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August Joseph "Jessee" Ruff
(1827-1877)
Johanna Scheuster
(1829-1896)
Joseph "Joe" Ruff
(1864-1923)

 

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Joseph "Joe" Ruff 1 2

  • Born: 14 Sep 1864, , , Missouri 1 3
  • Died: 17 Jul 1923 at age 58 2
  • Buried: Maple City - Maple City Cemetery - North Sec. Row 16, Cowley County , Kansas 4
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bullet  Notes:

He was unable to talk. He worked as a farm hand in Oklahoma. In early 1920 Amelia brought him to Oklahoma City where he lived in a small house back of Amelia's home until he died on Easter Sunday 1923. 3

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bullet  Details of his life include:

• He appeared on the 1870 U. S. Federal census in Emporia - Ward 3, Lyon County, Kansas
In the household of Joseph Ruff,
Jospeh, m 6, b. Missouri

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Sources

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

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

3 Lena Mae Shepherd Magnus, Letter to Melba Magnus dated July 6, no year specified.

4 Kansas Blue Skyways GenWeb, Maple City Cemetery Transcription.

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