Pop's parents were married in Kentucky...........i mailed......USPS........a copy of their marriage certificate..........Pop's parents....James Henry Ruddell and Bessie May Waters........

It was in Kentucky..........that the Shawnee kidnapped Stephen and Abraham.......who were 12 and 6 at the time...

Capt Isaac Ruddell (1732-1812) - Find A Grave Memorial

https://www.findagrave.com › ... › Old Stonermouth Presbyterian Cemetery

Founder of Ruddell's (Ruddle's) Station in Bourbon co KY. ... he as captured by Shawnee under a British Commander in a joint British-Shawnee attack, his sons ...