of Christ was organized in his home. This was early in August, 1828. He applied for and received a letter, of which the following is a copy:
The Baptized Church of Jesus Christ, meeting at Brother Jacob Darst's, Greene County, Ohio, believing the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God and the only and all sufficient rule of faith and practice to any Christian Church, and whereas our Brother Jacob Judy, having requested a letter of dismission in order to join a church where God in his divine providence may cast his lot. This is to certify that he is a member in good standing and in full fellowship with us and his brethren in the Lord, and when received by you he is dismissed from us. And may the God of all grace preserve you and him to his Heavenly Kingdom is the prayer of your brethren in the Gospel bonds.
Done by order of the church when met on Saturday before the third Lord's day in August, 1828.
JACOB DARST, Clerk.
Signed in behalf of the Church.
Mr. Judy's recollection was that this was a Baptist church. He came to Illinois in 1824. He helped to build the first house in Mackinaw, and then assisted Mordecai Mobley, who lived and kept a store in this building. Later, Mr. Judy built him a home in Hittle's Grove, and was one of the active Christian men of the neighborhood. Later his home was in Atlanta, where he died in September, 1903. Had he lived till the following January, he would have been one hundred years old. He always wished to say a word or two at every meeting. The substance of his talks was: "Let us love one another. How great is the goodness of God." These words will always go with his memory.