He lived for a time in Buffalo, and from that city he set out for Illinois in the spring of 1836, attracted to the West by what he had heard of its resources.
Soon after completing this project he moved on to Dodge County, where he built a sawmill and cleared virgin land which he developed into a farm.
As earlv as 1854, he had constructed two bridges over the Rock River on this line, and was afterward connected for a time with the business management of the railroad.
In 1871 Judd had a brick business block built in downtown Milwaukee at the corner of Clybourn Avenue and West Water Street.
In 1879 he retired from active business other than the care of his estate; after 1880 impaired health caused him to reside much of the time in California.