Biographical Sketch of Adolph Ruge, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Adolph Ruge, treasurer of Franklin County, Mo., was born in Schlewig-
Holstein, Germany, January 2, 1828, and is the son of John L. and 
Frederica (Von Foss) Ruge, both natives of the above country.  Adolph
immigrated to America in 1849, landing in New York City, and at once
started across the Alleghany Mountains for St. Louis.  From there he
came to Franklin County, and, joining a brother, lived on a farm for
a few months.  He removed to Washington in 1850, and entered the store
of Mr. William Gallenkamp, where he remained until about 1853, and he
then removed to South Point, and clerked for about nine months.  He 
then went to St. Louis, and clerked at this place for about a year and
a half.  In the summer of 1855 he returned to Washington, where he 
opened a store in 1856 and continued until 1858, when he engaged in
farming for two years.  He then engaged in clerking at Miller's Land-
ing, now New Haven, and in 1866 was admitted to a partnership with 
Ernst Bosse, his employer.  Here he continued business until 1884,
during which time he performed the duties of assistant postmaster for
ten years, while Mr. Bosse was postmaster; but in 1873 Mr. Ruge was
himself appointed postmaster, and held that position until 1885.  In
November, 1886, he was elected on the Republican ticket to the posi-
tion he now holds.  Mr. Ruge was married in 1857 to Miss Ida Daniel, 
a native of Germany, and to them were born three children, all daugh-
ters.  Mrs. Ruge died in December, 1862 and in 1864 he married Miss
Ida Krueger, a native of Franklin Co., Mo., who bore him three child-
ren, all sons.  Charles Ruge, M. D. (deceased), an elder brother of
our subject, was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1801, received a splen-
did education and graduated at the University at Kiel.  He came to
America in 1839, and located and lived in Warren and Franklin Counties,
Mo., being a citizen of the latter county at the time of his death,
which occurred in October, 1876.  He was the leading physician of those
counties, and as such made a fine reputation.

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