Fannie Barber McClanahan (1858-1926)
- Fannie Barber McClanahan (1858-1926)
- View of the Hudson River, 1880
- Oil on panel
- 4 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches
- Signed and dated 1880, lower left
Fannie Barber McClanahan was born in 1858 in Independence, Missouri to Sarah (Jones) and Porter H. McClanahan. Her father, a native of Kentucky, settled in Independence in 1841 where he worked in the harness business. He served as the town’s postmaster from 1854 to 1865.[1]
In 1883, Fannie married Anson Spencer Rudd who was notable as the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Cañon City, Colorado. According to Federal census records from 1900 Rudd was employed as a grocery salesman and was later involved in the newspaper business for a short time. Rudd was employed as an editor and publisher of the Boulder Times between 1904 and 1906 before retiring from the position.[2] By 1910, he was working as an organizer for Woodmen of the World, a not-for-profit life insurance society.[3] He held the position of state organizer for Woodmen of the World until 1919 when he and Fannie left Colorado to settle on the Pacific Coast.[4]
