FIFTH GENERATION
514. Hugh Toliver Rutledge was born on 6 Feb 1882 in Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas. (165) He appeared on the census on 23 Apr 1910 in Precinct #1, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.(809) He appeared on the census on 7 Jan 1920 in Precinct #1, Irion County, Texas. (810) He died on 4 May 1929 in Sonora, Sutton County, Texas.(811) He was buried in Sonora Cemetery, Sonora, Texas. Mr. Rutledge ran a cafe in Sonora, Texas. An ad from the Sonora paper read:
RUTLEDGE'S CAFE
Short Orders, Fish and Oysters In Season
Extras on Sunday
HUGH RUTLEDGE, Proprietor, Sonora, Texas
[From the Devil's River News, 1926]
According to Jo-Ann E. Palmer of the Sutton County Historical Society, two older residents of that County (88 and 94 years old in 1994) said "The Rutledge Cafe had good food, great coffee, and was real clean".
He was married to Birdie Muckelroy (daughter of Patrick Muckelroy and Willie Mae Martin) in 1903 in Sherwood, Irion County, Texas. Birdie Muckelroy was born on 11 Feb 1883 in Lavaca County, Texas. She appeared on the census on 10 Apr 1930 in Sonora, Sutton County, Texas.(812) She died on 26 Oct 1970 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. (813) She was buried in Sonora Cemetery, Sonora, Texas.
(Info from Joe Fields)
Family Members
Parents
John Toliver Rutledge
1856–1932
Irene Mae Hamblin Rutledge
1860–1937
Spouse
Birdie Muckleroy Rutledge
1883–1970 (m. 1903)
Siblings
Sam E Rutledge
1880–1917
William Pickney Rutledge
1884–1959
Rol Royal Rutledge
1888–1936
Lalla Rookh Rutledge Clark
1894–1980
Winrow Blake Rutledge
1896–1966
Clovis Gano Rutledge
1905–1908
