Crenshaw County AlArchives Biographies.....Rutledge, A. V. 1845 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    A. V. RUTLEDGE, a prominent planter of Rutledge, was born in what is now Lee
county, Ala., in 1845. He is a son of Dudley A. and Catherine (Stubbs) Rutledge,
both of whom were born in Georgia near Augusta. They were liberally educated and
were married there. Soon after their marriage they removed to Chambers county,
Ala., and later to what is now Lee county, where Mrs. Rutledge died abont 1850.
In 1865 Mr. Rutledge removed to Crenshaw county, where he died about 1883, aged
sixty-nine years. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church from
their youth. Mr. Rutledge was a prosperous farmer, and was married four times.
He served as county commissioner at Crenshaw county two terms, and was in the
home guards a short time during the war. He was an industrious and honest man.
His father, William Rutledge, was of Irish ancestry, and lived in Georgia a
prosperous farmer many years. Both he and his wife died in that state. A. V.
Rutledge was the sixth of nine children, viz.: William, killed in the late war;
James, was in Stonewall Jackson's corps, and was killed at Spottsylvania Court
House; Henry, was captain of company H, Fifty-ninth Alabama, was killed at
Drewry's Bluff. The city of Rutledge was named in his honor; Ulysses, was in the
same company with his brother Henry, from the beginning of the war, and was
killed at Petersburg; the subject was a twin brother of Ulysses; Dudley A., was
in company H, Fifty-ninth Alabama, and is now a prosperous farmer of this
county; the daughters are, Mary Elizabeth; Emma, wife of J. D. Flowers of Butler
county; and Lula, wife of J. H. Reddock. Mr. A. V. Rutledge was raised on a
farm, and received a fair English education, principally at Pleasant Hill
academy. Early in 1861 he enlisted in the First Alabama for one year, serving at
Pensacola, being in the bombardment of Fort Pickens, in the fight at Santa Rosa
island, and other battles, receiving two slight wounds. At the expiration of his
year he enlisted in company H, Fifty-ninth Alabama as artilleryman for two
years, and served most of the time in the army of Virginia, but was at
Chickamauga, Knoxville, and other battles fought by General Longstreet's corps.
He was captured at Appomattox, three days before Lee surrendered and was
imprisoned at Newport News until August. During the time of his service he was
home on furlough once. After coming home he resumed farming, which he has
followed ever since, and he is now one of the leading and most practical farmers
in his county. He owns over 800 acres of land, in different tracts, most of
which is under a fair state of cultivation. He has acquired all his property by
his own industry and good management. He raises all of his own supplies, cotton
being with him a surplus crop. In 1874, he married Belle, daughter of W. W. and
Mary Perdue. They were both South Carolinians, but removed to Lowndes county,
Ala., where Mrs. Purdue died. Mr. Purdue is now living in Crenshaw county, and
has always been a prosperous farmer. Mrs. Rutledge was born in Lowndes county
and has six children. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, and spare no pains to secure for their children a good
education. Mr. Rutledge is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and while he is
not in the strict sense of the word a politician, yet he always performs his
duty toward the support of his party.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 792-793
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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