Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: Colorado, , , United States
• Census: 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Ward 2]; Federal

Notes:

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Her was 5' 5" and 160lbs had a light complexion and gray hair and eyes.: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Her was 5' 5" and 160lbs had a light complexion and gray hair and eyes.
• Medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair
• WW1: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; WW1
• WWII Draft Registration: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; WWII Draft Registration
• Census: 1900, Otero, , Colorado, United States [Precinct 1]; Federal
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Ward 2]; Federal
• Occupation: 23 Apr 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; Mill Laborer
• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Laborer at the Broadmore Hotel
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; 2417 W Vermijo Ave
• Residence: 1920, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
• Census: 1930, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Federal
• Occupation: 6 Apr 1930, Colorado Springs, , Colorado, United States; Building Carpenter
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; Federal
• Occupation: 8 Apr 1940, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Road Construction Laborer
• Residence: 27 Apr 1942, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; 2310 Hagerman St
• Census: 10 Apr 1950, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Federal

Notes:

Copies sent to Michael Emmert. Copies from the Charles C. S tevens Family Bible
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Residence:
2417 W Vermijo Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 is a single family home built in 1913 with 1 bed and bath with 691 sq ft.

Census:
He owned his home valued at $800.

Residence:
The house was built in 1890 and is 2 beds and 1 bath with 1047 sq ft.

Charles married Lottie Lou Libby on 8 Mar 1909 in Colorado, , , United States. Lottie (daughter of Edwin Ray Libby and Catherine Minnie Zink) was born on 31 May 1892 in Gladbrook, Tama, Iowa, United States; died on 31 Aug 1970 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; was buried in 1970 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Fairview Cemetery]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Federal: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; Federal
• Federal: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Federal
• Name: Charlotte Lou
• Residence: 1895, Vienna, Marshall, Iowa, United States
• Residence: 1900, Baker, Osceola County, Iowa, United States
• Census: 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Ward 2]; Federal
• Residence: 1920, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
• Residence: 1930, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States

Notes:

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Uncertain as to why the source of the AKA listed first name as Charolotte. Per 1930 Census sheet Charles Benjamin's wife is clearly listed as Lottie. All other information fits however.

Federal:
Role: Household Member


Federal:
Role: Household Member


Residence:
Lived with Wm C Flemming & Family. Also in Household were sisters Edna & Laura Libby.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence-Occupant: Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States
• Residence-Occupant: Colorado City, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; Address:
  n/a 1015 Lincoln Ave Colorado CIty, CO
• Census: 1860, Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States; Federal
• Census: 1900, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; Federal
• Census: 1900, Otero, , Colorado, United States [Precinct 1]; Federal
• Occupation: 2 Jun 1900, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Saddle & Harness Shop owner
• Residence: 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Ward 4]
• Occupation: 1911, Colorado City, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; harness maker
• Residence: 1920, Victor, Teller, Colorado, United States

Notes:

Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant


Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant

Samuel married Clara Emma Warner in 1883. Clara (daughter of John A. Warner, daughter of John A. Warner and Catherine F.) was born on 12 Sep 1862 in Pennsylvania, , , United States; died on 31 Dec 1928 in Victor, Teller, Colorado, United States; was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fairview Cemetery: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States; Fairview Cemetery
• Census: 1870, Jessup, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; Federal
• Census: 1880, Jessup, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; Federal
• Residence: 1900, Otero, , Colorado, United States [Precinct 1]
• Residence: 1910, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States [Ward 4]; Jefferson Ave
• Residence: 1911, Colorado City, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; Address:
  n/a 1015 Lincoln Ave Colorado CIty, CO
• Census: 1920, Victor, Teller, Colorado, United States; Federal

Notes:

Census:
She was listed as being at school.

Census:
She was listed as being at home.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1895, Vienna, Marshall, Iowa, United States

Notes:

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Edwin married Catherine Minnie Zink on 13 Nov 1883 in Toledo, Tama, Iowa, United States. Catherine (daughter of John M. Zink and Charlotte Yetley) was born in 1862 in Mar, Wayne, North Carolina, United States; died on 22 Sep 1897 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States; was buried on 24 Sep 1897 in Carlton, Tama County, Iowa, United States [Chapel Hill Cemetery]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Cassie
• Residence: 1880, Spring Creek, Tama, Iowa, United States

Notes:

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival in the Kansas Territory: Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States; Arrival in the Kansas Territory
• Federal: Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States; Federal
• Census: 1850, Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; Federal
• Occupation: 1850, Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; cabinet maker
• Residence: 1859, Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States
• Occupation: 1860, Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States; Merchant

Notes:

Arrival in the Kansas Territory:
In the Spring of 1858, more settlers arrived, including two men by the names of Ruggles and Stevens, who built a cabin on the south bank of the Neosho River and began to sell goods. Later in the year, the two built a frame store building and the Falls House Hotel. Before long, another store building was erected by J. Fisher, who put in a stock of drugs.

Federal:
Role: Head of Household
His estate was valued at $1450


Occupation:
His personal property was valued at $1450.

Peter married Hulda Augusta Ruggles on 31 Dec 1851 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Hulda (daughter of Samuel Ruggles and Nancy Wells) was born on 12 Apr 1822 in Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii, United States; died on 26 May 1871 in Stevensville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Stevensville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Connecticut, , , United States
• Augusta and the Mission Quilt: Sandwich Islands, , , ; Augusta and the Mission Quilt
• Federal: Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States; Federal
• Hawaiin Quilt: Sandwich Islands, , , ; Hawaiin Quilt
• Residence-Occupant: Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States
• Residence: 1850, Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
• Residence: 1860, Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas Territory, United States

Notes:

Augusta and the Mission Quilt:
From the Curator's Deskby Katie Gardner

Eight year old Augusta Ruggles sewed the final stitches in her silk pieced quilt. Her older sister Sarah, her mother, and a number of her mother's friends from their regular sewing circle helped. This communal and social practice was and still is common in quilting. The year was 1830 and this New England ladies' group was working on a typical New England-style quilt-except they were sewing it in the Sandwich Islands.In October 1819 seven families sailed from Boston on the haddeus, arriving on April 4, 1820 in Kailua, Oahu in what is now known as Hawai'i. These families, mostly young married couples, were the first company of Christian missionaries sent to the islands by the American Board of Commissioners or Foreign Missions. Among the group were Connecticut newlyweds Samuel Ruggles, a teacher, and his wife, Nancy Wells Ruggles.The Ruggles and other New England missionaries brought their faith, their customs, their skills, and their aterial culture with them; all of which was shared and some of which
Augusta and her sister returned to the United States after 1830 to attend school. The rest of their family followed in 1834. Augusta's treasured island quilt traveled with her and was eventually passed along to her son, Samuel Ruggles Stevens. Stevens, [born in 1852] moved to Colorado City near Colorado Springs in 1895 where he operated a shoe shop. In 1967 five of his children donated the fragile but lovely silk quilt to the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum in his memory.
At this time his daughters Hulda Garnhart, Katherine Pearl Rogula, Hazel Madonna, Myrtle Cave and Clara Jones, also provided the long-held family tradition that Augusta's quilt was "made of cast-off robes of kings and queens" of the Sandwich Islands. There is a companion Ruggles quilt residing in the Mission Houses Museum in Honolulu, Hawai'i where museum volunteer, Diana Francese, saw it on display. This experience, she says, reinforced her love for historic artifacts and opened her heart to a new understanding of Hawaii's culture. She introduced the Mission Houses Museum's astonished staff to Augusta's quilt by providing them with photos and documentation from the CSPM. The "sister" quilts were reunited at
last by research! A compa r i son of the two quilts reveals that the type of silk fabrics and the "Four Patch" pat tern used are the same. The color schemes are nearly mirror images: Augusta's quilt is primarily gold with blue h i g h l i g h t s , whi le the one in Honolulu is primari ly blue with gold accents. There are several identical fabrics in both quilts. The quilts were both made in 1830, and the Mission Houses Museum records indicate that the blue quilt was made by either Augusta's sister
Sarah or their mother, Nancy Ruggles. It seems plausible that the two girls were making their quilts together under the instruction of their mother and her circle of sewing friends.The Hawaiians imported expensive Chinese silk fabric so that the missionaries could sew Western-style clothing for the Hawaiian royalty. The unused scraps were then used to make quilts including the two Ruggles quilts. In addition to the scraps, Augusta's quilt incorporates a piece of white floral fabric, with a visible curved seam that appears to be a scrap of a used woman's dress bodice. Could it have belonged to Nancy Ruggles? Augusta's quilt and the story of early nineteenth-century missionary life it represents are among an infinite number of history lessons embedded in the CSPM's collections. By preserving and studying them, we can bring the stories from the past alive once again.

Hawaiin Quilt:
Hulda was the first white child born in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). and made a silk quilt from the cast off clothing of the kings and queens. The edging is made of the kings trousers.




Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant


Federal:
Role: Household Member

Notes:

Married:
_HTITL: Husband

_WTITL: Wife

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Batavia, , New York, United States

Notes:

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Batavia, New York, United States

Edwin married Melvina Fay in 1847. Melvina (daughter of Rufus Fay and Maranda) was born in Jan 1827 in Java, Wyoming, New York, United States; died in 1900 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived: Java, Wyoming, New York, United States

Notes:

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Spring Creek, Tama, Iowa, United States

Notes:

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John married Charlotte Yetley in Jun 1858 in Pennsylvania, , , United States. Charlotte (daughter of John Yetley and Ellen (Heinnie) Hisley) was born on 9 Sep 1836 in Jersey Shore, , Pennsylvania, United States; died on 13 Mar 1923 in Tama County, , Iowa, United States; was buried in Carlton, Tama County, Iowa, United States [Chapel Hill Cemetery]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Watson, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1880, Spring Creek, Tama, Iowa, United States
• Residence: 1885, Spring Creek, Tama, Iowa, United States

Notes:

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