Harvey Seeley Mudd (1888 - 1955)

Born 30 Aug 1888 in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1955 at age 66 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Mark Burch [send private message]

Harvey Mudd is Notable.

Biography

Harvey's parents were Colonel Seeley W. Mudd and Della Mulock Mudd. Harvey was a mining engineer and founder of Cyprus Mines Corporation which mined copper on the island of Cyprus. He was vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology. Mudd helped found Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College at Claremont was named after him.

He was 2nd cousins, 2x removed from Dr. Samuel Mudd who was convicted of conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln.

He and broadcaster Roger Mudd were 6C1R.

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMM-56P : accessed 5 November 2018), Harvey S Mudd in household of Seeley W Mudd, Precincts 6 & 11 Denver city Ward 10, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 14A, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,119.

"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-51TK : 18 January 2018), Harvey Seeley Mudd in entry for Caryll Esterbrook Mudd, 14 Nov 1915; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.

"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGR3-Y47 : 26 November 2014), Harvey Seeley Mudd, 12 Apr 1955; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-YSJM : 16 March 2018), Harvey S Mudd, 1921; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #68790, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1699, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVJ-6BW : 13 March 2018), Harvey S Mudd, 1917-1918; citing Los Angeles City no 9, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,530,907.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5912/harvey-mudd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Seeley_Mudd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeley_W._Mudd