HON. HUGH G. ROGERS, a farmer of Morrow county, also proprietor of Rogers Lake, was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1833, His father, George Rogers, was born in Wales, and came to America with his parents when a boy, locating in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, where his father died. Our subject's mother, née Catherine Rees, was a native of South Wales, and came to America with her parents in 1801, locating in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, where her, father, Hugh Rees, also a native of that country, subsequently died. Mr. and Mrs. George Rogers were married in Pennsylvania, where the former remained until his death. The mother departed this life in Ohio, and was buried in Chester cemetery.
     Hugh G. Rogers, the tenth of eleven children, was six years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio. On reaching his sixteenth year he returned to Pennsylvania, where he attended the Ebensburgh high school, and from there he went to Philadelphia and learned stair building and joiner work. At the age of twenty years he went to Altoona, Blair county, and worked on the first building in the town, for the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company; spent three months in Davenport, Iowa; was engaged in contracting and building with David Randolph, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, three years, and then came to Morrow county. Mr. Rogers' first work here was on the residence of Benjamin Evans, and next he finished the Methodist Episcopal Church at Chesterville, but lost money on that venture.
     In 1862 our subject enlisted for service in the late war, entering Company C, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was soon promoted to Sergeant. He was with General Sherman at Vicksburg and at Arkansas Post, and on account of sickness was then sent to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, and honorably discharged. Returning to Morrow county, Mr. Rogers located on fifty acres of land in Harmony township, to which he afterward added fifty acres more. He then sold that property and purchased and located on 112½  acres in Chester township, remaining there seventeen years, and in the meantime purchased the William McCracken farm in the same township, where he now resides. The place contains 236 acres. On that property is located the Rogers Lake, comprising seven acres, and is well improved and fitted for a summer resort. Mr. Rogers was elected to represent Morrow and Marion counties in the Legislature of 1893. In his social relations, he is a member of the G. A. R., in which he has served two years as Post Commander.
     He was married July 4, 1835, to Rachel Evans, of Welsh descent. They had three children: George, Thomas (deceased in young manhood) and Olive. The latter was the wife of Cassius Brown, and at her death left two children, Daniel H. and Grace M. The wife and mother died November 1870. For his second wife Mr. Rogers married Eliza Bruce, a native of Morrow county, a daughter of Joel Bruce, a native of Virginia, but an early settler of this county. No children have been born to this union.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 248-249
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GEORGE H. RUHLMAN, one of the representative business men and honored citizens of the thriving village of Cardington, Morrow county, is a native son of said county, having been born in Troy township, July 20, 1857.
     His father, William Ruhlman, was a native of the old Keystone State, but came with his parents from Pennsylvania to Mahoning county, Ohio, when but a child.  His father was Lewis Ruhlman, who was born in Pennsylvania arid there reared and educated, being of German extraction.
     The maiden name of our subject’s mother was Elizabeth Koch, and she was a native of Richland county, Ohio, where she grew to maturity, her parents having been natives of Germany.
     The marriage of William Ruhlman and Elizabeth Koch was celebrated in Richland (now Morrow) county, and soon after they took up their abode on a farm in Troy township, where they remained for many years.  They now reside on a farm in Claridon township, Marion county.  They became the parents of four sons, all of whom are living at the present time, namely: George H., subject of this review; Lewis O., a mechanic, of Marion, Ohio; Eli E., a resident of the same city; and Charles E., a farmer in Claridon township, Marion county.
     Our subject was reared on the paternal homestead in Troy township, this county, until he had attained the age of ten years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Marion county.  He had attended the district schools of Troy township, and after the removal to Marion county, he continued his educational discipline, completing his education in the graded schools of Claridon township.
     His first business venture was in the saw-milling enterprise, and for four years he was concerned in this line, in Marion county, owning one-fourth interest in a mill.  He then sold out and, coming to Cardington, engaged as a clerk in the hardware establishment of T. H. Ensign.  Out of a very diminutive salary he saved $3 per month for six months, and at the end of three years he had accumulated quite a sum by his industry and economical habits, and was enabled to purchase a half interest in the hardware business here conducted by J. W. Shaw, the firm name of Shaw & Ruhlman being retained for three years, after which Mr. Shaw disposed of his interests in the enterprise, his successor being F. C. Stanley, and the business was conducted under the title of Ruhlman & Stanley for a period of three years.  Mr. Stanley was then succeeded by G. C. Miller and this association has remained intact since that time, the firm name being Ruhlman & Miller.  They have commodious and convenient salesrooms, with all essential equipments, and carry a large stock, the establishment being one of the finest in the line that the county can boast.
     In politics Mr. Ruhlman lends his support and influence to the Republican party, and he has held official preferments of trust, being now the incumbent as Township Clerk, and having hitherto served for six years as Clerk of the city corporation.  He was also a member of the local Board of Education for some time.  Fraternally he is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a member of Cardington Lodge, No. 384, and of the Royal Arcanum.  In connection with his business enterprise he manufactures all the sheet-iron work utilized in the George S. Singer Olentangy incubators and brooders, which business involves several thousand dollars per annum.
     February 6, 1881, Mr. Ruhlman was united in marriage to Miss Louvina Miller, daughter of Elias and Mary (Gable) Miller, and the issue of this union has been three children, namely: Myrtle B., Hartley M., and Ethel G.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 219-220
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CHARLES LEROY RUSSELL, Postmaster of Mount Gilead and senior member of the clothing firm of Russell & Sims, was born in this city March 17, 1857, and has been identified with its interests all his life.
     Mr. Russell’s grandfather, Charles Russell, was born in Virginia in 1792, and in 1831 came to Ohio and located on a farm near Mount Gilead, where he spent the rest of his life, and where he died in January, 1872.  His son, B. S. Russell, the father of our subject, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, September 3, 1828, and was three years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio.  When he grew up he learned the trade of tailor, and was one of the first merchants of Mount Gilead, where he was in business for a number of years.  He now resides on the farm on which his father located when first coming to Ohio.  The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Melinda Ackerman.  She was one of a large family of children, and was reared by a Mrs. King, of Delaware county.  The Ackermans are of German descent.  B. S. Russell and his wife have had eight children, two of whom died when young.  Those living are: Mrs. Belle Mills, widow of W. S. Mills, she being a noted singer of Columbus, Ohio; Charles Leroy, whose name heads this article; Mrs. Maggie Randolph, wife of Chas. E. Randolph, Springfield, Ohio; Edward B., a clerk in his brother’s store at Mount Gilead; Mrs. Kate Kuqua, wife of Elmer E. Kuqua, a member of the firm of Kuqua & Son, manufacturers of carriages and buggies, Springfield, Ohio; and Mrs. Blanch Brollier, wife of Arthur Brollier, Mount Gilead.
     Charles Leroy Russell began working at the tailor’s trade when he was twelve years old and has been in a store ever since, working for his father for some years.  The firm of Russell & Sims was formed in 1880 and continued successfully, Mr. Russell’s long experience in the business giving him a thorough knowledge of its every detail.
     In 1871 Mr. Russell was married to Susan Mooney, of Cardington, Ohio, daughter of M. L. Mooney, deceased.  Her father was one of the pioneers of that place, was the first to engage in the drug business there, and was in business for thirty years or more.  Mr. and Mrs. Russell have two children, ––Clarence B., born in 1884; and Ethel Corinne, in 1888.
     Fraternally he is identified with Masonic Lodge, No. 206, and Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.  Politically he is a Democrat.  April 17, 1894, he received the appointment of Postmaster of Mount Gilead, and is now serving most efficiently in this position.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 406-407
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