Orin Judd

    Orin Judd, Miller Township, was born in Dearborn County in 1831. His father, Orin Judd, was a native of New York, born in 1796, came to this locality at twenty-one years of age, purchased land and married Nancy A. Gibson, by whom eight children were born: Erastus, Charlotte, Mary A., Job, Louise, Orin, Nancy E. and Harriet, the two eldest now deceased, the others living in various parts of the West. The father died in December, 1848; the mother in September, 1843.

    Our subject grew up on the farm and has ever since engaged in agricultural pursuits. After his father's death he took charge of the estate, of which he subsequently inherited fifty acres. In 1852 he sold his interest in the homestead and purchased his present farm of ninety-four acres, where he has since resided. He was married April 11, 1851, to Mary J. Cook, of  this county, daughter of George and Priscilla (Ewbank) Cook natives of England, and among the first settlers of this locality. Her father is still living in his eighty-fifth year. Her mother died August 31, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Judd have five children: George, Morris, Anna, Josie and Emma. The family is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Judd has occasionally officiated as local minister for the past twenty-five years.

    Besides his property in this county, Mr. Judd owns a farm of eighty acres in Livingston County, Illinois, on which Morris, the youngest son, resides. He married Sarah B. Hawk, of this county, in February, 1883. George A. married Jennie Shaw of this county in February, 1879, and now resides in McLean County, Illinois. Anna was married in February, 1880, to Whitfield Nowlin, and resides in this township. Josie was married October, 1884, to Leonard Blasdel, and also lives in this township.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.