Nettie Mudd
Mary Eleanor "Nettie" Mudd
Nettie Mudd, author of The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, was the ninth and youngest child of Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd.
Dr. Mudd died on Nettie's fifth birthday, January 10, 1883. Like many educated young women of her day, Nettie became a school teacher, teaching at the Gallant Green elementary school just a short distance from where she lived with her family on the Mudd farm.
Nettie published The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in 1906 when she was 28 years old. Her mother, who passed away in 1911, was undoubtedly a valuable resource for information on Dr. Mudd’s life, including access to all of Dr. And Mrs. Mudd’s correspondence over the years.
The Preface to Nettie’s book was written by Daniel Eldridge Monroe, a 61 year-old Baltimore lawyer whose wife had died in 1869, leaving him to raise their five daughters and two sons. Nettie married Eldridge on December 8, 1906 and moved to Baltimore where Eldridge had his law practice. A year later, September 27, 1907, Nettie gave birth to twins, William Eldridge Monroe and Sarah Frances Monroe. Unfortunately, the twins died soon after birth. Nettie and Eldridge had two more children, James Victor Monroe, born November 7, 1908, and Frances Dyer Monroe, born October 12, 1910.
When Eldridge Monroe died in 1914, Nettie remained in Baltimore, raised her two children there, and earned her living as a bookkeeper. She and her children often visited her extended family back at the Mudd farm. Family lore has it that the farm children very much looked forward to their Aunt Nettie’s visits since she was so skilled at making chocolate candy.
Nettie Mudd died at 65 years of age on December 31, 1943.
Nettie Mudd talks about her father between Acts 2 and 3 of the May 2, 1938 Lux Radio Theater's recording of The Prisoner of Shark Island, included on our Prison Life web page.
Dr. Mudd died on Nettie's fifth birthday, January 10, 1883. Like many educated young women of her day, Nettie became a school teacher, teaching at the Gallant Green elementary school just a short distance from where she lived with her family on the Mudd farm.
Nettie published The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in 1906 when she was 28 years old. Her mother, who passed away in 1911, was undoubtedly a valuable resource for information on Dr. Mudd’s life, including access to all of Dr. And Mrs. Mudd’s correspondence over the years.
The Preface to Nettie’s book was written by Daniel Eldridge Monroe, a 61 year-old Baltimore lawyer whose wife had died in 1869, leaving him to raise their five daughters and two sons. Nettie married Eldridge on December 8, 1906 and moved to Baltimore where Eldridge had his law practice. A year later, September 27, 1907, Nettie gave birth to twins, William Eldridge Monroe and Sarah Frances Monroe. Unfortunately, the twins died soon after birth. Nettie and Eldridge had two more children, James Victor Monroe, born November 7, 1908, and Frances Dyer Monroe, born October 12, 1910.
When Eldridge Monroe died in 1914, Nettie remained in Baltimore, raised her two children there, and earned her living as a bookkeeper. She and her children often visited her extended family back at the Mudd farm. Family lore has it that the farm children very much looked forward to their Aunt Nettie’s visits since she was so skilled at making chocolate candy.
Nettie Mudd died at 65 years of age on December 31, 1943.
Nettie Mudd talks about her father between Acts 2 and 3 of the May 2, 1938 Lux Radio Theater's recording of The Prisoner of Shark Island, included on our Prison Life web page.
