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Charles A. Spaulding
A History of Hartford -
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Eli Fayette Ruggles
Recollections of A Busy Life -
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July 2006
Special thanks to Peggy Barriskill Perazzo for transcribing and sharing the early history of Hartford, Michigan as recorded through the
eyes of Eli Fayette Ruggles and penned as his
Recollections of A Busy Life, circa 1904. Eli and his family left their home and
families in Ohio to settle in Hartford Michigan. If you are a
Hartford History buff or have read the other transcripts,
A History of Hartford
by Charles A. Spaulding, or
Early
History of Hartford and Lawrence by
Katherine Minshall, you'll recognize many of the names mentioned in the
Recollections of A Busy Life.
Local towns of Hartford Centre (Hartford)
Decatur, Keeler, Waterford (Watervliet), St. Joe, Kalamazoo and others are
mentioned as they forged a new life during the pioneer days of Southwest
Michigan.
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(Transcribed by Peggy Barriskill
Perazzo, December 2005 to January 2006)
Recollections of A
Busy Life
By Eli Fayette Ruggles
H. L. Ruggles & Co., Publishers, (published
circa 1904)
TABLE of CONTENTS
Partial List of Descendants of
Eden Ruggles
This copy of the book was sent to Peggy Barriskill
Perazzo's great grandmother, Augusta Florence (Ruggles)
Sears/Wallace/Sears in Esparto, California, where she was living at
the time, from H. L. Ruggles, 142 Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Augusta's parents were Fernando C. and Leanna (Kinkle) Ruggles who
lived first in Placerville, El Dorado County, in 1849 and about a year
later in Woodland, Yolo County, after migrating from Michigan with
other family members. States and towns that our Ruggles families lived
in include the following: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Illinois;
Milan, Ohio; Norwalk, Ohio; Berrien County and Van Buren County,
Michigan; and Placer County and Yolo County, California et al.
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TABLE of CONTENTS |
- Chapter I
- Surnames in this section
of the book: RUGGLES, SEARS, WALLACE, KINKLE, DRAKE, JACKSON,
WHITFORD, OLDS, HAMMOND, OLNEY, CONKLING*
- Dedication
- Havana, Ill., Feb. 9
- First Settlers of Hartford
Chapter II - Surnames in this
section: RUGGLES
Chapter III - Surnames in
this section- RUGGLES, CONKLING*,
MANLEY, OLDS, SPRINGER
- First School
- Labor a Blessing
- Larger Family - Larger House
- Barn Built
Chapter IV -Surnames in this
section- RUGGLES, BROWN, MOFFAT
- Mother
- Our Spring
- Martin and the Hard Winters of 1842
Chapter V- Surnames in this
section- RINGLETON (KINKLE), WILLIAMSON, SIKES
- Part of a New Country Song
- Marriage of Fernando
- Conscience Not Always Obeyed
- Sister Melvina
- The New House
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Chapter
VI - Surnames in this
section- RUGGLES, CONKLING*,
HAYDN, ADAMS, WILLIAMS, PARKER, TAYLOR
- Hurrah For the
Railroad
- Log Houses Go
Up in Flames
- First Stoves
- The Eagle's
Upward Flight
- The Building
and Growth of A New Country
- Wealth in 1848
Versus Wealth in 1902
- The Pretty Cub
- A New Country
Fourth of July
- Freman and Our
Blind Father
- The Breaking
Team and Plow
- The Result of a
Fever
Chapter VII - Surnames in
this section: RUGGLES, BREED, CONKLING*,
ROBERTSON, REYNOLDS, OLDS, TAYLOR
- The Stone Well
- A Sketch of S. F. Breed. (rescuing Eli Ruggles)
- Lyman the
Choice
Chapter VIII - Surnames in
this section- EASTMAN, FELLOWS, HUBBARD, JACKSON, OLNEY, MANLEY
- The Little
Preacher
- More of Brother
Martin
- Fernando and
Lyman and the Gold
- Father a
Prophet
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Chapter IX
- Surnames in this
section- RUGGLES, COLFAX, BALDWIN, BRONNER, YOUNG, HALL, SIMMONS,
NELSON
- Sisters Mariah and Lucretia.
- School in Niles and its Results
- Moving the House and Barn.
Chapter X
- Looking for a Wife
- Strange Freak In Nature
- The Oncoming Strife Between Freedom and
Slavery.
- The Decision
Chapter XI
- Surnames in this
section- RUGGLES, WOODMAN
- Brother Freman
- Martin and the War
- A Birthday Party
- Finding a Waif
- Sold the Old Farm
- The Going Home of Minnie
- Abraham Lincoln is Shot.
Chapter XII- Surnames in this
section- RUGGLES, RAWSON, YOUNG, EDEE
- Freman and Family Arrive
- Father and Mother Transferred to J. W. Young
and Wife
- Mother Goes to A Better Country
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(Hartford
family histories and cemetery records spelled as Conklin, instead of
Conkling as shown throughout this transcript.) |
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Partial List of Descendants |
Partial List of Descendants of Eden Ruggles(1) Eden RUGGLES (1766 -
1855) b: 13 May 1766 in Brookfield, Connecticut, d: 19 Jan. 1855 in Huron
Co., Ohio; Number of children: 11; married Artemesia JACKSON (1771 - 1864)
b: 12 Mar 1771 in Brookfield, Connecticut,
d: 02 Feb. 1864 in Huron Co., Ohio, Number of children: 11.
(2) Joseph RUGGLES (1792 - 1875), b: 04 Oct. 1792 in Brookfield (near
Hartford), Connecticut, d: 02 Aug. 1875 in Decatur, Van Buren Co., Michigan;
Number of children: 10; married Sylvia BROWN (1800 - 1870), b: 30
Aug. 1800 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.
Children of JOSEPH RUGGLES and SYLVIA BROWN:
1. FERNANDO CORTEZ RUGGLES, b. 26 Apr 1819, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania; d.
13 Mar 1896, Woodland, Yolo Co., California. Fernando married Leanna KINKLE
(1820 - 1900), b: 05 Dec. 1820 in Delaware Co., Ohio, d: 04 Oct. 1900 in
Hanford, Kings Co., California. Number of children: 9.
2. FREMAN D. RUGGLES, b. 14 Jan 1821, Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1898,
Hartford, Van Buren Co., Michigan. Freman married Aravesta WOODMAN. Number
of children: 3.
3. MARTIN L. RUGGLES, b. 20 Mar 1823, Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1864,
Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Martin married Sarah Ann TAYLOR. Number of
children: 4.Hartford Pioneer Cemetery records show Martin died 12-2-1864 and
was buried in Section3, lot 37. He was 41 years, 3 mo. old.
4. LYMAN BROWN RUGGLES, b. 03 Apr 1828, Pennsylvania; d. 30 Oct 1896,
Near Hanford, Kings Co., California. Lyman married Martha Ann DEXTER (1838 -
1887), b: 13 May 1838 in Illinois, d: 08 Aug. 1887 Near Hanford, Kings Co.,
California. Number of children: 6.
5. LEWIS RUGGLES, b. 27 Jul 1830, Ohio; d. Abt. 1902. Lewis married Laura
BRONNER. Number of children: 4.
6. ELI FAYETTE RUGGLES, b. 02 Nov 1833, Ohio; d. 19 Aug. 1904, Oak Park,
Illinois. Eli married Viola (?), b: 1836 in Pennsylvania, Number of
children: 7.
7. JOSEPH WESTLEY RUGGLES, b. 02 Dec 1837, Ohio; d. Abt. 1898, Oak Park,
Oakland Co., Michigan. Joseph married Luana BALDWIN, d: Aft. Mar 1922.
Number of children: 2.
8. SYLVIA MARIA RUGGLES, b. 16 Apr 1840, Michigan. Sylvia married David
S. BALDWIN. Number of children: 3.
9. ALVIRIA MELVINA RUGGLES, b. 1842, Michigan; d. 05 Dec. 1849, Decatur,
Van Buren Co., Michigan.
10. LUCRECIA ARDILLA RUGGLES, b. 06 Apr 1845, Hartford, Michigan; d. 19
Mar. 1922, Hanford, Kings Co., California. Lucretia married John Westley
YOUNG, d: 16 Oct. 1914 in Hanford, Kings Co., California. Number of
children: 4.
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