Born in Tremont, Tazewell County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Edward Leonard
and Emma (Wolford) Leonard
Sister of
Harlan Leonard
Wife of
Carl H. Meyer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 85
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2018
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Biography
Ruth graduated from high school in Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa in 1920. She took normal courses at Ellworth College, Iowa Falls and taught four years in schools in Franklin County. She liked flowers, sewing, turkey and chicken raising,
She is buried beside her husband Carl at Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa.
Sources
Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa.
- Wolford-Short-Pritchard-Scott-Alexander-Grimm-Horn-Stolenberg-Schlichting Genealogical History.
Wolford-Short Scott-Alexander data complied by Audrey Wolford Fee
Grimm-Horn-Stoltenberg-Schlichting data compiled by Malinda Grimm Woldord, Marie Grimm Estes, Karl Niewerth and Sidney LeRoy Estes
Pritchard data compiled by Ruth Mitchell Pritchard
Descendants of William Wolford data compiled by Myrtle Wolford Eley and Mildred Wolford Teig.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~0.78%
Dennis Hoover
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A449398 [compare], Ancestry member dhoover191
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