When Ruhamah Burnham Knowlton was born on 6 September 1817, in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Sidney Algernon Knowlton, was 24 and her mother, Harriet Burnham, was 20. She married Erastus Herman Derby on 10 August 1834, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Brady Township, Williams, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Le Sueur, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. She died on 29 December 1896, in Le Sueur Township, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mound Cemetery, Le Sueur, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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English (Hampshire): habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent. Both are named from Old English cnoll ‘knoll, hilltop’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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