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William Gilruth

William Gilruth

Male 1799 - 1879  (80 years)    Has 10 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Gilruth 
    Birth 24 May 1799  Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Jun 1879  [1
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I320490  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2009 

    Father Thomas Gilruth,   b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1826 (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Marion T. Ingles,   b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1847 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 7 Mar 1792 
    Family ID F127716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Austin,   b. 1805, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1860 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage May 1822  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Infant Gilruth
     2. Infant2 Gilruth
     3. Irwin Malcolm Gilruth   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Thomas Gilruth,   b. 5 Nov 1827   d. Bef 1 May 1899, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. James Gilruth
    +6. Minerva Gilruth
     7. John William Gilruth
     8. Austin Gilruth   d. Aft 1902
    +9. Isaac Newton Gilruth
     10. Mary Gilruth
     11. Henry Clay Gilruth   d. 23 Jan 1865
     12. Archibald Gilruth
     13. Rebecca Alice Gilruth
    Family ID F127722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2001 

  • Notes 
    • Born on a farm
      Owned The Old Homestead

      He was early trained in the use of rifle, ax and fishing rod, the first implements of those days. Schools, there were none. But his mother was a woman of refinement; and having brought some books from Scotland, her children were given the rudiments of an education, with a taste for good reading which the improved all through life.

      All the sons lived and grew to manhood, except Henry a boy of eighteeen,...

  • Sources 
    1. [S1042] History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio. (a biographical sketch from); Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1884.

    2. [S1043] Nelson W. Evans, A. M., A History of Scioto County, Ohio,Together With a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, (Portsmouth, Ohio. Published by Nelson W. Evans, 1903), 716 (Reliability: 2).



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