of Broome County, New York · documented from the public record
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O. M. Ruggles b. 1838
O. M. Ruggles⚭ Elizabeth Kelso
childrenAlmira Ruggles · Cora Ruggles · Grace Ruggles · Robert G. Ruggles · Helen Ruggles · Wallace S. Ruggles
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What the record says
History of Floyd County, Iowa.
Prominent citizen of Rockford Township, Floyd County, Iowa.
Born April 23, 1838 in Broome County, NY.
At 16 went to Fond du Lac, WI (8 yrs, schooling).
Read/practiced law 2 yrs in Minnesota.
Enlisted 1864 in 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, served to end of Civil War (Sherman's march to the sea, Whippie Swamp, taking of Columbia SC, Raleigh NC).
Taught school at Prairie du Chien 4 yrs.
Married 1867.
Owns 215-acre farm on sections 6,7,8 Rockford Township.
Democrat.
Township Trustee.
Congregational church at Prairie du Chien.
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