"An Illustrated History of Whitman County, state of Washington." San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1901. p. 437. ADAM FUDGE of Endicott, Washington, died of heart trouble at the home of his slaughter, Mrs. Samuel B. Sweeney, No. 444 Crescent street, Walla Walla, at 11 :45 o'clock May 20, 1901, aged fifty-five years, ten months and twenty-four days. The funeral occurred at Waitsburg under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. lodge, Rev. G. A. Blair, of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church of Walla Walla, officiating. Adam Fudge was a true type of one of the early settlers of the great west; a type that is rapidly disappearing as time, grim and relentless, stalks across the land. He Ivas a typical westerner, born in Rockford, Ogle county, Illinois, June 27, 1845. He came from the "states" in 1847 and grew up with the country as the country grew up with him. His home on this coast was at Independence, Polk county, Oregon. There it was he spent his boyhood, training himself for the great battle of life that must come when the guiding hands of his parents should be taken away. He came to Walla Walla county in 1862 and settled at Waitsburg. Here it was that he wooed and won his bride, Miss Mary M. Perkins, who had through all these long years been his constant companion and helpmate; the sharer of his joys; his comforter in time of sorrow. After residing in Waitsburg for eighteen years the deceased removed to Walla Walla, where he made his home for about four years. His next home was near Endicott, Whitman county, Washington, where he engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising prior to his last illness. His last sickness dated back a number of years and was brought on by inflammatory rheumatism, which affected his heart. He came to Walla Walla about six weeks previous to his demise, and gradually grew worse until the end came. He was a kind and indulgent father, a loving and devoted husband, and a friend to the poor and needy. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and Workman, and leaves friends without number throughout the northwest. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fudge, the eldest, a girl, died when a child. The other two, Mrs. Samuel B. Sweeney, of Walla Walla, and W. C. Fudge, of Colfax, and two brothers and two sisters, William Fudge, of Whitman county, James Fudge, of Huntsville, Mrs. S. A. Jones and Mrs. A. J. Hedges, of Independence, Oregon, survive him. * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith. Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.