Brief Life History of Harden
When Harden Ruggles was born on 21 September 1796, in Campbell, Kentucky, United States, his father, James L Ruggles, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Hardin, was 39. He married Mary Thomas in 1825, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Bracken, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Pendleton, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 1 July 1889, in Bradysville, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Brooksville, Bracken, Kentucky, United States.
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- Harden Ruggles, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hardin Ruggles in entry for Elizabeth Griffy, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Harden Rugles, "United States Census, 1860"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1800
Historical Boundaries: 1800: Bracken, Kentucky, United States
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English (Essex): variant of the now extinct surname Ruggle, with post-medieval excrescent -s. The origin of Ruggle is uncertain. It could be a variant of the Suffolk and Essex name Ricold with voicing of /k/ to /g/ and the same vowel change as seen in Smoothy for Smithey (another Suffolk and Essex name) and in Puckering for Pickering .
History: The founder of this influential American family was Thomas Ruggles (1584–1644) of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, who settled in Roxbury, MA, in 1637.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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