Editing Theodore Judah (section)

==Early life and education==
Theodore Judah was born in 1826 (perhaps 1825<ref name="birthdate">{{cite web |last1=Huffman |first1=Wendell |title=Theodore Judah's Birthdate |url=http://cprr.org/Museum/Judah_Birthdate.html |website=cprr.org |publisher=Letters to the Editors, Railroad History, 175 |access-date=21 October 2019 |date=1996}}</ref>) in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], the son of Mary (Reece) and The Rev. Henry Raymond Judah, an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] clergyman.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YehIsw-eF8C&q=%22Henry+Raymond+Judah,+of+Westport,+Conn.,+and+Mary+Reece,+of+Maryland,+May+10,+1849.%22&pg=PA561|title=Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families|isbn=9780806305370|last1=Talcott|first1=Sebastian Visscher|year=1973|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com }}</ref> After his family moved to [[Troy, New York]], Judah attended the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], then called the [[History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|Rensselaer Institute]] in 1837 for a term<ref name="rpi-alumni">{{cite web |title=Theodore Dehone Judah |url=https://www.rpi.edu/about/alumni/inductees/judah.html |website=rpi.edu |publisher=Alumni Hall of Fame |access-date=21 October 2019 |date=September 2001 |quote=Student in 1837}}</ref> and developed at a young age a passion for engineering and railroads.<ref name="ring">{{cite web |title=Theodore Judah's Golden Ring |url=http://www.uprrmuseum.org/curator/ring.shtml |website=uprrmuseum.org |access-date=21 October 2019 |quote=Even though he had to leave his formal schooling behind at the age of 13, he had developed a passion for [[civil engineering]] and railroads. |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022233143/http://www.uprrmuseum.org/curator/ring.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At age 23,  Judah married Anna Pierce (1828-1895) on May 10, 1849. Theirs was the first wedding in the then-new St James Episcopal Church of [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anon. |title=Anna Feron Pierce |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10915744/anna-feron-judah |website=Find-A-Grave |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>