Daniel Ruff and Catherine Leighty

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Husband Daniel Ruff ^{1 2}

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            AKA: David Ruff,3 Davis Ruff 4
           Born: 1 Jul 1800 5
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Anthony Ruff (1773-1856) 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Ruff (Abt 1774-1857) 6 8

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       Marriage: 

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Daniel Ruff.

• Note: This may be the same person as : Daniel Ruff.

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Wife Catherine Leighty ^{9 10}

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            AKA: Elizabeth Leighty 11
           Born: 30 Nov 1803 5
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Marks Leighty (      -1848) 12 13
         Mother: Barbara Snyder (      -      ) 13 14

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Ruff ^{15 16}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: John Barnhart (1823-      ) 15 16
           Marr: 26 Feb 1852 11 16

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2 F Hannah Ruff ⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1902 - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David F. Beistel (      -1904) 5 17 18

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel Ruff

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He married and settled on a farm that later became part of Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; later they moved to a part of the old Anthony Ruff homestead, where they died.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Leighty

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She was a descendant of Mary Leighty, who was born April 3, 1766, and was the mother of a large family. [WON, 538] The compiler of this website wonders if the author of this statement confused "Mary" with "Marks".

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310, 311.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538, 746, 877, 1126.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 391.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 397.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 311.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538, 745.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 745.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538, 877, 1126.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 302.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 309, 391, 397.

13 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 877.

14 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310, 397.

15 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 301.

16 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1126.

17 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 425.

18 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 447.