1850 John Rhul (age 25, born in Ohio) lived in Congress Twp, Morrow County, Ohio, in a household with Elizabeth Rhul (age 25), Charlotte Rhul (age 3), and Jonas Rhul (age 1). [1]
1860 John Ruhl (age 35, born in Ohio) lived in Perry Twp, Richland County, Ohio, in a household with Elisabeth Ruhl (age 34), Charlotte Ruhl (age 12), Jonas Ruhl (age 11), Jacon Ruhl (age 9), Franklin Ruhl (age 6), and Davis Ruhl (age 1). John Ruhl's occupation was farmer. [2]
1870 John Ruhl (age 45, born in Ohio) lived in Perry Twp, Richland County, Ohio, in a household with Elizabeth Ruhl (age 45), Charlotte Ruhl (age 23), Jonas Ruhl (age 20), Jalen Ruhl (age 18), Franklin Ruhl (age 16), and Davis Ruhl (age 10). John Ruhl's occupation was farmer. [3]
A biosketch of John Ruhl reports [4]:
farmer, resides on a part of Sec 23, which he owns; his father, George Ruhl, was born about the year 1788, in Pennsylvania, and migrated to Richland Co, and settled on Sec. 13, Perry Township, in the fall of 1812; he had seventeen children --Washington, Levi, Amos, Jeremiah, Adam, Charles, Isaac, David, William, Sarah, Hannah, John, George, Henry, Elias, Elizabeth and Elijah. He entered the land upon which his son now resides; he came from York Co, Penn., in a wagon, and was obliged to cut his road from Bellville to the place he settled. The Indians frequently visited his cabin, and borrowed cooking pots, dishes and other things, which they always returned according to promise. The subject of this sketch was born in Perry Township, and has always followed farming as an occupation; he commenced to keep house in Congress Township, Morrow Co, where he resided until he moved to the place he now owns; he was born Oct. 28, 1824. Elizabeth Bisel, daughter of Emanuel Bisel and Catherine Black, was born April 18, 1825; they were married Aug. 4, 1846; children-Charlotte was born June 9, 1847; Jonas W., July 27, 1849; Jason J., April 15, 1851; Benjamin F., June 27, 1853: Davis M., June 11, 1855.
Daughter [Charlotte] Lottie Ruhl and Sherman W. Bixler were married in 1874. [5] Sherman Bixler was born in Rostertown, Pennsylvania in 1814. [6]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] A. A. Graham, History of Richland County, Ohio (1880), 862, [GoogleBooks].
[5] William Alexander Duff, History of North Central Ohio, embracing Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron, and Knox Counties (1931), [AncestryImage].
[6] William Alexander Duff, History of North Central Ohio, embracing Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron, and Knox Counties (1931), [AncestryImage].