Ruth Reger ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1830 US Census, June 1830, Lewis, Virginia, United States. ⁴ 1830 US Census
Page 248 Roll 191
, Lewis County, Virginia
Females
20-30: 1 = (Ruth, wife, age 21)
(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)

2. 1850 US Census, 17 July 1850, Lewis, Virginia, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 25, Dwelling 331, Family 333, Roll 956
District 30, Lewis County, Virginia
Ruth Marple..41..VA
(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 14 Jul 1809, then her age should have been 40 instead of 41.

3. 1870 US Census, 19 August 1870, Warren Township, Upshur, West Virginia, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 99, Family 96
Warren Township, Upshur County, West Virginia
Ruth Marple..61..VA..Keeping House
(Living with husband, married daughter, Elmira, and her 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 14 Jul 1809, then her age should have been 60 instead of 61.

4. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 117A, District 125, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Roll 1414
Warren District, Upshur County, West Virginia
Ruth Marple..Wife..70..WV..Keeping House..(Mother to Addison)
(Living with her husband at the home of her married son, Addison, and his family.)

5. Cemetery: McVaney Cemetery, After 6 December 1892, Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States.

Ruth married John Weaver Marple, son of John Abram Marple and Barbara Anna Weaver, on 12 August 1827 in Lewis, Virginia, United States.¹ (John Weaver Marple was born on 15 April 1805 in Virginia, United States,^{1 2} died on 17 August 1880 in Upshur, West Virginia, United States and was buried after 17 August 1880 in Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage: Lewis, Virginia, 17 April 1827.

2. 1830 US Census, June 1830, Lewis, Virginia, United States. ⁴ 1830 US Census
Page 248 Roll 191
, Lewis County, Virginia
Males
20-30:1 = John Marpel (age 25)
Females
0-5: 2 = (Rosetta, daughter, age 2; Samantha, daughter, age 0)
20-30: 1 = (Ruth, wife, age 21)

3. 1850 US Census, 17 July 1850, Lewis, Virginia, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 25, Dwelling 331, Family 333, Roll 956
District 30, Lewis County, Virginia
John Marple..45..VA..Farmer
Ruth Marple..41..VA
Albina Marple..16..VA..Farmer
Addison E. Marple..14..VA
Almira A. Marple..10..VA
Columbus F. Marple..4..VA
Columbia H. Marple..1..VA

4. 1870 US Census, 19 August 1870, Warren Township, Upshur, West Virginia, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 99, Family 96
Warren Township, Upshur County, West Virginia
John W. Marple..64..VA..Farmer
Ruth Marple..61..VA..Keeping House
Elmira A. Marple..29..VA
Rossetta Marple..9..VA
Omar S. Marple..7..VA
Electa C. Marple..4..WV

NOTE - Elmirya was widowed and living back home with her 3 young children.

5. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 117A, District 125, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Roll 1414
Warren District, Upshur County, West Virginia

NOTE - The enumerator mistakenly listed the family of Addison's father and Mother as the same family #4 instead of family #5. The relationships below are all to the father and not to Addison.

John W. Marple..(Head)..75..PA..Farmer..(Father to Addison)
Ruth Marple..Wife..70..WV..Keeping House..(Mother to Addison)
Rose E. Robinson..GDau..18..WV..At Home..(Niece)
Omar L. Robinson..GSon..17..WV..Farm Laborer..(Nephew)
Electa C. Robinson..GDau..14..WV..(Niece)

(Living at the home of their married son, Addison, and his family.)

NOTE - Addison Marple was an uncle to the three Robinson children. They were listed as "grandchildren" but that relationship was only to the elderly parents, John W. and Ruth Marple who were living with Addison, at the time of the census. The mother of the Robinson children was Addison's sister, Almyra Arminta Marple, whose husband had died in 1865. It is not known where Almyra was at the time of the 1880 census or why her children had to be cared for by her brother and his wife who had 10 children of their own living at home at the time. I doubt if the elderly parents who were in their 70s were actually caring for the 3 teen-aged Robinson children.