Family Group Sheet
NameThomas Jefferson Ruark
Birth29 Jun 1841, Marion Co., Indiana
Death21 May 1912, Fillmore, Putnam Co., Indiana
BurialStilesville Cemetery, Hendricks Co., Indiana
Marriage30 Nov 1861, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseRebecca E. Weatherly
BirthMay 1843, Indiana
Death1901
BurialStilesville Cemetery, Hendricks Co., Indiana
Children
BirthJul 1876, Putnam Co., Indiana
Death1943, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
SpouseRobert Orville Glidewell , Half 2C4R
Notes for Thomas Jefferson Ruark
The index to Indiana deaths 1882-1920 compiled by the W.P.A. records in Book H-29, p. 92, the death of Thomas J. Ruark, age 70, on 21 May 1912 in Fillmore, Putnam Co., Ind.
Notes for Thomas Jefferson & Rebecca E. (Family)
The index to Indiana marriages lists the marriage on 30 Nov 1861 in Putnam Co. of Thomas I. Ruark and Rebecca E. Mentherly (a mistranscription of Weatherly.)
This is not intended to be a complete family group. I am entering them only to document the parents and birthdate of Della Florence Ruark who married Robert O. Glidewell.
This is not intended to be a complete family group. I am entering them only to document the parents and birthdate of Della Florence Ruark who married Robert O. Glidewell.
Census
1880 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Marion township, enumerated 17 June, lists on p. 25 as family #176/179:
Ruark, Thomas J., 38, b. Ind N.C. Va, farmer; Rebecca E., wife, 37, b. Ind N.C. N.C.; George M., 15, son; Minnie M., 12, daau; Albert L., 10, son; Gilbert L., 6, son; Della F., 3, dau. All children born Ind Ind Ind.
There are three other Ruark families on the page, including a younger Thomas J. Ruark age 23, probably a nephew, with wife Eliza A. age 26, and a Joseph W. Ruark, age 46, also born Ind N.C. Va, probably an older brother, with whom is living Joseph’s father Thomas Ruark age 80, b. N.C. Md N.C.
Ruark, Thomas J., 38, b. Ind N.C. Va, farmer; Rebecca E., wife, 37, b. Ind N.C. N.C.; George M., 15, son; Minnie M., 12, daau; Albert L., 10, son; Gilbert L., 6, son; Della F., 3, dau. All children born Ind Ind Ind.
There are three other Ruark families on the page, including a younger Thomas J. Ruark age 23, probably a nephew, with wife Eliza A. age 26, and a Joseph W. Ruark, age 46, also born Ind N.C. Va, probably an older brother, with whom is living Joseph’s father Thomas Ruark age 80, b. N.C. Md N.C.
