William Ellison Rutledge[1]
1829 - 1908 (78 years)-
Name William Ellison Rutledge Born Jul 11, 1829 Mississippi, USA 
Gender Male Died Apr 26, 1908 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Person ID I6077 mykindred Last Modified Mar 11, 2015
Father John Rutledge, b. circa 1790, Tennessee, USA , d. Dec 06, 1875, Newton, Newton county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 85 years) Mother Sarah K. Wilson, b. circa 1805, South Carolina, USA , d. Jan 28, 1883, Newton, Newton county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 78 years) Married Nov 11, 1824 Amite county, Mississippi, USA Notes - All six of the children were recorded born in Mississippi, hence they must have come to Texas sometime between 1842 and 1850, shortly after Texas' admission into the United States.
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1850 census, TX, Newton, Newton, Oct 28, HH 105/105
John RULLIDGE, 60 M, carpenter, TN
Sarah K, 45, F, $350, SC
William O RULLIDGE, 21, M, MS
John RULLIDGE, 19, M, MS
Ivistor RULLIDGE, 16, M, MS
Eliza Jane RULLIDGE, 12, F, MS
Eitha Ann RULLIDGE, 9, F, MS
Oliver C RULLIDGE, 8, M, MS
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They are also on the 1860 census, but the father, John, is shown 15 years older. Also, a 32 year old male named James is added, but he and William, John, and Iverson are all designated as "domestics", not family members, from Mississippi. And, both Eliza Jane, who married Thomas Bonner in 1855, and Leatha Ann, who married William Brack in 1857, are listed with their parents' household -- but their husbands are not.
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1860 census, TX, Newton PO, Newton, P 33, July 7
-- HH 211/211
John RUTLEDGE, 75, M, Farmer, $???, $727, 2615, 727, TN
Sarah K. RUTLEDGE, 55, F, SC
James M. RUTLEDGE, 33, M, domestic, MS, can't read or write
William RUTLEDGE, 32, M, domestic, MS
John RUTLEDGE, 29, M, domestic, MS, can't read or write
Iverson RUTLEDGE, 24, M, domestic, MS
Jane RUTLEDGE, 22, F, MS
Letha A RUTLEDGE, 20, F, MS (she is also listed next door as wife of Wm. BRACK)
Oliver RUTLEDGE, 17, M, domestic, MS
-- HH 212/212
William BRACK, 27, M, grocer, $200, TN
L.A. BRACK, 20, F, MS
Margaret E.J. BRACK, 1, F, TX
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Family ID F2179 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Frances Ann Hart, d. Y Married Dec 11, 1856 Newton county, Texas, USA Family ID F2181 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Pamela Hildebrant, b. Sep 21, 1860, Hillebrandt Bayou, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Dec 18, 1944, Hillebrandt Bayou, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) Married Oct 31, 1877 Jefferson county, Texas, USA Children 1. Sarah A. Rutledge, b. Aug 1877, Texas, USA , d. Mar 05, 1962, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 84 years)2. Clementine Rutledge, b. Feb 22, 1880, Texas, USA , d. Aug 07, 1963, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)3. Matilda Rutledge, b. Sep 23, 1882, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Feb 06, 1964, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)4. Christian Elijah Rutledge, b. May 19, 1885, Texas, USA , d. Jun 28, 1977, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 92 years)Family ID F2182 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- All six of the children were recorded born in Mississippi, hence they must have come to Texas sometime between 1842 and 1850, shortly after Texas' admission into the United States.
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Sources - [S834] Dore, Barbara Yancey.
- [S834] Dore, Barbara Yancey.
