The Afro-American (Baltimore, Md.), 25 September 1948.

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I have not found parties by these names in Wilson County records. However, in the 1950 census of Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey: George Wilson, 38, laborer at copper wire factory; wife Ethel, 30; daughter Patricia, newborn; and brother-in-law Paul Rudisill, 28. All but the baby were born in North Carolina.

Subbing Rudisill for “Rudson,” I hit pay dirt.

In 1918, Edgar Rudisill registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 20 March 1899; lived in Sims, Wilson County; worked as a tenant farmer for S.T. Pace; and his nearest relative was Inez Rudisill.

In the 1920 census of Oldfields township, Wilson County: on Neverson Stone Quarry Road, stone quarry hand Edgar Rudisill, 20, and wife Ina, 16.

Lottie Grey Rudisill was born in Wilson County in 1921 to Edgar Rudisill and Ivey Williams.

In the 1940 census of Oldfields township, Wilson County: farmer Edgar Rudisill, 40; wife Lizzie, 45; lodger Christen White, 7; and mother Mary White, 65, widow.