Charles M. Ruple and Lide J. Moore

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Husband Charles M. Ruple ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jun 1840 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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         Father: Gen. James B. Ruple (1812-Aft 1893) 4 5
         Mother: Sarah A. Mayes (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: Apr 1877 3

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Wife Lide J. Moore ³

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         Father: David Moore (      -1867) 3
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General Notes: Husband - Charles M. Ruple

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He was four years old when his parents came with their family to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and there he received his primary education at the common schools of the neighborhood, after which he attended Washington (later Washington and Jefferson) College, leaving, however, without graduating. He graduated at the common schools, and was the valedictorian of his class, under A. M. Gow, who was then principal. Mr. Ruple then entered the office of the prothonotary in Washington, where he remained till the spring of 1864. While in said office he commenced the study of law with Robert H. Koontz, then a prominent attorney of Washington, and later he acted as deputy-prothonotary for a time. He then removed to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he was clerk in the office of Capt. John Cuthbertson till May 1, 1865. Returning to Washington, Mr. Koontz having in the meantime died, he renewed the reading of law under the preceptorship of Boyd Crumrine, and was admitted to the bar of Washington in 1866. In the same year he was appointed, by Governor Curtin, a notary public, holding the office until 1883, when he was elected a justice of the peace, and re-elected in 1888. Upon the expiration of his term in 1893, he formed a law partnership with T. McK. Hughes, Esq., under the firm name of Hughes & Ruple. For some five years prior to this election to the office last spoken of, he was deputy clerk of the courts.
He was a stanch Republican and an earnest worker for his party. In 1887 he was a candidate for the office of prothonotary in the convention, but was defeated. He was borough auditor several times, and until the election of Judge McIlvaine he had served as clerk for the "return judges" almost from boyhood. In 1874, under the new law, he was chosen assistant to the court, and served as such up to the end of Judge Hart's term.

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General Notes: Wife - Lide J. Moore

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from Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 20.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 890.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 21.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 19.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 889.