Catherine Patterson Ruhl's gravestone, Morrow County, Ohio, 1885
1802 Catherine Patterson was born in York County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1808 Henry H Ruhl was born in York County, Penn, April 14, 1808, and was brought up on a farm.
1815 Henry Ruhl's father, Jacob, died when Henry Ruhl was 8.
1825 Catherine Patterson came to Richland County, Ohio from Maryland with her parents.
1832 Henry Ruhl joined the Lutheran church when he was 24.
1833 Henry Ruhl's family moved to Perry Township, Morrow County, Ohio and arrived May 10. They rented a house and then bought 160 acres from John Bingham for $500. They built a small cabin and cleared 7 acres of underbrush.
1835 Henry's mother, Elizabeth Hosler, died.
1836 Henry Ruhl and Catharine Patterson were married on March 11 in Richland County, Ohio. (FHL film 000388736). [2]
1837 Kate was born Sept. 10.
1839 Leah was born Dec. 15.
Date unknown "Mr. Ruhle is an estimable citizen, and filled the office of Township Trustee for eleven years."
Date unknown Henry and his brother Jacob "They did 31 log rollings one spring, and about that many in the fall."
1840 Henry H Ruhl lived in Perry Twp, Richland County, Ohio in a household with males: 1 (10 thru 14) and 1 (30 thru 39); and females: 1 (Under 5), 1 (10 thru 14), and 1 (30 thru 39). [3] Uncle George B Hosler was listed nearby.
1849 Catherine joined the Lutheran church.
1850 Henry Rule (age 49, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio, in a household with Catharine Rule (age 47), Catharine Rule (age 11), and Leah Rule (age 9). [4]
1860 Henry Ruth (age 52, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio, in a household with Cathrine Ruth (age 57), Cathrine Ruth (age 21), Leah Ruth (age 19), and Levi E Ruth (age 16). [5]
1865 Leah Ruhl, daughter of Henry H and Catherine (Patterson) Ruhl, married Byram Levering. [6]
1865 Daughter Kate Ruhl married Jacob Rule, a farmer and grain thrasher from in Ohio on April 23.
1870 H H Ruhl (age 62, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio, in a household with Catharine Ruhl (age 68), Kate Ruhl (age 21), Jacob Ruhl (age 27), Eva Ruhl (age 3), and Susan Ruhl (age 15). H H Ruhl's occupation was farmer. [7]
1880 Henry H. Ruhl (age 72, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio, in a household with Cathner Ruhl (age 76). Henry H. Ruhl's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Henry H. Ruhl's occupation was farmer. G. R. Hosler was the census taker. [8]
1883 The will of Henry H Ruhl, of Morrow County, Ohio, was dated August 17, 1882 and was proved on April 21, 1883. His death was reported as April 18, 1883. The will mentioned wife, daughter Catherine, daughter Leah. Farms in Congress Twp and Perry Twp were bequeathed to the daughters. Both daughters had children, Witnessed by Amos Ruhl and S Foust. [9] [10] The farms were perhaps shown on an 1871 map of Morrow County, Ohio in sections 23 and 24 of Congress Twp [11] and in section 19 of Perry Twp [12].
1883 Henry H Ruhl died on April 13, at age 74y 11m 29d, in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio was buried at Woodbury Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio. He was born in York County, Pennylvania. He was a farmer. He was married. [13] [14] [15]
1885 Catharine Ruhl, wife of H H Ruhl, died on April 23, at age 83y 7m 11d, and was buried at Woodbury Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio. [16] [17]
Catherine Patterson Ruhl's gravestone, Morrow County, Ohio, 1885
1911 Catharine Ruhl, daughter of Henry H Ruhl and Catharine Patterson, died on October 31, in Perry Twp, Morrow County, Ohio. [18]
Research Notes:
Many of the notes above are derived from two published bisketches of Henry H Ruhl [19] [20]
[1] FamilySearch.org, reports Maryland as birth state, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, History of Morrow County and Ohio (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880), 820, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[12] U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 89216472, [FindAGrave].
[15] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Find A Grave Memorial 89216567, [FindAGrave].
[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[18] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[19] William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, History of Morrow County and Ohio (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880), 825, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[20] A. A. Graham, History of Richland County, Ohio (1880), 862, [GoogleBooks].