Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863

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Engineer and railroad builder.

Theodore Dehone Judah was born Mar. 4, 1862 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, then began his career in railroads. Initially located in the East, in 1854 he moved to California as chief engineer of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, and in 1859 became involved in the construction of the California Eastern Extension Railroad in Placer County, California. Judah became convinced of the necessity of a transcontinental railroad. In 1860 he persuaded Huntington, Stanford, Crocker, and Hopkins to join him in the organization of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. Judah directed the road's construction in 1862.

Judah married Anna Ferona (Pierce) Judah on May 10, 1847. They had no children. He died in New York on Nov. 2, 1863 of typhoid fever contracted while crossing the Isthmus.

From the description of Papers of Theodore D. Judah, 1854-1877 (bulk 1860-1863). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396940
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creatorOf Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Tracing of route of Central Pacific Rail Road from chief engineer's maps of C.P.R.R. : [Northern California]. California Digital Library
creatorOf Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863. Profile of a route for a rail road from Folsom to summit of Sierra Nevada via Illinoistown, Dutch Flat, & Bear & Yuba Rivers, 1860 Oct 28 / examined by T. D. Judah. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Jones, Helen Hinckley. Manuscript Collection. San Joaquin Gen Medical Library
creatorOf Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. Theodore D. Judah papers, 1851-1862. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Catlin, Amos Parmalee, 1823-1900. Amos Parmalee Catlin Collection, 1850-1900. California state library
referencedIn Judah, Anna Ferona Pierce. Anna Ferona Pierce Judah correspondence concerning her husband, Theodore D. Judah, [1889]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Judah, Theodore Dehone, 1826-1863. T.D. Judah papers, 1840-1847. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Jones, Helen Hinkley, 1903-. Helen Hinkley Jones papers, 1964-1986. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
creatorOf Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863. Papers of Theodore D. Judah, 1854-1877 (bulk 1860-1863). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Amos Parmalee Catlin Papers, 1850-1900 California state library
referencedIn Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888. Facts obtained from the lips of Charles Crocker, regarding his identification with the Central Pacific Railroad, and other roads growing of it : dictation and related material assembled in preparing his biography for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth ..., 1865-1890. UC Berkeley Libraries
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