Royer, John A – Ruggles, Henry Stoddard
Royer, John A
soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 15, 1840, in Franklin county, Pa. During the civil war he was appointed surgeon in the department of Virginia; subsequently raised a cavalry company, and was commissioned first lieutenant. For twenty-five years he practiced medicine in Carey, Ohio; and since 1893 in Toledo. For four years he was examining pension agent; and has filled numerous other positions of honor.
Royer, John Groff
educator, college president, was born April 22, 1838, in Hartleton, Pa. This well-known educator has been president of the Mt. Morris college, Illinois, since 1884.
Royse, Lemuel W
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1848, in Kosciusko county, Ind. In 1876 he was elected prosecuting attorney for the thirty-third judicial circuit of Indiana, which office he held two years. He was elected mayor of the city of Warsaw in 1885 and held this office until 1891. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fiftyfifth congresses as a republican.
Rublee, Horace
journalist, state librarian, was born Aug. 19, 1829, in Berkshire, Vt. In 1869 he was appointed United States minister to Switzerland, and held that position until 1880. In 1881 he assumed the editorship of the Milwaukee Republican and News; and in 1882 became editor of the Milwaukee 'Sentinel.
Rucker, Daniel Henry
soldier, was born April 28, 1812, in Belleville, N. J.
In 1865 he received the brevets of majorgeneral, United States army, and majorgeneral, United States volunteers, for faithful and meritorious service during the war.
Rucker, Howard Lewis
educator, was born Jan. 12, 1852, in Jacksonville, Ill. He is president of the university of Commerce and Finance in Minneapolis, Minn.
Rucker, William P
soldier, farmer, physician, lawyer, was born Nov. 9, 1831, in Lynchburg, Va. He received his education in Collins institute, the university of Virginia, and the Jefferson Medical college. He was prosecuting attorney for two years for Greenbrier county, W. Va.; and two years for Pocahontas county. During the war he served as a major of the thirteenth regiment West Virginia infantry; was aid-de-camp to Generals Fremont, Siegel and Crook; commanded for a short time the third district of the West Virginia home guards. After the war he was a successful merchant and tobacconist of Lynchburg, Va. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the south, and practices his profession in Lewisburg, W. Va.
Rudder, William
clergyman, author, was born in 1820 in British Guinea. He was an episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, rector of St. Stephen's church; and the author of Sermons; and A Rationale of the Church's Liturgic Worship.
Rude, Mrs. Ellen Sergeant
poet, was born March 17, 1838, in Sodus, N. Y. She is a temperance advocate of St. Augustine, Fla.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled Magnolia Leaves.
Rudel, Charles A
public official, was born Aug. 26, 1868, in Baden, Germany. He is prominent in political affairs of Peoria, Ill., was town clerk of Peoria township in 1893; and since 1894 has served as county clerk.
Rudy, Martin
pharmacist, was born Oct. 23, 1860, in Oregon, Pa. He is one of the leading registered pharmacists and manufacturing chemists in Pennsylvania.
His name and his goods have a worldwide reputation, and have done as much as any other local industry to make the city of Lancaster, Pa., familiar to people all over the civilized world; his business extending to England, Mexico, Australia and other foreign countries.
Ruebsam, John Emil Herman
inventor, was born March 19, 1841, in Prussia. He was operator and inventor for the movement treatment at the Union hospital of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1876; and he is the inventor of various kinds of apparatus for medical use.
Ruffin, Edmund
soldier, agriculturist, journalist, state legislator, author, was born Jan. 5, 1794, in Prince George county, Va. He served in the Virginia legislature, was secretary of the state board of agriculture, agricultural surveyor of South Carolina, for many years was president of the Virginia Agricultural society, and was the discoverer of the value of marl as a fertilizer of poor soil, by the use of which millions of dollars were added to the value of real estate of eastern Virginia. He published Essay on Calcareous Manures; Essay on Agricultural Education; and Anticipations of the Future to Serve as Lessons for the Present Time.
He died June 15, 1865, in Redmoor, Va.
Ruffin, Margaret E
poet, was born Aug. 26, 1857, in Baldwin county, Ala. She is proficient in music, a linguist, and the author of a volume of poems entitled Drifting Leaves.
Ruffin, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Edgecombe county, N. C. He served as circuit attorney of the seventh judicial circuit of the state of Missouri from 1844 to 1848.
He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the thirty-third, thirtyfourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He took part in the rebellion of 1861 as a member of the confederate congress, having previously been a delegate to the peace congress of 1861. He died in October, 1863, in Alexandria, Va.
Ruffin, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 17, 1787, in King and Queen county, Va. He served in the North Carolina legislature in 1813-16, becoming speaker in the latter year; was judge of the supreme court in 1816-18, and elected again from 1825; and was chief justice of the state supreme court from 1829 till 1852, and again in 1856-58, after which he served as presiding judge of the county court. He died Jan. 15, 1870, in Hillsboro, N. C.
Ruffner, Henry
clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 19, 1789, in Page county, Va. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Virginia; a noted opponent of slavery; and the author of Fathers of the Desert: a History of Monarchism; and Future Punishment. He died Dec. 17, 1861, in Malden, Va.
Ruffner, William Henry
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1824, in Virginia. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, and from 1870 state superintendent of public instruction in Virginia. He is the author of Charity and the Clergy.
Ruger, Thomas Howard
soldier, was born April 2, 1833, in Lima, N. Y.
In 1862 he was commissioned brigadiergeneral of volunteers, and was subsequently promoted to major-general. In 1868 he was provisional governor of Georgia; and during 1871-76 was superintendent of the United States Military academy.
Ruger, William Crawford
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 30, 1824, in Bridgewater, N. Y. In 1882 he was elected chief judge of the New York court of appeals.
Ruggles, Benjamin
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Feb. 21, 1782, in Pomfret, Conn. In 1810 he was elected president judge of the court of common pleas for the third circuit of Ohio. He was elected a senator of the United States from Ohio, serving from 1815 to 1833. He died Sept. 2, 1857, in St.
Clairsville, Ohio.
Ruggles, Charles Herman
was born Feb. 10, 1789, in Milford, Conn. Removing to New York he was a member of the New York legislature in 1820. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823; and was for many years a judge of the circuit court.
He served for a second term in the state legislature; was made a judge of the court of appeals and presiding judge from 1853; and retired from the bench in 1855.
He died June 16, 1865, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Ruggles, Daniel
soldier, was born Jan. 31, 1810, in Barre, Mass. He joined the confederate army, and was commissioned brigadier-general in the same year. He became major-general in 1863, and commanded the department of the Mississippi.
Ruggles, Emily
merchant, was born July 16, 1827, in Dorchester, Mass. She is a descendant of Peregrine White, the first child born among the Pilgrims of Massachusetts. Being deeply interested in the reforms of the day, she was one of the first women in Massachusetts elected to the office of school committee.
Ruggles, George David
soldier, was born Sept. 11, 1833, in Newburgh, N. Y. In 1855 he graduated from West Point; and served on the frontier and in the territories until 1861. During the civil war he served with Patterson in 1861; in charge of the organization of the volunteer army in 1861-62; chief of staff under Pope in 1862; and with Secretary Stanton in 1863. During 1863- 64 he was in the conscription bureau and inspection; and in 1865 was adjutantgeneral army of the Potomac under Meade. During 1868-76 he was in the department of the Platte; and during the next four years was in the department of the Dakota. He won many brevets for bravery and meritorious services; attained the rank of adjutant-general of the army; and was retired in 1896.
Ruggles, Henry Stoddard
financier, author, was born Oct. 31, 1846, in Boston, Mass. He has been for many years engaged in the management of trust property, having charge of large estates in Boston. His residence is in the town of Wakefield, a suburb of that city.
During his leisure, he has turned his attention somewhat towards literature, writing over his own name as well as his nom-de-plume of Henry Stoddard.
He has also contributed many papers to historical and other periodicals in addition to several books; and his writings have been a valuable acquisition to current literature.