Biographical Sketch of Col. J. W. Judy


Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Pages 549 - 550. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Clark County, Kentucky, 1822.
Died:

During the years of his active life, Mr. Judy was one of the most favorably and widely known men in the State. He was colonel of the 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In the siege of Vicksburg he was on the firing-line for forty-five days. He came to Illinois in 1851, and was a farmer m Menard County. After the war, he served as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and during a period was its president. He was an expert on thoroughbred cattle, and traveled from ocean to ocean as an auctioneer of such live stock. He is a fine type of Christian gentleman. His wife, Mrs. Kate A. S. Judy, was a daughter of J. W. Simpson, of Clary's Grove Church, and was highly esteemed by many for her Christian activity and usefulness. The home was at Tallula, where Mr. Judy waits in the twilight of life for the eternal morning.


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