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James Benjamin Rutherford 1831 – 1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Feb 1831

Birth Location: Washington, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 15 Sep 1903

Death Location: Washington, Indiana, USA

Father: William Rutherford

Mother: Nancy Brown

Spouse(s): Sarah Clegg, Melissa Crockett

Children(s): Wesley Rutherford, Nancy Rutherford, Elijah Rutherford, Sarah Rutherford, Samuel Rutherford, Dallas Rutherford

James Benjamin Rutherford was born in 1831 in Washington, Indiana, USA, the child of William C Rutherford and Nancy Brown. James Benjamin Rutherford married Sarah Clegg, Melissa Evelyn Crockett, and had children including Wesley M Rutherford, Nancy Elizabeth Rutherford, Elijah Marion Rutherford, Sarah Margaret Rutherford, Samuel Y Rutherford, Dallas H Rutherford. James Benjamin Rutherford passed away in 1903 in Washington, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • James Benjamin Rutherford was born in 1831 in Washington, Indiana, USA, the child of William C Rutherford and Nancy Brown.
  • James Benjamin Rutherford married Sarah Clegg, Melissa Evelyn Crockett, and had children including Wesley M Rutherford, Nancy Elizabeth Rutherford, Elijah Marion Rutherford, Sarah Margaret Rutherford, Samuel Y Rutherford, Dallas H Rutherford.
  • James Benjamin Rutherford passed away in 1903 in Washington, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Rutherford
1807 – 1875
Birth Location: Switzerland, Indiana, USA
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Nancy Brown
1813 – 1883
Birth Location: Switzerland, Indiana, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Clegg
1830 – 1889
Birth Location: Charlestown, Clark, Indiana, USA
SC
Melissa Crockett
1867 – 1942
Birth Location: Daviess, Indiana, USA
MC

Children(s)

Wesley Rutherford
1857 – 1936
Birth Location: Little York, Washington, Indiana, USA
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Nancy Rutherford
1859 – 1922
Birth Location: Washington,Indiana, USA
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Elijah Rutherford
1865 – 1936
Birth Location: Indiana, USA
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Sarah Rutherford
1868 – 1950
Birth Location: Washington, Indiana, USA
SR
Samuel Rutherford
1893 – 1955
Birth Location: Little York, Washington, Indiana, USA
SR
Dallas Rutherford
1903 – 1990
Birth Location: Indiana, USA
DR

James Rutherford's Ancestors

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James Rutherford
1831 – 1903
Birth Place: Washington, Indiana, USA
Parents
William C Rutherford
1807 – 1875
Switzerland, Indiana, USA
Nancy Brown
1813 – 1883
Switzerland, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
John (R) Rutherford
1776 – 1850
Virginia, USA
Sarah Sloan
1785 – 1865
Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Sloan
1734 – 1803
Frances Nesbit
1738 – 1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Nesbit
1707 – 1783
Jane Finn
1699 –

James Rutherford's Descendants

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James (Benjamin) Rutherford (25 Feb 1831 – 15 Sep 1903) m. Sarah Clegg (15 Mar 1830 – 28 Sep 1889) m. Melissa (Evelyn) Crockett (29 Oct 1867 – 26 Aug 1942)
  1. 1. Wesley (M) Rutherford (8 May 1857 – 9 Nov 1936) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Sullivan (22 Dec 1867 – 2 Jul 1957)
    1. 1. Della (May) Rutherford (23 Jun 1889 – 10 Aug 1979) m. Charles Ridlen (2 May 1889 – 1 Jul 1949)
      1. 1. Iona (M) Ridlen (20 Apr 1923 – 3 Apr 2003)
  2. 2. Nancy (Elizabeth) Rutherford (15 Sep 1859 – 28 Feb 1922) m. James (Amos) Helms (Apr 1857 – 19 Aug 1931)
    1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Helms (12 Feb 1878 – 8 May 1935) m. Charles (L) McGlasson (Dec 1873 – 26 Nov 1933)
      1. 1. Maude (B) McGlasson (11 Jul 1895 – 7 Apr 1954) m. Lambeth (Quinton) Low (6 Mar 1893 – 2 May 1956)
        1. 1. Lambeth (Quinton) Low (18 Jan 1923 – 13 Jun 2008)
      2. 2. Minnie (B) McGlasson (23 Jan 1898 – 4 Nov 1974)
      3. 3. Margaret (Bernetta) McGlasson (11 Jan 1900 – 15 Jul 1993)
      4. 4. James McGlasson (16 Jun 1902 – 29 Jun 1970)
      5. 5. Blanche McGlasson (14 Jun 1905 – Dec 1989) m. Edward Tracy (2 May 1898 – 31 Mar 1957)
        1. 1. Margaret (Ann) Tracy (6 Jun 1924 – 22 Nov 1993) m. Edward (Louis) LaTourelle (1918 – 23 Dec 1963)
    2. 2. Lenna (Mae) Helms (1889 – 1 Jul 1945) m. William (Elmer) Anderson (25 May 1881 – 6 Oct 1966)
      1. 1. Susan (Oletta) Anderson (22 Jul 1914 – Jan 2006) m. Lewis (C) Myers (1912 – 6 Dec 1941)
        1. 1. William (Kirby) Myers (29 Dec 1940 – 6 Dec 1999)
      2. 2. William (Earl) Anderson (15 Jul 1917 – 24 Jul 1996) m. Grace (Joan) Ervin (24 Apr 1932 – 2 May 1994)
      3. 3. Merrill (Vern) Anderson (Mar 1922 – 28 Apr 1949) m. Lois (Marilyn) Wingfield (13 Jan 1924 – 25 Aug 2003)
        1. 1. Merrill (Vern Jr) Anderson (28 Feb 1944 – )
      4. 4. Charles (Gilbert) Anderson (7 Oct 1923 – 19 Jan 2010)
  3. 3. Elijah (Marion) Rutherford (7 Jul 1865 – 24 Jan 1936) m. Margaret (Gertrude) Morgan (23 Nov 1867 – 3 Jun 1954)
    1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Rutherford (12 Apr 1886 – 22 Nov 1960) m. Edith (Blanch) Farabee (21 Mar 1894 – 18 Jul 1990)
      1. 1. Ralph (L) Rutherford (10 Nov 1915 – 27 Dec 2007) m. Barbara (May) Fleenor (19 May 1918 – Jun 1987)
        1. 1. David (L) Rutherford (8 Jun 1938 – 5 Jan 1998)
      2. 2. Mary (Margarete) Rutherford (16 Jun 1918 – 10 Jun 1994) m. Earl (Wesley) Blunk (2 Oct 1912 – 11 Jun 1985)
        1. 1. Floyd (Wesley) Blunk (31 Jan 1937 – ) m. Annie (Rose) Sims (3 Nov 1940 – )
        2. 2. Linda (Louise) Blunk (2 Jan 1939 – 28 Nov 1973) m. William Sauer (1936 – )
        3. 3. Sharon (Ann) Blunk (15 Jun 1946 – ) m. Fausto (Raul) Pina (28 Jul 1947 – )
        4. 4. Earl (Wayne) Blunk (11 Feb 1948 – )
    2. 2. Gertrude Rutherford (16 Feb 1888 – 20 Feb 1934) m. Benjamin (M) Pollard (3 May 1889 – 20 Jun 1942)
      1. 1. Dorothy (Mae) Pollard (3 Dec 1917 – 2 Dec 1984)
    3. 3. Dessa (Ethel) Rutherford (16 Jan 1889 – 27 May 1933) m. Ollie Winslow (5 Dec 1884 – 15 Nov 1972)
      1. 1. Juaneita (May) Winslow (16 Jun 1925 – 2 Aug 2005) m. Jerry (Clayborn) Hampton (14 Dec 1921 – 30 Jul 1990)
    4. 4. William (Wesley) Rutherford (29 Jan 1892 – 13 Mar 1939) m. Minnie (Faye) McPherson (31 May 1897 – 12 Oct 1947)
      1. 1. Martin (Lloyd) Rutherford (22 May 1919 – 28 Nov 2001) m. Margurette (Jewell) Shirley (23 Aug 1918 – 13 Sep 1986)
        1. 1. Gary (Lee) Rutherford (6 Aug 1948 – 28 Jun 2011)
      2. 2. Eugene Rutherford (27 Jun 1925 – 5 Jun 1985)
      3. 3. Ray (L) Rutherford (22 Aug 1931 – 12 Sep 1993)
      4. 4. Inez Rutherford (1 May 1933 – Dec 1975)
      5. 5. John (Elijah) Rutherford (22 Jul 1935 – 7 Oct 1996)
    5. 5. Hugh (Manson) Rutherford (17 Nov 1895 – 16 Sep 1980) m. Lura (M) Lemons (Feb 1896 – 1926)
      1. 1. Vera (Irene) Rutherford (22 May 1918 – 7 Nov 1999) m. William (Everett) Graham (1 Mar 1916 – 8 Nov 1999)
      2. 2. Helen (May) Rutherford (23 Apr 1920 – 25 Apr 2010) m. William (Lewis) Strouse (23 Sep 1917 – 30 Jan 1999)
        1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Strouse (13 Jun 1939 – 7 Nov 1995)
        2. 2. Wanda (Joyce) Strouse (25 May 1945 – 3 Mar 1964)
    6. 6. James (Harley) Rutherford (31 Dec 1898 – 14 Aug 1976) m. Mabel Weston (18 Jan 1897 – 14 Nov 1979)
      1. 1. Volney (R) Rutherford (12 Oct 1920 – 23 May 1995)
    7. 7. Halbert (Dossen) Rutherford (11 Aug 1900 – 10 Jan 1987) m. Ruth (Alma) Scifres (8 Jul 1908 – 2 Aug 1991)
    8. 8. Paul (Morgan) Rutherford (24 Jul 1906 – 20 Apr 1998) m. Ruth Bryant (18 Feb 1910 – 20 Mar 2010)
    9. 9. Elmer (Clarence) Rutherford (14 Aug 1908 – 23 Jan 1992) m. Bertha (Elizabeth) Badger (16 Feb 1909 – 22 May 1981)
  4. 4. Sarah (Margaret) Rutherford (29 Aug 1868 – 16 Dec 1950) m. Dawson (Lyon) Trueblood (26 May 1863 – 20 Mar 1939)
    1. 1. Emma Trueblood (3 Jun 1896 – 2 Nov 1960) m. Orris (Mason) Cathcart (19 Apr 1893 – 29 Mar 1962)
      1. 1. Juanita (M) Cathcart (4 May 1915 – 5 Aug 1992) m. Claud Hall m. Raymond (E) Spry (2 Jun 1914 – 24 Feb 2000)
      2. 2. Margaret (Irene) Cathcart (12 May 1919 – 8 Dec 2003) m. William (R) Holstine (7 Oct 1918 – 8 Jan 1986)
        1. 1. Conita (Ann) Holstine (16 May 1943 – 19 Jun 2008) m. Richard (Waskom) Teipen (20 Jun 1939 – 11 Feb 2015)
      3. 3. Eva (Lucille) Cathcart (26 Dec 1920 – 1 May 1999) m. David (M) Franklin (27 Feb 1918 – 19 Jun 1999)
        1. 1. Jerry (Myron) Franklin (25 Mar 1939 – 8 Mar 2008)
        2. 2. Larry (Ray) Franklin (11 Aug 1941 – 29 Aug 1993)
        3. 3. Terry (D) Franklin
      4. 4. Maxine Cathcart (8 Jan 1923 – 6 Sep 1986) m. Raymond (L) Hill (2 Jun 1920 – 13 Sep 1994)
      5. 5. John (L) Cathcart (7 Apr 1926 – 30 Aug 1984) m. Thelma Brummett
      6. 6. Glenn (Alvin) Cathcart (10 Feb 1928 – 5 Oct 2002) m. Emma (Lou) Barrett
      7. 7. Margy (Joan) Cathcart (21 Oct 1930 – ) m. Mike Seal
    2. 2. Ervin Trueblood (14 Feb 1905 – 13 Sep 1969) m. Grace (Elizabeth) Johnson (16 Feb 1913 – Mar 1976)
    3. 3. Verle Trueblood (20 Aug 1907 – 4 May 1980) m. Hazel Fawbush (18 Mar 1911 – 28 Feb 2003)
    4. 4. Mildred (Fay) Trueblood (14 Aug 1914 – 16 Jan 1951) m. Hubert Callaway (8 Sep 1914 – 15 Aug 1975)
      1. 1. Dale (Eugene) Callaway (18 Jan 1940 – 11 Jun 1974)
  5. 5. Samuel (Y) Rutherford (18 Dec 1893 – 1955) m. Orpha (M) Winslow (12 Oct 1890 – 4 Apr 1995)
    1. 1. Eugene Rutherford (18 Feb 1918 – 13 Nov 1987)
    2. 2. Forrest (J) Rutherford (3 Feb 1920 – 25 May 2003)
    3. 3. James Rutherford (9 Jan 1922 – 1 Mar 2005)
  6. 6. Dallas (H) Rutherford (5 Jul 1903 – 14 Mar 1990) m. Irene (L) Kanatzar (4 Jul 1900 – 25 Feb 2001)
    1. 1. Evelyn (Laverne) Rutherford (4 Jul 1933 – 18 Dec 1992)

James Rutherford's Timeline

2 Records

1831
25 Feb 1831
Birth of James Benjamin Rutherford in Washington, Indiana, USA
Washington, Indiana, USA
1903
15 Sep 1903
Age 72
Death of James Benjamin Rutherford in Washington, Indiana, USA
Washington, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Feb 1831
    Event Place: Washington, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1903
    Event Place: Washington, Indiana, USA
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