Clay Curtis Ruff (1879 - 1966)

Born 8 Jan 1879 in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Jan 1966 at age 87 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Clay Curtis Ruff was born on January 8, 1879 East Huntingdon, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States to parents Christopher Ruff and Lydia Strohm.

Clay worked as a teacher; eventually a college professor and he met then married Anna L. Cleaver on August 31, 1907 in the District of Columbia.^[1]

According to the Selective Service System Draft Registration Card signed on September 12, 1918 Clay was described as "tall, slender (with) dark hair and brown eyes".^[2]

Clay Curtis Ruff died on January 10, 1966 in Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania and his body is interred there at East Side Cemetery.^[3]

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Obituary

from public Comments FindaGrave

Obituary of Clay Curtis Ruff (1-8-1879 ~ 1-10-1966) from the New Castle News, New Castle, PA

"Clay C. Ruff, 87, of 228 Franklin Street, Slippery Rock, PA, a retired instructor in the science department of Slippery Rock State College, died at 7 p.m. yesterday [Jan. 10, 1966] in Butler County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ruffsdale, Pa., Jan. 8, 1879, to the late Christopher P. and Lydia (Strohm) Ruff. He attended Slippery Rock State Normal School and Franklin and Muskingum colleges. His graduate work was in science at Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Southern California. Mr. Ruff came to Slippery Rock to teach at the college in 1908 and held an instructorship until he retired in 1944. He was an active leader in religious education and civil affairs in the area, a member and elder of the Center United Presbyterian Church of Slippery Rock and served as church treasurer for many years. He was also secretary of the Elder's Association of the Butler Presbytery for many years. Active in Masonic orders, Mr. Ruff was a member of Grove City Lodge 603 F and AM, a charter member of the Valley of New Castle Consistory and held the 33rd Degree of Masonry. He was a member of the Royal Arch Chapter 273 of Butler Council 61, Lorain Commandery 87 and the Slippery Rock Cable-tow Club in which he served as secretary for many years. He was a member and former president of the Slippery Rock Rotary Club and a member of numerous professional science organizations. Surviving are a son, Dr. Curtis C. of Butler and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Anna (Cleaver) Ruff in 1959. Friends will be received at the Uber Funeral Home in Slippery rock from 7-9 today and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. tomorrow. A service will be held at 2 p.m. 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home with Rev. John Peterson of Center UP Church officiating. Interment will be in North Cemetery in Butler.

Facts

• Fact: Residence (1880) East Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Residence (1910) Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Draft Registration (1917-1918) Butler County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Residence (1920) Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Residence (1930) Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House

• Fact: Residence (1940) Slippery Rock Borough, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fact: Burial (1966) Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Obit from New Castle News, PA

Sources

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• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 November 2016, 04:37), entry for Clay Curtis Ruff (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9VH7-ZYR); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV5-8F8 : 14 January 2022), Curtes Ruff in household of Christian P. Ruff, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL73-ZVS : 9 March 2021), Clay C Ruff and Anna L Cleaver, 31 Aug 1907; citing p. 237, Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,108,441.

Marriage Data Link: [5]

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHL-QZ3 : accessed 30 December 2022), Clay C Ruff in household of Albert E Maltby, Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 102, sheet 9A, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1322; FHL microfilm 1,375,335.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VS-QDP : 26 December 2021), Clay Curtis Ruff, 1917-1918.

Draft Card Image: [6]

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX9J-BPQ : 3 February 2021), Clay C Ruff, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8X-YSY : accessed 21 April 2023), Clay C Ruff, Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 6B, line 66, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2010; FHL microfilm 2,341,744.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQXT-6P5 : 17 May 2020), Clay C Ruff, Slippery Rock Borough, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-76, sheet 4B, line 56, family 90, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3450.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102973482/clay-curtis-ruff: accessed 27 July 2022), memorial page for Clay Curtis Ruff (8 Jan 1879–10 Jan 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102973482, citing North Side Cemetery, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Me (contributor 46912505).

Memorial Page Here: [7]

Acknowledgments

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