Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Ruth, John
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
New Britain Township


   JOHN RUTH farmer, P.O. Line Lexington, was born in 1823.  
Henry Ruth, his father, married Mary Swartz, by whom he had 
twelve children, of whom John was the youngest.  He left 
school at an early age, and during his whole life his 
occupation has been that of a farmer.  In 1853 he married 
Catherine Swartley, by whom he had five children:  Mando, 
William, Henry, Sarah (deceased), and Mary.  The mother of 
these children died in 1865.  In 1866 Mr. Ruth married 
Elizabeth Gohman, to whom a daughter, Annie, was born in 
1868.  This wife died in 1870, and in 1872 Mr. Ruth married 
Mary Ann Rickert, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Lapp) 
Rickert.  His children by her are:  Allen R., born 1872; 
David R., born 1874 (deceased), John, born 1876 (deceased); 
Elizabeth, born 1879; Susanna, 1880; Israel, 1882; Titus, 
1884; Martha, 1885; Rosa, 1887.  Mr. Ruth is a member of the 
Mennonite church, and a republican.