Charles M. Ruple and Lide J. Moore

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Husband Charles M. Ruple ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 14 Jun 1840 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4 5
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         Father: Gen. James B. Ruple (1812-Aft 1893) 1 6 7
         Mother: Sarah A. Mayes (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: Apr 1877 4 5

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Wife Lide J. Moore ^{4 5}

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         Father: David Moore (      -1867) 4 5
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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.

He was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where his parents were residing at the time, his father filling an official position in the office of the secretary of state. He was four years old when his parents returned from Harrisburg to Washington, Pennsylvania, and he was reared in the midst of educational and social advantages. When he graduated from the public schools of Washington he was elected valedictorian of his class and then entered Washington College. His entrance into business was in the capacity of a clerk in the prothonotary's office at Washington, with which his father was identified for many years, and there he was engaged until 1864. Later he served as deputy prothonotary for a time and then went to Beaver County and served in the office of Capt. John Cuthbertson, until May 1, 1865. He had already made some progress in the study of law and after he returned to Washington he continued his reading, in the office of Attorney Boyd Crumrine, his earliest preceptor, Attorney Robert H. Koontz, having died in the meantime. In 1866, Mr. Ruple was admitted to the bar and in the same year was commissioned a notary public, by Governor Curtin. He served as a notary until 1883 and during five years of this time served also as deputy clerk of the courts. In 1883 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace, to which he was re-elected in 1888, serving until 1893. In that year he entered into a law partnership with T. McK. Hughes, under the style of Hughes & Ruple. He was one of the county's active Republicans, and served his city in a number of capacities, being secretary of the board of health, secretary of the Citizens' Library Association, and he was also memorial secretary of the Bar Association.

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General Notes: Wife - Lide J. Moore

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from Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 799.

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

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 890, 895.

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

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 895.

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

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 889, 895.