1855 Isaac Rule and Maria Price were married on December 8 in Morrow County, Ohio. [1] [2]
1889 Isaac Rule (born 16 July 1823) died on February 21 and was buried at West Point Cemetery, West Point, Morrow County, Ohio. [3]
A biosketch of Isaac Rule reports [4]:
Isaac Rule, farmer; P. O. Whetstone. Among the many men to be found in this county, who have risen to affluence from a small beginning by the exercise of industry and frugality, we find the above named gentleman to be one of the first. He was born July 16, 1823, in Pennsylvania; his parents, John and Susan (Blosser) Rule, were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to this State in 1825. Isaac's father worked in an oil-mill, when young, but- on his arrival in this State he entered a quarter section of Government land near North Woodbury; he cleared and improved this property, and kept it till his death, which was in 1874; he had kept a store in North Woodbury, during this time, for nearly fourteen years, his partner being one Morgan Levering; but desiring to retire from active life, they divided the goods, and Isaac brought his father's half West Point, and commenced business in a log cabin, near where he now lives; his father gave him one thousand dollars worth of goods, and for the rest he paid as soon as he was able; he did a large and successful business and soon built the store room now occupied by J. R. Garverick & Co.; his father and himself were partners for three years, when his father withdrew, and his place was supplied by Norman Merwine, for the same length of time. Isaac then retired from the mercantile business, and has since followed farming, with good success. He was married Dec. 8, 1853, to Maria, daughter of John and Martha Price. Seven children have been born of this union; only three are now living-Newton, Irene and Edwin A.; the second named is now attending school at Granville, Ohio, and wants to complete the course. Before giving any of his property to his children, Mr. Rule owned near seven hundred acres of land here, besides Western property, the most of this having been obtained by his indomitable energy.
[1] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Find A Grave Memorial 27406408, [FindAGrave].
[4] William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, History of Morrow County and Ohio (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880), 628, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].