Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography, 1905:
...Edwin Ruthven, lawyer, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 30 June, 1831; d. in New York city. 20 Jan., 1879, was educated at Earlville academy. In 1850 he emigrated to California, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and served as county supervisor and justice of the fifth township in Calaveras county. In the autumn of 1862 he discovered, in connection with John White and five others, the first gold in Montana, on Willard's creek, a tributary of Beaver Head river. He contributed to the "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," and published, "Genealogical Notes on the (Colden Family in America" (New York, (1873); "Biographical and Genealogical Notes of the Provoost Family in New York" (1875); " Genealogical Notes relating to Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Leisler and his Family Connections in New York" (1877);"Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey" (1877); and "Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Netherland and New York," which were collected and published by his brother, with a memoir (New York, 1881).
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New York Times, 22 Jan 1879.
"On Monday, Jan. 20, 1879, of pneumonia, EDWIN R. PURPLE, in the 48th year of his age."
...Edwin Ruthven, lawyer, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 30 June, 1831; d. in New York city. 20 Jan., 1879, was educated at Earlville academy. In 1850 he emigrated to California, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and served as county supervisor and justice of the fifth township in Calaveras county. In the autumn of 1862 he discovered, in connection with John White and five others, the first gold in Montana, on Willard's creek, a tributary of Beaver Head river. He contributed to the "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," and published, "Genealogical Notes on the (Colden Family in America" (New York, (1873); "Biographical and Genealogical Notes of the Provoost Family in New York" (1875); " Genealogical Notes relating to Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Leisler and his Family Connections in New York" (1877);"Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey" (1877); and "Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Netherland and New York," which were collected and published by his brother, with a memoir (New York, 1881).
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New York Times, 22 Jan 1879.
"On Monday, Jan. 20, 1879, of pneumonia, EDWIN R. PURPLE, in the 48th year of his age."
Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography, 1905:
...Edwin Ruthven, lawyer, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 30 June, 1831; d. in New York city. 20 Jan., 1879, was educated at Earlville academy. In 1850 he emigrated to California, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and served as county supervisor and justice of the fifth township in Calaveras county. In the autumn of 1862 he discovered, in connection with John White and five others, the first gold in Montana, on Willard's creek, a tributary of Beaver Head river. He contributed to the "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," and published, "Genealogical Notes on the (Colden Family in America" (New York, (1873); "Biographical and Genealogical Notes of the Provoost Family in New York" (1875); " Genealogical Notes relating to Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Leisler and his Family Connections in New York" (1877);"Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey" (1877); and "Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Netherland and New York," which were collected and published by his brother, with a memoir (New York, 1881).
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New York Times, 22 Jan 1879.
"On Monday, Jan. 20, 1879, of pneumonia, EDWIN R. PURPLE, in the 48th year of his age."
...Edwin Ruthven, lawyer, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 30 June, 1831; d. in New York city. 20 Jan., 1879, was educated at Earlville academy. In 1850 he emigrated to California, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and served as county supervisor and justice of the fifth township in Calaveras county. In the autumn of 1862 he discovered, in connection with John White and five others, the first gold in Montana, on Willard's creek, a tributary of Beaver Head river. He contributed to the "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," and published, "Genealogical Notes on the (Colden Family in America" (New York, (1873); "Biographical and Genealogical Notes of the Provoost Family in New York" (1875); " Genealogical Notes relating to Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Leisler and his Family Connections in New York" (1877);"Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey" (1877); and "Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Netherland and New York," which were collected and published by his brother, with a memoir (New York, 1881).
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New York Times, 22 Jan 1879.
"On Monday, Jan. 20, 1879, of pneumonia, EDWIN R. PURPLE, in the 48th year of his age."
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