Born in Hiram , Ohio , the daughter of Zeb Rudolph , a farmer and co-founder of the Eclectic Institute at Hiram , and Arabella Mason-Rudolph , Lucretia `` Crete '' Rudolph was a devout member of the Churches of Christ .
Her father was Zeb Rudolph , a farmer and co-founder of the Eclectic Institute at Hiram , and her mother was Arabella Mason-Rudolph .