Birth of Edward Ruger at Lima, Livingston county, New York.

The evidence

• “Edward Ruger was the third child and second son of Thomas Jefferson and Maria (Hutchins) Ruger. He was born at Lima, Livingston county, New York, September 16, 1834. His parents moved from Lima to Bridgewater, Oneida county, thence to Sherburne in Chenango county, thence to Marcellus in Onondaga county, all in the state of New York.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 407 / book p. 899

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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