John Greathouse and Catharina Haack Family August Joseph "Jessee" Ruff

August Joseph "Jessee" Ruff
(1827-1877)

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August Joseph "Jessee" Ruff

Born: 1827, Baden, , , Germany ²
Marriage: Johanna Scheuster on 8 Aug 1857 in Boonville, , Missouri ¹
Died: 17 Jan 1877 at age 50

bullet Details of his life include:

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
RUFF, JESSEE Age: 33, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: GERM occupation Tailor
Johanna 31 F wife born Germany
Amelia 3/12 F born TN
Tennessee, Davidson County, RUFF, JESSEE 33 M W GERM 5-WD NASHVILLE 1860
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• He appeared on the 1870 U. S. Federal census in Emporia - Ward 3, Lyon County, Kansas
Joseph Ruff, m, 43, Taylor,b. Baden
Johanna, f 41, keeping, house, b. Saxony
Emely, f 10, b. Tennessee
Jospeh, m 6, b. Missouri
Anna, f 4, B. Missouri ³

Jessee married Johanna Scheuster, daughter of Scheuster and Mary Beckham, on 8 Aug 1857 in Boonville, , Missouri.¹ (Johanna Scheuster was born in 1829 in , , Saxony , Germany,² ³ ⁴ died on 31 Aug 1896 ⁵ and was buried in Lamine - Schuster Family Cemetery, , Missouri.)

Sources

2 1860 U. S. Federal Census (United States National Archives, Washington, D. C.), Tennessee, Davidson County, NASHVILLE Tennessee, Davidson County, 5-WD NASHVILLE.

3 United States Federal Census (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Emporia, Ward 3, Lyon County, Kansas, dwelling 71, household 67.

4 Tennessee, Davidson County, 1860 US Census Population Schedule (Washington D.C. The National Archives 1860), RUFF, JESSEE 33 M W GERM TN DAVIDSON 5-WD NASHVILLE 1860.

5 Magnus Family Bible (in the possession of Lynn Leonard Feb. 2011), Deaths Page.