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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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RUYLE, ROBERT N. blacksmith and wagonmaker, Morris street, Roodhouse; general blacksmithing, repairing, jobbing horseshoeing a specialty. Mr. Ruyle was born in Greene County, Illinois, in 1847. His father, Alfred Ruyle, now a resident of Kansas; was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1801; he there married Sarah Ann Bleckston; the youthful couple became residents of Greene County in an early day. Robert, who heads this sketch, was the youngest of a family of ten children. Near Athensville, this county, Robert passed his youthful days, and was apprenticed to the trade of a black smith and wagon, maker, and became a skillful workman. In 1861 he entered the army, enlisting in Company C, Fifth Regiment, of Missouri Volunteers; he was then but fifteen years of age; remaining eighteen months he was engaged in many severe skirmishes. Alfred Kuyle was a Captain during the rebellion, and what is somewhat remarkable seven of his boys were also in the service. Robert returned to Greene County March 19, 1867. He was united in marriage to Sarah A. Ranee; one child, Julia, was born in 1872.
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