1849-1900 

Adoniram Judson Rue

Attorney/Public Servant     NJ/PA

Matthew and Mary Rue of Dutch Neck, NJ, had a son on November 20, 1849, and named him Adoniram Judson Rue. In 1875 he graduated from Madison University (now Colgate University) and was listed as an attorney in Trenton, NJ, 1878-1900.

The Trenton Times reported in 1883, “They will not call him deputy-sheriff Rue a week hence. He will then be known as Assemblyman Judson A. Rue.”[1] And he did serve in the New Jersey State House of Assembly 1884-85 from Mercer County, NJ. He married Anna A. Serviss on January 9,1889, and to that marriage was born one son, Matthew Lawrence Rue. 

During the Spanish-American War a Harold Swann was called up to serve as a second lieutenant. “Mr. Swan is a step-son of A. Judson Rue and is still quite a young man. He has a wide circle of acquaintances, however, and his selection is being generally commended.”[2]

Adoniram Judson Rue died on January 24, 1900, in Philadelphia.

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[1] The Trenton Times, October 31, 1883, p. 2.

[2] Harry M. Dey, “Will go to Manila,” Jersey Journal, August 25, 1899, p. 1.

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