Robert Mitchell Ruggles (1833 - 1879)

Born 28 Aug 1833 in Mahoning, Ohio, United States

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Died 28 Apr 1879 at age 45 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1833. He was the son of Azor Ruggles and Catherine Mitchell. He passed away in 1879.

History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Volume II, H. Z. Williams & Bro., Cleveland, 1872, page 55.

Azor Ruggles, one of the earlier settlers of Canfield township, was born and brought up in Brookfield, Litchfield county, Connecticut, the date of his birth being May, 1769. He was a millwright and in 1810 came to Ohio on horseback for the purpose of doing some work for Judge Canfield. After remaining a year he returned to Connecticut and in 1813 brought out his family, consisting of his wife and six children. The journey was made with two wagons and teams nd consumed one month. The oldest daughter drove one of the wagons. Mr. Ruggles first located on the farm where John Sazenbacher now lives, remained one year and a half and settled permanently south of Canfield, where he died December 10, 1843. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Peck whom he married in Connecticut and by whom he had six children, viz: Alice, Harriet, Julia, Charles, Galetsy and Hepsey. Of these three are living, Charles, Galetsy (now Mrs. Howard Hunt) and Hepsey, who is unmarried and occupies the old homestead. His first wife died in 1828 and in 1832 he married Miss C. M. A. Mitchell, by whom he had two children, Robert M. and Mary Helen, now Mrs. James Mackey, of Youngstown. His second wife survived him and she afterward became the wife of Dr. Manning, of Youngstown. Hepsey Ruggles, now seventy-one years of age, has in her possession a couple of pillow cases made by her mother before her marriage in 1790, and a picture frame made from the rim of the wheel on which the material used in the making of the pillow-cases was spun; also a rocking-chair in which her mother rode all the way from Connecticut when the family moved to Ohio.

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #51939431 — Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 March 2021), memorial page for Judge Robert Mitchell Ruggles (28 Aug 1833–24 Apr 1879), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51939431, citing Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by NJBrewer (contributor 47097113) .