Ruggles, John – Rush, Richard
Ruggles, John
mechanic, lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Oct. 8, 1789, in Westborough, Mass. He was nine times elected to the Maine legislature, and officiated as speaker three years. From 1831 to 1835 he was judge of the court of common pleas. He was a senator in congress from Maine from 1835 to 1841. He died June 20, 1874, in Thomaston, Maine.
Ruggles, Joseph Wesley
musician, composer, was born Dec. 2, 1837, in Milan, Ohio. He is a director of the Conservatory School of Music at the Upper Iowa university of Fayette. He is the author of a number of anthems, cantatas, and Sunday school songs.
Ruggles, Nathaniel
congressman, was born in 1761 in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1813 to 1819. He died Dec. 19, 1819, in Roxbury, Mass.
Ruggles, Samuel Bulkeley
lawyer, financier, was born April 11, 1800, in New Milford, Conn. He was one of the organizers of the Erie canal; and was a representative of the United States in the international monetary conference at Paris in 1867. He laid out and presented Gramercy Park to the city of New York. He died Aug. 28, 1881, in Fire Island, N. Y.
Ruggles, Stephen Preston
inventor, was born July 4, 1808, in Windsor, Vt. He was the original inventor of the movable platen in printing presses, and of many other features which are still in use in printing presses. He also invented types, presses, and paper fór printing for the blind, which now, like his devices for stereotyping, paper-cutting and ruling and metal working machinery, have become common property. He died May 28, 1880, in Boston, Mass.
Ruggles, William
educator, philanthropist, was born Sept. 5, 1797, in Rochester, Mass. He was a generous contributor to charitable objects, especially those of the baptist denomination. To Karen Theological school, in Burmah, he gave during his life $15,000, and at his death he left it a legacy of $25,000. He died Sept. 10, 1877, in Washington, D. C.
Rulison, Nelson Somerville
bishop, was born April 24, 1842, in Carthage, N. Y. In 1867 he became rector of Zion church of Morris, N. Y.; and three ears later went to Jersey City, and there founded and built the St. John's Free church. He was subsequently consecrated protestant episcopal bishop of central Pennsylvania.
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson
count, philosopher, statesman, author, was born in 1753 in Maine. He was a statesman and philosopher. After serving Great Britain in the war of the revolution, he entered the service of the elector of Bavaria, rose to the position of minister of war, and was created count of the Holy Roman empire, taking his title Rumford from Rumford, now Concord, N. H. He was the author of Essays: Political, Economical, and Philosophical. He died Aug. 21, 1814, near Paris, France.
Rumple, Jethro
clergyman, author, was born March 10, 1827, in Cabarrus county, N. C. He was ordained to the presbyterian ministry in 1857. After holding pastorates in Mecklenburg county, he was called in 1860 to Salisbury, N. C., where he has since remained. He has taken an active part in the councils of his church, and published History of Rowan County, N. C.; and History of the First Fifty Years of Davidson College; and History of Presbyterianism in North Carolina.
Rumsey, Benjamin
congressman, was born about 1730. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1776 to 1778.
Rumsey, David
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1851.
Rumsey, Edward
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1839.
Rumsey, Joseph B
railroad president, was born Aug. 29, 1842, in Mainesburg, Pa. Since 1892 he has been president of the Olean, Oswayo and Eastern railroad. a RUNCIE, MRS.
CONSTANCE [FAUNT LE ROY], author, poet, was born Jan. 15, 1836, in Indianapolis, Ind.
She is a writer whose home was many years at St.
Joseph, Mo. She is the author of Divinely Led; Poems, Dramatic and Lyric; Woman's Work; Felix Mendelssohn; and Children's Stories and Fables. Besides the publication of these works, she has contributed both prose and verse to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States.
Runk, John
congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a presidential elector in 1841; and was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1845 to 1847.
RUNKLE; JOHN DANIEL, educator, mathematician, author, was born Oct. 11, 1822, in Root, N. Y. He is a noted mathematician, professor of mathematics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870-78; and the author of Elements of Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry.
Runkle, Lucia Isabella
author, was born Aug. 20, 1844, in North Brookfield, Mass. For many years she was an editorial writer and contributor to the New York Tribune, in which she published a brilliant series of articles on Cooking, treated from an artistic standpoint, which attracted much attention.
Runnels, Harrison R
state legislator, governor, was born in Mississippi. He emigrated to Texas in 1841, served in the legislature of the state and was speaker of the house; and in 1855 was elected lieutenant-governor. In 1857 he was elected governor of Texas. He died in Cowie county, Miss.
Runnels, Hiram G
governor. He was governor of Mississippi from 1833 to 1835.
Runyan, John N
soldier, was born April 26, 1846, in Warsaw, Ind. He left Warsaw in December, 1861, with a number of recruits for company E, twelfth Indiana infantry. He was promoted second lieutenant in 1863.
At the battle of Chickamauga, the captain and first lieutenant being wounded early in the action, the command of his company devolved upon Lieutenant Runyan. As a drill master he was one of the best. It was while engaged in a sharp skirmish, June 15, 1864, at the foot of Kenesaw Mountain, that Lieutenant Runyan displayed remarkable bravery.
Rupp, Isaac Daniel
author, was born July 10, 1803, in Cumberland county, Pa. He was an industrious local historian of Pennsylvania, who, besides writing histories of nearly thirty counties in his state, published also Events in Indian History; History of Religious Denominations in the United States; Early History of Western Pennsylvania; and Thirty Thousand Names of German Emigrants.
He died May 31, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Ruschenberger, William S. W
naval surgeon, author, was born Sept. 4, 1807, in Cumberland county, N. Y. He was a noted naval surgeon and naturalist of Philadelphia, and the author of Elements of Natural History: A Voyage Around the World; Three Weeks in the Pacific; Notes and Commentaries During Voyages to Brazil and China; Lexicon of Natural History Terms; Account of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Philadelphia; and The Brothers Rogers.
He died in 1895.
Rush, Benjamin
signer of the declaration of independence, was born Dec. 24, 1745, in Bristol, Pa. He was an earnest advocate of the cause of liberty; was a delegate to the continental congress in 1776 and 1777, and a signer of the declaration of independence.
He was a member of the convention called to ratify the federal constitution, and subsequently held the post of cashier of the United States mint. He took an active part in the society for the Abolition of Slavery, the Philadelphia Bible society, the Philadelphia Medical society, and the American Philosophical society. He was the author of Treatise on Diseases of the Mind; Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical; and Sixteen Introductory Lectures. He died April 19, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rush, Benjamin
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 23, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of Appeal for the Union; and Letters on the Rebellion, 1862. He died June 30, 1877, in Paris, France.
Rush, Jacob
lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1746 in Byberry township, Pa. He was a Philadelphia jurist, and the author of Charges on Moral and Religious Subjects; Character of Christ; and Christian Baptism. He died Jan. 5, 1820, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rush, James
philanthropist, author, was born March 1, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished Philadelphia citizen, and the founder of the Ridgeway library, to which he left one million dollars. He was the author of The Philosophy of the Human Voice; Analysis of the Human Intellect; and Rhymes of Contrast on Wisdom and Folly. He died May 26, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Rush, Richard
lawyer, orator, author, was born Aug. 29, 1780, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1814 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States. 1817 he was appointed minister to England, serving until 1825. He was secretary of the treasury under President J. Q. Adams; was candidate for vice-president on the ticket with Adams, and in 1847 was appointed minister to France, remaining in office ten years. In 1833 he published A Residence at the Court of St. James; a Sequel to it in 1845, and in 1857, Familiar Letters of Washington. In 1860 a volume of Occasional Productions was published. He died July 30, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. ۱