Person:John Rutherford (30)

"He was a farmer, and brought up in that pursuit. He held many places ofpublic trust in his life; was superintendent of the Wiconisco canal asearly as 1837, an auditor of the county, a jury commissioner, and wasvice-president and treasurer of the Pennsylvania State AgriculturalSociety. He was a strong anti-slavery advocate, as all his family were,and many a weary pilgrim, in the days of the fugitive slave act, sore offoot and heart, found in Capt. Rutherford hospitable assistance, materialaid, and manly encouragement. He hated slavery because he considered it amoral sin and a political blight upon the free institutions of America.During the late Rebellion he served as quartermaster in the United Statesarmy, ranking fourth on the list. While stationed at Harper's Ferry hewas captured in one of the raids on that stronghold, but released onparole. He was then ordered to Camp Douglas, and subsequently toCharleston, S. C. In the latter city, about the close of the war, hecontracted a disease from the effects of which he never fully recovered."(Egle, William Henry. "Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish andGerman." Harrisburg Lane, 1886.)

1.   Egle, William Henry, (i)Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German(/i) (Harrisburg Lane, 1886).