CHRISTIAN RUGH was born at Rugh Station, in 1854, and was a son of Jacob and Julia A. Rugh nee Culbertson. Mrs. Rugh was born in 1820, and was married in 1838. Mr. Rugh was born in 1814, in the stone house which is still standing at Rugh Station. He died in 1873. His children were: Elizabeth, m. to Edward Kough; Walter, d.; Maggie M., m. to John Truby; Augustus B., m. to Mary Robinson; Mary, d; Jerusha Bosserman, m. to T. C. Ramey; Christian, m. to Jennie Tomb; George, m. to Rilla Watt; and Samuel. Walter was a member of Co. I, 11th Pa. vols for about three years. He was captured in Virginia May 30, 1864, and turned over to the provost marshal at the general hospital, Wilmington, N. C., March 22, 1865. He was supposed to have embarked on board the steamer Gen. Lyon, from Wilmington to Annapolis, March 28, 1865. The steamer was lost and all on board perished. He was nearly twenty-three years of age. Jacob Rugh was a son of Christian and Elizabeth Rugh nee Best, who settled at what is now Rugh Station, in the later part of the last century. The first cabin was not far from the site of the stone house which was erected before the present century began.
History of Indiana County, Penn'a. J. A. Caldwell. Newark, OH 1880. (pp. 408-409)
History of Indiana County, Penn'a. J. A. Caldwell. Newark, OH 1880. (pp. 408-409)
CHRISTIAN RUGH was born at Rugh Station, in 1854, and was a son of Jacob and Julia A. Rugh nee Culbertson. Mrs. Rugh was born in 1820, and was married in 1838. Mr. Rugh was born in 1814, in the stone house which is still standing at Rugh Station. He died in 1873. His children were: Elizabeth, m. to Edward Kough; Walter, d.; Maggie M., m. to John Truby; Augustus B., m. to Mary Robinson; Mary, d; Jerusha Bosserman, m. to T. C. Ramey; Christian, m. to Jennie Tomb; George, m. to Rilla Watt; and Samuel. Walter was a member of Co. I, 11th Pa. vols for about three years. He was captured in Virginia May 30, 1864, and turned over to the provost marshal at the general hospital, Wilmington, N. C., March 22, 1865. He was supposed to have embarked on board the steamer Gen. Lyon, from Wilmington to Annapolis, March 28, 1865. The steamer was lost and all on board perished. He was nearly twenty-three years of age. Jacob Rugh was a son of Christian and Elizabeth Rugh nee Best, who settled at what is now Rugh Station, in the later part of the last century. The first cabin was not far from the site of the stone house which was erected before the present century began.
History of Indiana County, Penn'a. J. A. Caldwell. Newark, OH 1880. (pp. 408-409)
History of Indiana County, Penn'a. J. A. Caldwell. Newark, OH 1880. (pp. 408-409)
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