Person:Augustus Rutherford (5)

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Augustus Riley "Gus" RUTHERFORD
b.3 Aug 1859 Bexar Co., TX
d.1 Apr 1935 Graham, Young Co., TX
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m. 5 Aug 1884
  1. Ray W. Rutherford1886 -
  2. Thomas Helm "Tom" RUTHERFORD1887 -
  3. Carr R. RUTHERFORD1890 - 1977
  4. Augustus Clifford RUTHERFORD1892 - 1974
  5. Isla RUTHERFORD1895 -
  6. Theodore Clinton "Clint" RUTHERFORD1903 - 1965
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Name Augustus Riley "Gus" RUTHERFORD
Gender Male
Birth? 3 Aug 1859 Bexar Co., TX
Marriage 5 Aug 1884 Denton Co., TXto Sarah Belle "Belle" Wilkinson
Death? 1 Apr 1935 Graham, Young Co., TX
Reference Number 197

Gus was named after his father's brother, Augustus, who "was hung by some State or Confederate troops" in Sebastian Co., AR, during the Civil War, and his mother's father, Wiley WILDER, whose given name apparently began with a W and not an R.

1920 Young Co., TX, census, p.235A, Precinct 4, Sept. 28-29, 1920, W.B. Gegg: blank/50, AUGUSTUS R. RUTHERFORD, head, owns mortgaged farm, W M 61, md., TX TN AR, stock farmer; Bell, wife, W F 49, IA OH OH; Clint, son, W M 17, TX TX IA.

1930 census

Gus and Belle are buried in Red Top Cemetery, Graham, Young Co., TX.

See photograph of Gus at http://members.aol.com/wilenesmth/rutherfordphotos.html

descendant Bill Rutherford <bruther@@compassnet.com>

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