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When Ruth McConkey was born on November 15, 1810, in Wayne, Ohio, her father, Thomas McConkey , was 29, and her mother, Elizabeth Hague, was 25. She had three sons and three daughters with William Robert McFarland between 1832 and 1846. She died in 1889 in Big Prairie, Ohio, having lived a long life of 79 years, and was buried there.[1]
↑1850 US Census for Ruth Mcfarland in household of Wm Mcfarland; database with images, familysearch.org : 12 April 2016; Clinton, Wayne, Ohio, United States; citing family 143, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑1860 US Census for Ruth Mc Farland in entry for William Mc Farland; database with images, FamilySearch.org : 13 December 2017; Clinton Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States; image 15 of 33; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com : n.d.; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑1870 United States Census for Ruth Mc Farland inferred spouse, Wm Mc Farland; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Accessed 17 December 2018. Clinton, Wayne, Ohio; citing ED 231, sheet 4, Page: 111B; ; NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), 1,761 rolls, FHL microfilm: 552,779.
↑1880 US Census for Ruth Mc Farland; database with images, FamilySearch.org : 15 July 2017; Clinton, Wayne, Ohio, United States; citing ED 107, sheet 407C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1037; FHL microfilm 1,255,037.
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FamilySearch "Family Tree," database, modified 25 November 2016, 02:45, entry for, Ruth Elizabeth McConkey familysearch , contributed by various users.
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