Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Grudy, William H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


WILLIAM H. GRUDY manufacturer, P.O. Bristol, was born in 
Philadelphia in December, 1836.  He is a son of Edmund and 
Rebecca (Hume) Grudy, the former born in England, and the 
latter in Hulmeville, this county.  The father was a 
merchant in Philadelphia, and had four children.  William 
H., the second child, attended select school, was a clerk in 
early life, and afterward in mercantile trade for himself in 
Philadelphia.  In 1877 he began the manufacture of worsted 
yarn at Bristol, where he has been uniformly successful.  He 
has done much to add to the prosperity of the borough.  In 
politics he is a republican, and is burgess of Bristol 
borough.  He is a member of the Masonic order.  He was 
married in1861 to Mary R. Ridgeway.  Their children are:  
Joseph R., clerk in his father's office, and Meta R., at 
home.