Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, Illinois1921 History of Hancock County
Page 1308NUDD, Clay, whose operations as a general farmer and stockraiser entitle him to consideration as one of the substantial agriculturalists of Hancock County, owns and operates 210 acres of valuable land in La Harpe and Fountain Green townships. He was born in La Harpe Township, February 17, 1874, a son of Farmer and Maria K. (Vincent) Nudd, also natives of La Harpe Township. Joseph Nudd, the paternal grandparent, was a native of Massachusetts, where he was born in 1806, and the Nudds became very early settlers of Hancock County. After their marriage, the parents of Clay Nudd settled in La Harpe Township, and the father became a very heavy landowner in La Harpe and Fountain Green townships. His children were as follows: Joseph S., who lives in Canada; Harry C., who lives in La Harpe Township; Clay; and May, who was born May 17, 1880, died in 1906.
Clay Nudd attended Gittings Seminary, at La Harpe. When he was twenty-one years old he began farming, so continuing for five years, when he served for a year as marshal of La Harpe, to which town he had moved. He also conducted a feed business and a threshing machine. When his father died in 1910, he inherited his present farm of 210 acres, where he has since resided, carrying on general farming and raising cattle and sheep.
On November 9, 1910, he was married to Alice Lionberger, born at Carthage, Ill., a daughter of Thompson and Emma (Nixon) Lionberger, the former of whom was born in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Nudd have three children, namely: Byron C., Gerald Thompson, and Harry C. Mr. Nudd is a Democrat, and during 1911 and 1912 he served La Harpe as mayor, giving the city a sound and businesslike administration, and securing some valuable improvements while he was in office. He is one of the representative men of the county, and few stand any higher in public esteem than he.
Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisSiegfried XIV
Page 61Funeral for Clay
Nudd Held at
LaHarpe YesterdayFuneral services for Clay Nudd, 80, retired farmer south of LaHarpe, were held yesterday afternoon in the Ranks funeral home in LaHarpe. Rev. A. G. Vail officiated and burial was in LaHarpe cemetery.
Nudd died Monday night in Mary Davier hospital, LaHarpe, where he had been hospitalized since May 3. He was born Feb. 17, 1874, south of LaHarpe, and was a lifelong resident of that vicinity.
Surviving are three sons, Byron Nudd of Springfield, Gerald Nudd of Peoria and Harry Nudd of Anchorage, Alaska, and seven grandchildren. His wife died Dec. 11, 1952.
