Christiana Rudy

Christiana was born on July 10th, 1838 in ,,Pennsylvania.¹   Christiana's father was William A. Rudy and her mother was Sarah Engelheart. She had five brothers and four sisters, named George, William, David, John, Jonas, Margaret, Catharine, Mary and Nettie.  She was the fourth oldest of the ten children.  She died at the age of 77 on June 4th, 1916 in Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.  She was buried on June 5th, 1916 in Neal Cemetary, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.^1 1