William M. Rupe (1851 - 1936)

Born 18 Nov 1851 in Davis County, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Minerva (Ryan) Rupe — married 9 Feb 1872 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1936 at age 84 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1851. ^[1] He was the son of Israel Rupe and Sarah Coons. He passed away in 1936 of natural causes, just hours after his son Charles succombed to a ruptured appendix in another state. ^[1]

In April 1910, The Tonkawa News interviewed a variety of farmers in the area, including William:

"William Rupe was found clearing a field of big corn stalks, preparatory to raising some more of the same kind. He has also been by thinning out the catalpa trees that line the roadside in front of his farm. He has cut them into post lengths, and some of them will split into four posts. Mr. Rupe bought this place of J.C. Bond nine years ago for $6,500, and he says that now that the big ditch will keep him from being flooded with the waters of Bird Nest creek, $16,000 would not buy it. He took as a claim the farm now owned and occupied by Elias Walker, northwest of Tonkawa. Three years ago he bought a 160 acre farm near Owens for his sons.

Miss Jessie Rupe, who has been so very sick and has been in the hosptial at Wichita undergoing an operation, is getting much better and it is hoped she will entirely recover." ^[2]

Residences

William was enumerated in the following locations:

• 1856 - Wapello County, Iowa
• 1860 - Fulton County, Illinois ^[3]
• 1870 - Wapello County, Iowa ^[4]
• 1880 - Greenwood County, Kansas. ^[5]
• 1885 - Kingman County, Kansas ^[6]
• 1900 - Kay County, Oklahoma Territory ^[7]
• 1910 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[8]
• 1920 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[9]
• 1930 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[10]

Family

William married in 1872 Sopia M. Ryun, daughter of Joseph Ryun and Hannah Victoria Foster. ^[11] To this union were born at least ten children:

• 1873 - Ellen Victoria ^[12]
• 1877 - Alice A. ^[13]
• 1879 - Ida May
• 1881 - Charles Joseph
• 1883 - James Arthur ^[14]
• 1885 - Sarah Hanna
• 1888 - Jessie Lovina ^[15]
• 1890 - Pearl Frances ^[16]
• 1893 - Edna Minerva ^[17]
• before 1900 - Unknown male

Obituary

Wm. Rupe ^[18] was born in Davis County, Iowa, November 18th 1851, and died August 15th, at the age of 84 years, nine months. On February 9, 1872, he was united in marriage to Minerva Ryan. To this union were born ten chidlren, one dying in infancy, a daughter, Ida May, passed away at the age of nine years, and son Auther [sic], on July 29, 1926. Another son, Charles Rupe, preceded his father into the beyond by a few hours. There remain to mourn his departure his wife, Minerva Rupe, six daughters (as above), four brothers Jim Rupe of Louisville, Ky.; Dave Rupe, Walters, Okla; Grant Rupe, Picher, Okla; Cal Rupe, Oswego, Kans.; and two sisters, Amanda Needham, Chetopa, Kans; and Dora Munda, Kanapolis, Kans. In addition to these there are also 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

While a young man William Rupe came with his family to Kingman county, Kansas, where he lived until the opening of the Cherokee Strip. He made the run along with other pioneers and settled on a claim three miles northwest of Tonkawa. He later sold this place and moved to the Riverview community, where he remained until moving to Tonkawa 15 years ago.

Research Notes

The daughters listed in his son's obituary that immediately preceded William's obituary in the newspaper were: Ella Peeples, Ponca City; Alice Hamilton, Jessie Hunter, Pearl Shawver, Tonkawa; and Hannah Gardner, Edna Sharpe, Jefferson Okla.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #11226204
2. ↑ " A Rural Visit: The News Man Takes Another Jaunt, Interviews the Farmers at Their Work and in Their Homes", The Tonkawa News, Thursday, 07 Apr 1910, p. 1
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC8-WGF : 18 March 2020), William Rupe in entry for Israel Rupe, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK9-WRK : 19 March 2020), William Rupe in entry for Irael Rupe, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5M-7VH : 29 August 2017), William Rupe, Salt Springs, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 99, sheet 359C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,382.
6. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1885," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ3-G347?cc=1825188&wc=W8BZ-DF4%3A1597322329%2C1597342901 : accessed 10 November 2020), Kingman > Rural Township > image 14 of 63; citing Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGN-H4X : accessed 6 June 2020), Wm Rupe, Tonkawa Township Tonkawa town, Kay, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,338.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQZ-N85 : accessed 7 June 2020), William Rufe, Owens, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 6A, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1256; FHL microfilm 1,375,269.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMV-B5Z : accessed 6 June 2020), William Rupe, Owen, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 141, sheet 2B, line 56, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1466; FHL microfilm 1,821,466.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC71-8Y4 : accessed 6 June 2020), William M Rupe, Tonkawa, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 6A, line 3, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1909; FHL microfilm 2,341,643.
11. ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ1L-35H : 14 January 2020), William Rupe, 1872.
12. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR32-JPV : 23 February 2021), Wm Rupe in entry for V E Peeples and Ella V Rupe, 24 Feb 1897; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
13. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR32-N73 : 23 February 2021), Wm Rupe in entry for J M Hamilton and Alice Rupe, 20 Oct 1897; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
14. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3L-L8X : 23 February 2021), W M Rupe in entry for James A Rupe and Bertrice G White, 19 Aug 1925; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
15. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3L-6D4 : 23 February 2021), W M Rupe in entry for William L Hunter and Jessie Rupe, 24 Aug 1921; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
16. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3L-Q6H : 23 February 2021), William Rupe in entry for William Arthur Shawver and Pearl Francis Rupe, 22 Dec 1909; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
17. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR32-JPV : 23 February 2021), Wm Rupe in entry for V E Peeples and Ella V Rupe, 24 Feb 1897; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
18. ↑ “Obituary of William Rupe,” The Tonkawa News, Tonkawa, Oklahoma, Thursday, 20 Aug 1936, p. 6, born 18 Nov 1851 and died 15 Aug 1936.