Anna Lena Adele (born Ruby) Dutton (1904 - 1975) spent her early years on the homestead her birth Father Carl Benjamin "Ben" Ruby (1877-1910) and her Uncle Richard Frederick "Fred" (1884-1955) built; On the homestead was a one-room sod house for Ben and his Wife Adele (born Schmale) Ruby (1878-1954) and their six children--Fred, Anna, Carl, Paul, Frank, and Bill.
Anna's birth Father Ben was killed in a coal mine near the homestead, and a couple of years later her birth Mother Adele married Ben's brother Fred, who raised Anna and her brothers as his own.
Anna's Uncle Fred and her birth Mother Adele gave birth to six more children--Chris, Richard, Rose, Ruth, Emma, and May, all born in that sod house except May. Another baby, Adele, was stillborn and is laid to rest in the Ruby Family Cemetery next to Ben's grave.
Anna married Harry Dutton, Sr. (1904 - 1986) on September 18, 1927.
*Biography Facts Courtesy of "Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine: Memoirs from the Silent Prairie" (ISBN: 1-4137-0053-5), authored by Emma L. (born Ruby) Willey, the eleventh of Adele (born Schmale) Ruby's twelve children and who is the only living sibling.
Anna's birth Father Ben was killed in a coal mine near the homestead, and a couple of years later her birth Mother Adele married Ben's brother Fred, who raised Anna and her brothers as his own.
Anna's Uncle Fred and her birth Mother Adele gave birth to six more children--Chris, Richard, Rose, Ruth, Emma, and May, all born in that sod house except May. Another baby, Adele, was stillborn and is laid to rest in the Ruby Family Cemetery next to Ben's grave.
Anna married Harry Dutton, Sr. (1904 - 1986) on September 18, 1927.
*Biography Facts Courtesy of "Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine: Memoirs from the Silent Prairie" (ISBN: 1-4137-0053-5), authored by Emma L. (born Ruby) Willey, the eleventh of Adele (born Schmale) Ruby's twelve children and who is the only living sibling.
Anna Lena Adele (born Ruby) Dutton (1904 - 1975) spent her early years on the homestead her birth Father Carl Benjamin "Ben" Ruby (1877-1910) and her Uncle Richard Frederick "Fred" (1884-1955) built; On the homestead was a one-room sod house for Ben and his Wife Adele (born Schmale) Ruby (1878-1954) and their six children--Fred, Anna, Carl, Paul, Frank, and Bill.
Anna's birth Father Ben was killed in a coal mine near the homestead, and a couple of years later her birth Mother Adele married Ben's brother Fred, who raised Anna and her brothers as his own.
Anna's Uncle Fred and her birth Mother Adele gave birth to six more children--Chris, Richard, Rose, Ruth, Emma, and May, all born in that sod house except May. Another baby, Adele, was stillborn and is laid to rest in the Ruby Family Cemetery next to Ben's grave.
Anna married Harry Dutton, Sr. (1904 - 1986) on September 18, 1927.
*Biography Facts Courtesy of "Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine: Memoirs from the Silent Prairie" (ISBN: 1-4137-0053-5), authored by Emma L. (born Ruby) Willey, the eleventh of Adele (born Schmale) Ruby's twelve children and who is the only living sibling.
Anna's birth Father Ben was killed in a coal mine near the homestead, and a couple of years later her birth Mother Adele married Ben's brother Fred, who raised Anna and her brothers as his own.
Anna's Uncle Fred and her birth Mother Adele gave birth to six more children--Chris, Richard, Rose, Ruth, Emma, and May, all born in that sod house except May. Another baby, Adele, was stillborn and is laid to rest in the Ruby Family Cemetery next to Ben's grave.
Anna married Harry Dutton, Sr. (1904 - 1986) on September 18, 1927.
*Biography Facts Courtesy of "Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine: Memoirs from the Silent Prairie" (ISBN: 1-4137-0053-5), authored by Emma L. (born Ruby) Willey, the eleventh of Adele (born Schmale) Ruby's twelve children and who is the only living sibling.
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