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Elizabeth <I>Brown</I> Ruggles

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Elizabeth Brown Ruggles

Birth
Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
19 Feb 1954 (aged 94)
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
401
Memorial ID
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OBITUARY:
Services for Mrs. Ruggles, 94, Monday--Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ruggles, 94, resident of the Salem area since 1905, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Clough-Barrick Chapel. She died in a Salem hospital Friday.
Born at Stephens Point, Wis., Oct. 9, 1859, she moved to Mt. Leonard, Mo., as a young girl. In 1880 she moved to North Dakota where her brother and his family homesteaded. While there she was married to Marion L. Ruggles who preceded her in death in 1909.
The couple moved to Oregon in 1905 and settled on a farm in the Liberty District. Mrs. Ruggles lived there until 1932 when she moved to Four Corners to live with a son, Raymond R. Ruggles. She is survived by five sons, Delbert M. Ruggles, Chicago, Wilbur B. Ruggles, Portland, Charles N. and Raymond R. Ruggles both of Salem, and Sherman S. Ruggles, Dallas; daughter, Mrs. Alice E. Schaffer, Portland; sister, Mrs. Mabel Benedict, Marshall, Mo; and brother Charles S. Brown, Marshall, Mo.; eight grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren.
Concluding services will be held at the Pioneer Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Barnett officiating. Mrs. Ruggles was a member of the Highland Avenue Friends Church.
[newspaper clipping, no name or date]

NOTES:

1900 ND CENSUS - Elizabeth Ruggles, age 40, mother of 5 children, b. Oct 1859 in Wisconsin, is enumerated with her husband of 13 years, M. L. Ruggles, age 43, occupation farmer, b. Jul 1856 in Ohio, along with Delbert M., age 12, b. Mar 1888 in North Dakota, Wilber B., age 10, b. Jan 1890 in Wisconsin [?], Charles M., age 7, b. Jun 1892 in North Dakota, Sherman S., age 2, b. Mar 1898 in North Dakota, and Raymond M., age 5, b. Sep 1894 in North Dakota.
OBITUARY:
Services for Mrs. Ruggles, 94, Monday--Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ruggles, 94, resident of the Salem area since 1905, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Clough-Barrick Chapel. She died in a Salem hospital Friday.
Born at Stephens Point, Wis., Oct. 9, 1859, she moved to Mt. Leonard, Mo., as a young girl. In 1880 she moved to North Dakota where her brother and his family homesteaded. While there she was married to Marion L. Ruggles who preceded her in death in 1909.
The couple moved to Oregon in 1905 and settled on a farm in the Liberty District. Mrs. Ruggles lived there until 1932 when she moved to Four Corners to live with a son, Raymond R. Ruggles. She is survived by five sons, Delbert M. Ruggles, Chicago, Wilbur B. Ruggles, Portland, Charles N. and Raymond R. Ruggles both of Salem, and Sherman S. Ruggles, Dallas; daughter, Mrs. Alice E. Schaffer, Portland; sister, Mrs. Mabel Benedict, Marshall, Mo; and brother Charles S. Brown, Marshall, Mo.; eight grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren.
Concluding services will be held at the Pioneer Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Barnett officiating. Mrs. Ruggles was a member of the Highland Avenue Friends Church.
[newspaper clipping, no name or date]

NOTES:

1900 ND CENSUS - Elizabeth Ruggles, age 40, mother of 5 children, b. Oct 1859 in Wisconsin, is enumerated with her husband of 13 years, M. L. Ruggles, age 43, occupation farmer, b. Jul 1856 in Ohio, along with Delbert M., age 12, b. Mar 1888 in North Dakota, Wilber B., age 10, b. Jan 1890 in Wisconsin [?], Charles M., age 7, b. Jun 1892 in North Dakota, Sherman S., age 2, b. Mar 1898 in North Dakota, and Raymond M., age 5, b. Sep 1894 in North Dakota.


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  • Maintained by: Betty
  • Originally Created by: Patty C
  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24660069/elizabeth-ruggles: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Brown Ruggles (9 Oct 1859–19 Feb 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24660069, citing Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Betty (contributor 48586810).