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[Rutledge, Abraham
Ellsworth “Abe”]
Lenox Time Table
Thursday March 29, 1962 p. 4
OBITUARY - RUTLEDGE
Abe
E. [llsworth] Rutledge, 96, son
of Louisa [Ann] Biggs and William
E.[dward] Rutledge, was born
March 26, 1866 on a farm south of Sharpsburg. He passed away at a rest home in
Bedford Wednesday, March 14, 1962 after a brief illness.
He
was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Fisher of Conway, and to this union 7 children were
born.
Mr
Rutledge lived all his life in
Taylor County. He lived on a farm a mile south of Sharpsburg until in 1933 when
he retired and moved to town to make his home with his son, Ralph.
In
1959 he entered a rest home.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ellen (Ella) in 1932, and by his oldest daughter, Eva
Jordan of Harrisburg, Ill., also
his father, mother, 3 sisters, Mary Frances (Polly) Smith of Sharpsburg; Kate Jones, Omaha, Neb.; Alice Rutledge, Sharpsburg and one brother, John Edward
Rutledge of Sharpsburg. He lost
two grandsons in World War II, Wm. Allan Rutledge and Donald Jordan.
He
is survived by George F. [isher] of Omaha; Fay [Alice] Day of Des Moines, Ralph A. of Sharpsburg, Harriet Newport of Clarinda, Helen Shum, Omaha, and [Mary] Allene Baldwin, Pueblo, Colo., and one brother Tom T.
Rutledge of Boise, Idaho. He had
eleven grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Services
were conducted by the Rev. James Scheckler, pastor of the Methodist church in
Sharpsburg at Bedford Friday, March 16 at 2 p. m, with burial in Lexington
cemetery.
Out
of town guests at the Ralph Rutledge home for the services were Mrs Fay Day, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Day,
Mrs. Leah Anderson of Des Moines; George F. Rutledge and Mrs.
Helen Shum of Omaha; Mrs.
Allene Baldwin, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs.
Harriet Newport, Clarinda; David
B. Jordan, Metropolis, Ill.; Mrs.
Mable Kerns, McCook, Neb., Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Hoskins and
daughter Jodene Wynn of
Nebraska City, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kaisand and Mrs. Don Hasselbrink of Grinnell.
[Rutledge, Alice
Elizabeth]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 1,
1951 p. 7
SHARPSBURG
Alice Elizabeth
Rutledge
Alice
Elizabeth Rutledge, daughter of William
and Louisa [Ann Biggs] Rutledge was
born Dec. 21, 1862, in Perry County, Ohio, and died Feb. 20, 1951, at the age
of 88 years, one month, and 29 days.
At
the age of two years, she moved with her parents to Taylor county, Iowa, where
she lived until the time of her death. She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Kate Jones of Conway, who is ill
in the Methodist hospital in Omaha, three brothers, Abe and Ed of Sharpsburg, Tom of Twin Falls.
Services were held in the Shum mortuary
Friday afternoon, with Rev. James Moody, pastor of the Methodist church at
Sharpsburg in charge. Burial was in the Conway cemetery.
Relatives from out of
town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Bowersox and Bruce of Fayette, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lindau of Murtaugh, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Hegwood and Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Rutledge of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Orie Shum of Lenox, Iowa; Mrs. Fay Day, of Des Moines; Mrs. Harvey Kerns of McCook, Neb.; Mrs. Kathryn Hickey of Wahoo, Neb.
[Rutledge, Elizabeth]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday October 6, 1910 p. 6
Elizabeth Rutledge Dead
Elizabeth
Rutledge died at the home of her
brother William [Edward] Rutledge,
near Sharpsburg Monday, at the age of 80 years. Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon and interment was at Conway. She had been in this county
since 1864.
[Rutledge, George
Fisher]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 28,
1974 p. 4
George F. Rutledge Last Rites Held November 23
Funeral
services for George F. [isher] Rutledge, 81, of Omaha, Nebr., were held November 23 at Shum-Novinger Funeral
Home in Bedford with Rev. Ollie Odle officiating. Mr. Rutledge died at the Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, November
20, 1974. Interment was at Lexington Cemetery, Bedford.
George
Fisher Rutledge, son of A.
[braham] E. [llsworth] and Ella Fisher Rutledge, was born July 27, 1893 on a farm near
Sharpsburg, Iowa. For the past 32 years he has resided in Omaha, Nebraska.
On
December 11, 1915 he was united in marriage to Mable West and to this union two sons were born.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, a son, William [Allen], who was killed in action in World War II, one
sister, Eva Jordan, and one
brother, Ralph Rutledge.
George is survived by his wife, Mabel, of the home; a son, Howard, and his wife, Geraldine; three grandchildren, Curtis [Allen] Rutledge,
Julia [Ann] Monahan and Laura
Fay Rutledge; one great
grandchild, Elizabeth Ann Rutledge,
all of Omaha; four sisters, Fay [Alice] Day, Des Moines, Helen Clayton, Bedford, Harriet Thornell, Clarinda, and Mary Allene Baldwin, Pueblo, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Lela
Rutledge, Nebraska City, Nebr.;
several nieces and nephews; other relatives and a host of friends.
He
was a member of the First Methodist Church of Omaha, where he sang in the choir
for 25 years.
[Rutledge, John]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday February
27, 1896 p. 3
Death of John
Rutledge
John
Rutledge, a former resident of
this county, near Sharpsburg, died at his home in Garden City, Kansas, on
February 20th. The remains were brought to Conway, arriving on Saturday
evening. On Sunday, the 23rd, funeral services were held at the M.
E. church, conducted by Rev. J. T. Hughes. Interment was made in the Lexington
cemetery.
The
deceased was the father of Miss Fannie [Elizabeth] Rutledge, formerly county superintendent of Taylor county
schools. Miss Rutledge attended her father during his last illness, and accompanied the remains from
Kansas.
[RUTLEDGE, JOHN]
Garden City Telegram (Garden City, Kansas), Saturday, February 22, 1896
John Rutledge died at his home on St. John street in this city Feb. 20th, 1896. He leaves an aged wife and three children, one son and two daughters.
Mr. Rutledge came here from Taylor county, Iowa, about four years ago. During his residence here he has been found to be an honest, conscientious, Christian man. If the world contained more such men as Mr. Rutledge was in life, it would be better.
The body will be taken to the old home in Iowa for interment.
[RUTLEDGE, JOHN]
Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), Saturday, February 22, 1896
At Rest
John Rutledge died at his home a little west of the city, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 1896. He had been ailing for some time. He was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1832 and was therefore 64 years of age. Mr. Rutledge was a faithful member of the M. E. church and will be sadly missed by his many friends. He was a consecrated Christian and his life was a benediction to all who knew him. By his death our city has lost a noble citizen and heaven has gained another ransomed soul to help swell the chorus of the redeemed. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church on Friday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. D. E. Hoover, assisted by Revs. Cain and Pearce.
[RUTLEDGE, JOHN]
Greeley County Republican (Tribune, Kansas), Friday, February 28, 1896
Mr. John Rutledge, an old and highly respected citizen of this city, died Friday morning after a long illness. Short services were held at the Methodist church in the afternoon and the remains were taken east for interment. The family have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow. – Garden City Herald
The above is the father of Dr. G. F. Rutledge of Horace. The Doctor and his family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.
[Rutledge, John Edward
“Ed”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December
22, 1955 [p. 1]
Ed Rutledge Died In Corning Hospital
Ed
Rutledge, 84, a long time
resident of Sharpsburg, died at Rosary hospital, Corning, Sunday Dec. 18. Mr.
Rutledge had surgery at Missouri
Methodist hospital, St. Joseph several weeks ago and apparently was getting
along satisfactorily, when he became ill and was taken to the Corning hospital.
Funeral
services were held at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford, Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Howard DeVore. Burial in Conway cemetery.
Mr.
Rutledge is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Kate Jones, of Murtaugh,
Idaho; two brothers, Thomas Rutledge of Twin Falls, Idaho, A. E. Rutledge of Sharpsburg.
[Rutledge, John Edward
“Ed”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December
29, 1955 p. 4
Obituary - J. E.
Rutledge
John
Edward, son of William
[Edward] and Louisa [Ann Biggs] Rutledge, was born April 25, 1871 on a farm near Sharpsburg, Iowa, and died
at Rosary hospital, Corning, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18, 1955 at the age of 84
years, seven months, 23 days.
He
was preceded in death by his father, mother, two sisters, Mary Francis (Aunt Polly) Smith, and Alice Rutledge; one brother, Charles, who died in infancy.
He
was married to Floy Payne, who
is in failing health, and makes her home in Glendale, Calif., near her sister.
Besides
her, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Catherine Jones of Murtaugh, Idaho; two brothers, Abe of Sharpsburg and Thomas of Twin Falls, Idaho.
He
lived most of his life on a farm near Sharpsburg and when he retired, moved
into town where he and his sister, Alice, lived together.
At
an early age, he united with the Methodist church of Sharpsburg. He was a
member of Right Angle Masonic lodge of Conway.
Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, December 21, at the Shum Funeral
Home in Bedford, by Rev. Howard DeVore, pastor of the Methodist church of
Sharpsburg. Burial in Conway cemetery.
[Rutledge, John Edward
“Ed”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 5. 1956 [p. 7]
SHARPSBURG
SHARPSBURG
— Out-of-town people attending the funeral of J. [ohn] E.[dward]
Rutledge were Mr. and Mrs.
Orie Shum, Fremont, Nebr.; Mrs.
Fay Day, Bob and Bill, Des
Moines; George Rutledge and Mrs.
Kathryn Hickey, Omaha; Mrs.
Wilma Russell, Webster Groves,
Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. W. K. John,
Adel.
[Rutledge, Louisa Ann
Biggs]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday September 21,
1899 p. 5
—Died,
at her home near Sharpsburg, Monday, September 18, Mrs. Wm. Rutledge [Louisa
Ann Biggs]. The funeral occurred
at her late home on Tuesday.
[Rutledge, Louisa Ann
Biggs]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday September 28,
1899 p. 2
In Memoriam
In memory of Mrs. Wm.
Rutledge [Louisa Ann Biggs] who died September 18, 1899.
The daylight has faded, night draws
nigh,
And the glow from the west has fled;
And the breezes that come singing
down through the staves
Whisper softly "mother is dead "
Mother is dead and the darkness falls
Over there on her grave tonight;
The darkness of death's night has
settled down,
With no morning, no day, no night.
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year will come;
Back home will the boys and girls
come;
Each grand-child will gather there in
the old place,
But mother won't welcome them
home.
Never again will her glad, kindly face
Brighten up the dear old homestead;
Never again will she caress each one,
For dear, patient mother is dead.
Time heeds not our sorrow, grief nor
tears,
But rolls remorseless and bitter away;
Some home must be lonely, some heart
must break
With every succeeding day.
Oftimes the Savior seems far, far
away.
And we doubt if he knows our despair;
Does he see all our tears, does he hear
our cry
Borne away on the empty air?
Yes, the Savior counts each teardrop
that falls;
He knows every heart's ache and
woe,
But grief will be turned into gladness
some day,
If only we pray as we go.
We must trust in the Savior—He knoweth
all things;
He promises life after death;
He makes death a blessing; not bitter,
but sweet;
He warms the cold chill of it's breath.
The family circle is broken here,
But up there in the Savior s home,
By the great white throne of God on
High,
Where the angels forever roam,
May they gather—a family unbroken,
With nothing to stand between,
And mother will welcome them home
one by one;
May God keep each memory green.
—U. L.
[Rutledge, Mabel West]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 28,
1982 p. 14
Graveside Services
Held Wed. For Mabel West Rutledge
Graveside
services were held for Mrs. Mabel West Rutledge, widow of George Rutledge, Wed., Oct. 27, at the Lexington Cemetery near
Bedford, Iowa. Rev. Charles Newman will be officiating.
[Rutledge, Mary Elaine
Carlisle]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 13,
1902 p. 3
Mortuary
Word
reaches us to the effect that Mrs. Mary [Elaine Carlisle] Rutledge died at Alva, Oklahoma, on the 31st of January
1902.
Deceased
was a former resident of this county and will be remembered by many.
[Rutledge, Mary Elaine
Carlisle]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 13,
1902 p. 4
Obituary
Mary
[Elaine Carlisle] Rutledge died
at Alva, Oklahoma, January 31, 1902. She was born at Perryopolis, Pennsylvania,
July 9, 1831.
In
her early girlhood she went with her family to Perry County, Ohio where for a
number of years she taught school.
It
was there she went with and was married to John Rutledge, who, when asked a few days before he died, how
long he had been married, said: "If I live until the 21st of February, Mary and I will have walked together forty
years;" and on the fortieth anniversary of his wedding she walked beside
his bier.
Directly
after their marriage they came to Iowa, and, although poverty, sickness and
privations assailed them, and it was only by dint of hard work that they eked
out a living, (she in the school room and he on the farm,) yet they at once
identified themselves with the Methodist Episcopal church, and the hands now
folded at rest were never too weary to do for others; the heart now stilled in
death was large enough to include all mankind.
No
one went hungry from her door; deserving or not, all alike were fed and
sheltered. The man of God was always welcome, but so also was the veriest
beggar who claimed her hospitality. She did not confine herself to any class or
denomination, and she suffered not her left hand to know what her right hand
did, and many times has the knowledge come to the writer, indirectly, of deeds
of kindness done in years gone by.
To
the heat of summer or the bitter cold of winter she was alike indifferent if
she was needed at the bedside of a sufferer, and no inclemency of weather kept
her from the religious service. If she could not reach the church of her choice
she worshipped at those more conveniently located.
Her
bible was always at hand; she found it a safe guide, and no dust gathered upon
its lids.
Many
a time at night, when weary and utterly exhausted after the trials and worries
of the day, has she been heard softly communing softly with her God.
She
made no ostentatious show of her religion; she only lived it simply day by day.
Selfishness found no lodgment in her nature; no self-denial was too great for
her. Neighbors, friends, husband, children, all who came in contact with her,
realized the large heartedness of the woman.
She is not dead—she
has only gone on a few steps further than we have done. There were no elaborate
preparations to be made; her house had been set in order for more than fifty
years and whether the Master called at morning or midday or at night was of
little moment to her, for she was ready.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Free Press, February 13, 1902, p. 1.]
[RUTLEDGE, MARY ELENA CARLISLE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 13, 1902, p. 4
Miss Fannie Rutledge, who has been to Alva, Oklahoma, attending the funeral of Mrs. Mary Rutledge, is spending a few days with friends in this city, after which she will return to Chicago.
[RUTLEDGE, MARY ELENA CARLISLE]
Alva Weekly Pioneer (Alva, Oklahoma), Friday, February 7, 1902
Mrs. Mary Rutledge, aged 70 years, six months and 17 days, died between 11 and 12 o'clock, Jan. 31st, 1902, at the home of her son, Dr. C. [yrus] F. [elton] Rutledge, in the south part of the city. Her body was embalmed today by D. Gadbols of the Renfrew & Gadbols undertaking establishment and will be shipped tomorrow on the 11:40 Santa Fe to Conway, Iowa for burial in the home cemetery. We were unable to learn other particulars today. The many friends of Dr. Rutledge and family in this city sincerely sympathize with them in their bereavement.
[Rutledge, Mary Ellen
“Ella” Fisher]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday August 25, 1932 p. 4
Mrs. A. E. Rutledge of Sharpsburg Died July 24
In
the passing away of Mrs Ella Rutledge July 24, there passed from this life the spirit of one whose noble
Christian character will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was a
devoted wife and mother, a loving friend, a kind neighbor, and a true follower
of Christ.
Ella
Fisher, daughter of Laban
[Talon] and Harriet [Lovitt] Fisher,
was born in Henderson County, Ill., in 1869, moved with her parents to Iowa in
1876, and was married to Abe E. [llsworth] Rutledge December 24, 1889.
To
this union seven children were born: Eva Jordan, Harrisburg, Illinois; Geo. [Fisher] Rutledge, of Sharpsburg, Iowa; Faye [Alice] Day, of Des Moines, Iowa; Ralph Rutledge, of Sharpsburg, Iowa; Harriet Newport, of Clarinda, Iowa; Helen Shum, of Sharpsburg, Iowa; [Mary] Allene Baldwin, of Pueblo, Colorado.
She
was taken to the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah July 15, and passed away July 24,
being 63 years old at the time of her death.
Mrs.
Rutledge was a member of
Sharpsburg M. E. Church, and life patron of the W. C. T. U.
Funeral
services, conducted by Rev. M. R. Talley of Bedford were held at the home and
interment in Lexington cemetery.
"Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning at
the bar
When I put out to sea.
"But such a tide as moving seems
asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out
the boundless deep
Turns again home.
"Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of
Farewell
When I embark.
'For though from out our bourne
of time and place,
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to meet my pilot face to
face
When I have crossed the bar."
—Tennyson.
[Rutledge, Mary Ellen
“Ella” Fisher]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday September 1,
1932 p. 2
TRIBUTE
A
tribute to Mrs. Ella
Rutledge of near Sharpsburg, Ia.,
who passed away July 24, 1932.
"Death
comes an unsought guest to every board, and at his spectral bidding some loved
one goes forth to his mysterious home.
"Time
and philosophy may teach resignation unto hearts made desolate by his coming,
but they can never fill the vacancy therein when she that was our mother no
longer casts a halo about our darkened hearth. A mother's place—so
loved—so worshipped—once empty, must be forever so. A breast once
panged by a mother's death no medicine can reach with healing. No man however
scarred, no heart however hardened, can forget the gentle being who gave him
life. A mother is truly our guardian spirit upon earth; her goodness shields
and protects ; she walks with our infancy, our youth and maturing age, ever
sheltering us with her absorbing love, and expiating our many sins with her
blessed prayers. And when our mother, with all her burden of love, her angelic
influence, her saintly care, ceases her beauteous life, how much we lose of
home, of happiness, of heaven, no
one can reckon; for our mother was none but ours, and we only can know how holy
she was, how sacred her memory must ever be.
"But may we now
borrow consolation from the thought that our loss is heaven's gain; that surely
her angel spirit watches over us, erasing with grateful tears the records of
our sins, and making easy our path to her, with blessed and blessing
prayers."
—Selected.
[RUTLEDGE, MARY ELLEN “ELLA” FISHER]
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, July 28, 1932
Mrs. A. Rutledge Dies in Hospital
Services Are Held at Home in Sharpsburg—Had Always Lived in County
Mrs. A. [braham] E. [llsworth] Rutledge of Sharpsburg died at the Hand hospital in Shenandoah Sunday afternoon to which place she had been taken Friday evening. The funeral services were held at the home in Sharpsburg Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. M. R. Talley of Bedford. Burial was made in the Lexington cemetery.
Mrs. Rutledge is survived by her husband, two sons and five daughters. The children are George Rutledge, Ralph Rutledge, and Mrs. Orie Shum of Sharpsburg; Mrs. Fay Day of Des Moines; Mrs. Eva Jordan of Harrisburg, Ill.; Mrs. Aileen Baldwin of Pueblo, Colo.; and Mrs. Harriett Newport of Clarinda.
Mrs. Rutledge was 63 years of age and had always been a resident of Sharpsburg.
[Rutledge, Thomas
Todd]
Lenox Time Table
Thursday August 20, 1964 p. 9
SHARPSBURG
Thomas
T. [odd] Rutledge, 95, passed
away July 27 in the hospital at Boise, Idaho, after a brief illness.
He
was born August 17, 1866 on a farm south of Sharpsburg. He graduated from Iowa
State University, Ames; and left as a young man to settle near Murtaugh, Idaho,
where he worked hard and realized the project of bringing irrigation to the dry
lands along the Snake River.
His
wife preceded him in death. He leaves a son, D. W. Tommy Rutledge of Provo, Utah, two daughters, Mrs Marjorie
Gentry of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Mrs.
Alice Miller of La Mesa, Calif.
He
was laid to rest in the Twin Falls cemetery.
Ralph Rutledge of Sharpsburg is a nephew of T. [homas] T.
[odd] Rutledge.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Press, August 20, 1964, p. 10.]
[Rutledge, William
Edward]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday December 9, 1920 p. 4
Wm. Rutledge
Wm.
[Edward] Rutledge of Sharpsburg
died in St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 2, at a hospital where he had been taken for an
operation, following a continued illness of some length. The operation had been
performed and was to be followed by another to complete the work, and he was
resting easily, but a clot of blood to heart brought death almost instantly
about 1:30 p. m.
Mr.
Rutledge was one of Taylor
County’s oldest living settlers, having resided here continuously since 1864.
He had lived near Sharpsburg all the time, had seen the growth of the county,
and reared a large family of children, six of whom survive, one passing away in
infancy. Those who live are Abe E. [llsworth], J.[ohn] Edward, Alice E.
[lizabeth], and Mary F. [rances] Smith,
all of Sharpsburg; Mrs. C. S. Jones of Lenox, and Tom T. [odd] of Murtaugh, Idaho. Also
a niece, Dr. Frances [Elizabeth] Rutledge Burgess of Bethany, Mo.
A
Mason for many years, the funeral services were conducted by this order.
During
his life he took an active interest in public affairs, and for many years
wielded influence in local councils of the Republican Party. He was always a
liberal supporter of the Methodist church, and liberal in his support of
anything for the community good.
Reared
in the same neighborhood in Ohio as Gen. Phil Sheridan, he took great pride in
relating incidents concerning him and other great Ohioans of the locality, and
specially in a cane cut from the tree beneath which Sheridan had once spoken,
had been raised, and under which President Harrison spoke in 1844.
He
was one of the few remaining old soldiers, and took great pleasure in their
company, and was a member of the G. A. R.
One
of the great pleasures he took was in the company of his children and grand children,
and the whole family joined with them and almost complete family reunions were
of common occurrence, and Mr. Rutledge would be in his element, quietly watching them with a loving twinkle
in his eye, and seeing that above all the little ones enjoyed themselves.
He
was well fixed with this world's goods, being one of those who firmly believed
in the future of Iowa lands, and his holdings for many years were large.
A
good citizen, firm in his friendships, and with a splendid memory of times past
and associates, well respected, he leaves a host of friends in southern Iowa
who will mourn with his relatives in his loss.
Wm.
Rutledge was born near Somerset,
Perry County, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1835, and died at St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 2, 1920,
aged 85 years and 23 days. He was the son of Jacob and Frances Rutledge, and had two brothers and one sister, all of whom
passed away before him. One Dec. 31, 1857 he was united in marriage to Louise
[Louisa Ann] Biggs, a native of
that county. To this union were born 7 children, six of whom survive.
In
1864, he enlisted in Co. H., 160th Ohio Volunteer infantry. On Nov. 18, 1864,
he arrived in Taylor county, Iowa, where he located on the farm where he
resided until four years ago when he moved to Sharpsburg.
His
wife passed away on Sept. 18, 1899.
He
was again united in marriage to Harriet Acker, also of Perry County, Ohio, who passed away
March 23, 1916.
He
leaves to mourn his loss 6 children, 19 grandchildren and 17 great grand
children.
His
illness was brief, and he passed to his reward without suffering.
Funeral
services were conducted by the local pastor, Rev. James, assisted by Rev.
Cobert, at the M. E. church and interment made in the Conway cemetery.
The
floral offerings spoke the feelings of the community.
[Rutledge, William
Allen]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 21,
1943 [p. 1]
Killed In Action
Lieut. [William] Allen
Rutledge, army air pilot of
Sharpsburg, reported missing a few weeks ago, is now reported killed in action
somewhere in the India-China
area.
[Rutledge, William
Allen]
Lenox Time Table
Thursday August
25, 1949 [p. 1]
Last Rites For Lt. William
A. Rutledge Friday
Afternoon
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at the Arnold Funeral Home at 1 P. M.
for First Lieutenant William A. [llen] Rutledge, who met death in an air raid over Haiphong,
Indo-China on Sept. 15, 1943. The remains arrived in Lenox, Thursday,
accompanied by military escort, and burial will be at Lexington cemetery.
William
A. [llen] Rutledge, 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George [Fisher] Rutledge [Mable West] of Sharpsburg, was born November 12, 1917, at
Sharpsburg.
He
was graduated from the Sharpsburg high school in 1934 and from Iowa State
College at Ames in 1938. He took the ROTC training at Ames and was commissioned
as a second lieutenant in December 1938. He was first in the Field Artillery
and was transferred to the Air Corps in 1942. He received his wings at
Victorville, Calif., in 1942. He went overseas In January 1943, and the same
year was awarded an air medal for distinguished service. He was mentioned for
DFC in 1943, and was a member of the 14th air force.
He
was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Sharpsburg and was a former teacher
at the Lenox high school.
[West, Elba Lincoln
“Ebb”]
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