William Ruff and Catharine Null

---

---

Husband William Ruff ^{1 2 3 4}

---

           Born: 1809 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1888 5
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Anthony Ruff (1773-1856) 2 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Ruff (Abt 1774-1857) 2 7

---

       Marriage: 

---

---

Wife Catharine Null ^{1 4}

---

           Born: 1818 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Henry Null (1783-1845) 4 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Pool (1784-1873) 4 9 10

---

---

Children

---

1 M Quincey A. Ruff ⁵

---

           Born: 17 Mar 1836 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jennie Hutchinson (1842-      ) 5

---

---

General Notes: Husband - William Ruff

---

He was born about three miles north of the town of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He received only the scant education that was imparted in the early years of that century. He remained with his father on the farm for some time, and then purchased a farm in East Huntingdon township to which he soon removed. He engaged in tilling his farm but devoted a portion of his time for several years as a contractor on the construction of a plank road that was intended to be laid between Cumberland, Maryland and Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was engaged in farming and improving his farm until old age disqualified him from labor and business.
He and his wife were Lutherans and had two sons and four daughters, of whom five were still living in 1890.

---

General Notes: Wife - Catharine Null

---

She was of French parentage and was a lineal descendant of Henry Null, a native of eastern Pennsylvania, who settled in East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1800.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 259, 631.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 311.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 746.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 94.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 631.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538, 745.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 745.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 19, 138.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 647.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 19.