Enos Silas Ruff and Christina Wertz

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Husband Enos Silas Ruff ¹

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           Born: 28 Dec 1838 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jonas Ruff (1815-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Ruth Hissem (1814-      ) 5

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       Marriage: 29 May 1862 2

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Wife Christina Wertz ²

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           Born: Abt 1838 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: Christian Wertz (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christina [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Ida Ella Ruff ²

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         Spouse: J. C. Sondles (      -      ) 2

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2 M Clark B. Ruff ²

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3 M Frank J. Ruff ²

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4 F Alberta Ruff ²

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General Notes: Husband - Enos Silas Ruff

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He was born on the farm he later occupied, three miles north of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and also enjoyed the advantage of a short term at Mount Pleasant Institute. Until he was twenty-four years old he remained at home, and then moved to Hempfield township, three miles southeast of Greensburg, where he bought a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres. This place he improved and resided upon until 1874, when he sold it and purchased the homestead, which contained one hundred and sixty-eight acres and was one of the finest farms in that part of the county. Beginning in 1890 he conducted a dairy of some twelve head of Jersey and Guernsey cows. In 1888 he erected a commodious barn and had all the modern improvements on the place. He always took the initiative in introducing improved machinery in that section, and had the finest cider-press, corn-husker and corn-binder to be found within many miles.
It was Mr. Ruff who inaugurated the movement for the introduction of good roads into his section of the county. Against bitter opposition he organized a company to buy a stone-crusher to crush stone for the roads, and was largely instrumental in securing a petition to present to the county commissioners for state appropriations for making good roads in that region. His endeavors along this line as well as along other lines of progress were opposed by many, but he steadily held to his purpose and his persistency bore fruit. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, in which for some twenty years he held the offices of trustee and chairman of the congregation. He was a Republican in politics.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 383.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 384.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 311, 383.

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

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 672.