Izard Co., AR - Biographies - Joseph Ruminer

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Joseph Ruminer was born on Blue Grass soil, in Hickman County, June 22, 1835,
his father, John Ruminer, having been born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1809.
The latter was educated in his uative State and county, and was married there
to Miss Elizabeth Harris, who was a Kentuckian, their union resulting in the
birth of six sons and five daughters, only one, Joseph, being now alive. Mr.
Ruminer was a farmer by occupation, and at the time of his death, in 1862, was
the owner of seventy-seven acres of land. He held the office of justice of the
peace for two terms, and was a man whom all respected and esteemed. His wife,
who was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died the same year as
himself, but a few months afterward. Joseph Ruminer received a very limited
education in his youth, but this defect he has remedied in a great measure by
reading and conducting the business affairs of life. After reaching manhood, he
was married on the 24th of February, 1859, to Miss Sarah Coalson, whose birth
occurred in the State of Mississippi. Although the family born to them
consisted of ten children, only five are now living: Mary E., Samuel R.,
Sheffield, Robert and Harris H. Mr. Ruminer is a successful agriculturist, and
his farm consisting of 368 acres is one of the best in the county, with about
seventy-five acres under the plow and twenty acres cleared of wood and brush,
with which it abounded. His first purchase of land was some forty acres, but as
can be seen he has been remarkably successful, and now ranks among the first
farmers of the county. He enlisted in the army in 1863, and his first hard
fight was at Helena. He was a member of Dobbins' regiment, but when the rest
went to Jacksonport to surrender he returned home. He is a member of the I. O.
O. F. and he and wife worship in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.