"An Illustrated History of Whitman County, state of Washington." San Francisco:
W. H. Lever, 1901.  p. 320.
 
HON. WILLIAM FUDGE

     Prominent in the affairs of county and state, and no less prominent in the
industrial development of the section in which he long since made his home, the
man whose name initiates this paragraph is certainly deserving of due
representation in a work of this character, and we should hardly escape the
charge of incompleteness were there a failure to incorporate a brief reference
to his career among the biographical reviews, which constitute this portion of
the volume. A man who has been signally preferred by the electors in the
bestowal of political favor, he has proven true to every trust, thereby securing
himself in the esteem of all to whom his service is known.
     Our subject was born in Illinois, April 27, 1838. In 1847 his parents, Adam
and Catherine Fudge, crossed the plains to Polk county, Oregon. His father went
to the mines of California, and died on the steamer which was conveying him back
to Oregon. In 1850 the family engaged in farming, Mr. Fudge remaining with them
until nine years later, when he removed to the present Huntsville, in Walla
Walla county. He was engaged in farming and stock-raising there until 1884, when
he changed his residence to his present place of abode, three miles north of
Hay. He, however, still continued in the farming and stock-raising industry, and
is now the owner of a princely domain of fifteen hundred acres. At present he
keeps about two hundred head of cattle.
     While a resident of Walla Walla county Mr. Fudge was once elected to the
territorial legislature. He, with Mr. H. P. Isaacs, secured the location of the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla, and to him belongs the distinction of having
drafted the first railway freight bill ever presented to the Washington
territory legislature. Since coming to this county he has continued to take an
active interest in political matters, and it is safe to assert that he is one of
the leading and representative citizens of the Palouse country.  In fraternal
affiliations our subject is identified with the F. & A. M., of Waitsburg. He was
married in Walla Walla county, on September 10, 1862, the lady being Miss
Elizabeth Billups, a native of Iowa, whose parents crossed the plains in 1859.
     
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