Mudge Family Collection (62 total)

This collection contains photographs and documents related to the history of the Mudge family, loaned to Madison Historical to be scanned by local attorney Steve Mudge.

Thumbnail	Title	Description	Date	Date Added
	Letter to Dick H. Mudge, Jr concerning the preservation of a barn on his property, 1973	This is a letter from January 24, 1973 to Dick H. Mudge, Jr concerning the preservation of a barn on his property built in 1873. It was sent from Donald F. Lewis of the Illinois State Historical Society in Springfeild.	1973	March 15, 2019
	Letter to Stephen Medge about the location of a grave on the Mudge property, 2008	This is a letter to Stephen Medge about the location of a grave on the Mudge property from July 9, 2008. In this letter, Janie A. Coberly asks Stephen Mudge if he has any knowledge about a grave that belonged to her ancestor Robert S. Coulter. Coutler owned the Mudge property until 1821 when it was sold to the Mudge family.	January 9, 2008	March 15, 2019
	Program for the 1963 Annual Fall Meeting of the Madison County Historical Society, Inc	This is a program for the Annual Fall Meeting of the Madison County Historical Society, Inc, held on Sunday, October 20, 1963. The location of this event was the Mudge Homestead “One mile east of Grantfork.”	1963	March 15, 2019
	1886 Certificate of Membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States	This is a certificate of membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States from 1886 for Elliot W. Mudge.	1886	March 15, 2019
	Menu for the “Banquet of the Madison County Board of Supervisors,” 1895	This is the menu for the “Banquet of the Madison County Board of Supervisors and their guests, the convention of Supervisors County Commissioners of the Citizens of Edwardsville.” This event happened on Thursday evening, January 17, 1895, at the Tuxhorn Opera House.	January 17, 1895	March 15, 2019
	Revolutionary War Pension Application for John Mudge, 1832	This is a typed copy of a revolutionary war pension application for John Mudge from June 7, 1832.	1832	March 15, 2019
	Photograph of the Mudge family home (Oakdale) in Grantfork with members of the Mudge family	This is an undated photogrpah of the Mudge family home (Oakdale) in Grantfork. In the photo a man stands out front with a horse and carriage, two women appear on the porch, two small children play in front, and a small child sits on an open window sill on the second floor.	Unknown	March 15, 2019
	Photograph of an infant child	This is an undated photograph of an infant child. The reverse side details "my sister died at 9 mo. nine years before I was born"	Unknown	March 15, 2019
	Photograph of two women with three children	This is an undated photograph of two women with three children. The reverse side of the photo lists them as Louise Gregory, William Hearne, Winfrey Gregory, and Aunt Anna Cunningham.	Unknown	March 15, 2019
	Photograph of two girls looking through a photo album in 1879	This is a photograph of two girls looking through a photo album in the summer of 1879. The reverse side of the photo lists them as Aunt Bet and Aunt Annie. It appears to list their ages as 10 and 8 respectively.	1879	March 15, 2019