Hon. Jacob Rugh and Sabilla Mechling

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Husband Hon. Jacob Rugh ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Jacob Roof 4
           Born: 1761 - ? Berks Co, PA 2
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         Father: Michael Rugh (      -      ) 2 5 6
         Mother: Anna Frances Markle (      -      ) 6

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Jacob Rugh.

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Wife Sabilla Mechling ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Sevilla Mechlin 7
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Children

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1 M John Rugh ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jun 1800 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Weible (      -      ) 1 2

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2 F Sarah Rugh ⁸

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         Spouse: Michael Bash (1789-1862) 8

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3 M Peter Rugh ⁹

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4 F Susan Rugh ³

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         Spouse: George Bowman (      -      ) 3

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5 F Sarah Rugh ³

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         Spouse: Daniel Bowman (      -      ) 3

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6 F Frances Rugh ³

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         Spouse: Abram Bowman (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Jacob Rugh

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He was a boy of eleven years when the family moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He became one of the prominent men of that region, was an old line Whig in politics and a recognized influence in the councils of his party. He served one or more terms in the legislature. He and his wife were the parents of a numerous family.

He was born in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and settled when a young man, near Greensburg, Westmoreland County, where he owned three hundred acres of land. He was a democrat, served in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, held membership in the Lutheran church.

He was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and at eleven years of age came with his father to what is now Hempfield township, Westmoreland County. He was reared under the trying ordeal of frontier life and became an extensive farmer for that early day. He represented the county in the legislature of Pennsylvania for several terms, was an intelligent, well informed and prominent man and had acquired a very large library at the time of his death. [BHCWC, 689]

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 689.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 312.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 678.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 668.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 563.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 677.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 424.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 423.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 85.