PROF. JACOB A. RUDY was born in what is now Webster County, Ky., January 24, 1851, a son of George A. and Harriet N. (Givens) Rudy, the former a native of Henderson and the latter of Hopkins County, Ky., of German and English descent, respectively. George A. Rudy was married in Hopkins County, but soon returned to Henderson, where he engaged in farming for several years. In 1849 he moved to what is now Webster County, and bought a farm one-half mile east of Providence, upon which he resided until his death, June 6, 1870, in his fifty-fourth year. In 1861 he took a very active part in the organization of Webster County. He and wife were devoted members of the United Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, having arrived at the R. A. degree, and served his lodge as W. M. Jacob A. received a good common school education in his youth, and by close application to his studies, he acquired an excellent English and scientific education. He engaged in teaching at the age of nineteen years; for several years taught in the public schools, during the winter, and superintended the home farm during the summer season. In the fall of 1881, he was appointed principal of the Home School, of Providence, Ky., which position he still holds. He is a member of the United Baptist Church. He is yet unmarried. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 1047-1048.