Ruggles, Joseph

1861 - 1908  (47 years)

• Name	Ruggles, Joseph  [1]
  	20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUMBERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met with his first serious accident at Wharton on Wednesday last, resulting in the loss of his left leg below the knee. Mr. Ruggles had been to Austin on business and missed the noon passenger train and started home on the log train. At Wharton he got off the train to transact a little business, and as the train was starting up he attempted to board one of the log cars. His foot slipped, and although Joe knew in an instant that it had gone where it ought not to, he could not pull it out before one of the wheels caught It. His foot and ankle was ground off so it only hung by a few shreds of skin and flesh. The engine was cut loose from the train, and with the caboose hurried back to Austin with the unfortunate man, where he was taken to the hospital and Dr. Potter amputated the injured leg, just below the knee. It was a most unfortunate accident for Mr. Ruggles, owing to the nature of his work and his heavy weight, as it will be next to an impossibility for him to follow this occupation on an artificial leg. Joe Ruggles is a man who is known and respected by every person who ever had any conection with the lumbering industry of Potter county, and all will regret to learn of his sad misfortune. PRETTY LAWN PARTY Miss Elsie French and Her Little Scousins Entertain ... wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 7 seconds ago CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 06 Aug 1908, Thu • Page 1
  Birth	1861	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1908	Hammersley, Stewardson, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
  	In charge of the railroad: The house on the right belonged to Joe Ruggles, who was in charge of the railroad. He was fatally injured at Wharton soon after the picture was taken when he slipped off a log car and lost his legs.
  	20191128HAv- Lanny Nunn?Kettle Creek and Cross Fork Remember When Admin · November 26 · 2019 - Penna. Hist & Museum Comm. This view of Hammersley looks toward the engine terminal from near the boarding house. The board walk connected the store and boarding house. The man at the left is Joe Hull, owner of the store. Walter Mohan, second from the right, is the only other identified person. The house on the right belonged to Joe Ruggles, who was in charge of the railroad. He was fatally injured at Wharton soon after the picture was taken when he slipped off a log car and lost his legs. The engine house is in the center rear and the coal shed is to the right. Locomotives were refueled by shoveling coal from gondola cars into their tenders. Six to eight locomotives worked out of this terminal. 16You and 15 others 1 Comment Like Comments Virginia Hoffman According to the caption, Joe Ruggles died shortly after this photo. Findagrave shows that Joe passed away on July 30, 1908. 1 Like · Reply · 2d
  		Hammersley lumber Hull,Jos Ruggles,Jos FB191126LNKeCr 20191128HAv- Lanny Nunn?Kettle Creek and Cross Fork Remember When Admin · November 26 · 2019 - Penna. Hist & Museum Comm. This view of Hammersley looks toward the engine terminal from near the boarding house. The board walk connected the store and boarding house. The man at the left is Joe Hull, owner of the store. Walter Mohan, second from the…
  Accident	23 Jul 1908	Austin, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
  	06 August 1908 newspaper article. Date from death certificate. He lingered 7 days after the accident.
  	20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUMBERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met with his first serious accident at Wharton on Wednesday last, resulting in the loss of his left leg below the knee. Mr. Ruggles had been to Austin on business and missed the noon passenger train and started home on the log train. At Wharton he got off the train to transact a little business, and as the train was starting up he attempted to board one of the log cars. His foot slipped, and although Joe knew in an instant that it had gone where it ought not to, he could not pull it out before one of the wheels caught It. His foot and ankle was ground off so it only hung by a few shreds of skin and flesh. The engine was cut loose from the train, and with the caboose hurried back to Austin with the unfortunate man, where he was taken to the hospital and Dr. Potter amputated the injured leg, just below the knee. It was a most unfortunate accident for Mr. Ruggles, owing to the nature of his work and his heavy weight, as it will be next to an impossibility for him to follow this occupation on an artificial leg. Joe Ruggles is a man who is known and respected by every person who ever had any conection with the lumbering industry of Potter county, and all will regret to learn of his sad misfortune. PRETTY LAWN PARTY Miss Elsie French and Her Little Scousins Entertain ... wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 7 seconds ago CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 06 Aug 1908, Thu • Page 1
  		Ruggles, Joe loses leg_Elsie French Lil Party PotterEnt19080806 20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUMBERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met…
  Race	White  [1]
  Name	Joseph A. Ruggles  [2]
  	20191128HAv- Thomas T Ruggles in the New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 vol-1 page 546 no 2732 Name: Thomas T Ruggles Gender: Male Age: 26 (28) Birth: abt 1890 Austin, PA res: Norwich, PA occ: Fireman Marriage: 24 Apr 1916 Allegany, New York, USA Father: Jos A Ruggles Mother: Iona Cher Spouse: Nellie N Burt 1st marriage for both clerk: Jos Schwarzenbach Film Number: 001006583 Name: Nellie N(M?) Burt Gender: Female Age: 31 Birth: abt 1885 Costello, PA res: Wellsville, NY occ: Teacher Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1916 Marriage Place: Allegany, New York, USA Father: Alfred W Burt Mother: Mary Hall Spouse: Thomas T Ruggles Film Number: 001006583 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices.
  Occupation	lumber contractor
  	20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUM- BERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met with his first serious accident at Wharton on Wednesday last, resulting in the loss of his left leg below the knee. Mr. Ruggles had been to Austin on business and missed the noon passenger train and started home on the log train. At Wharton he got off the train to transact a little business, and as the train was starting up he attempted to board one of the log cars. His foot slipped, and although Joe knew in an instant that it had gone where it ought not to, he could not pull it out before one of the wheels caught It. His foot and ankle was ground off so it only hung by a few shreds of skin and flesh. The engine was cut loose from the train, and with the caboose hurried back to Austin with the unfortunate man, where he was taken to the hospital and Dr. Potter amputated the injured leg, just below the knee. It was a most unfortunate accident for Mr. Ruggles, owing to the nature of his work and his heavy weight, as it will be next to an impossibility for him to follow this occupation on an artificial leg. Joe Ruggles is a man who is known and respected by every person who ever had any conection with the lumbering industry of Potter county, and all will regret to learn of his sad misfortune. PRETTY LAWN PARTY Miss Elsie French and Her Little Scousins Entertain ... wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 7 seconds ago CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 06 Aug 1908, Thu • Page 1
  Death	30 Jul 1908	Austin, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	20191128HAv- Joseph Ruggles in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Joseph Ruggles Gender: Male Race: White married occ: train foreman Age: 47y 11m 1d Birth: 29 Aug 1861 Pennsylvania Death: 30 Jul 1908 Austin boro, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury on R-R. 432 duration: 7 days accident: July 23, 1908 signed: W.B. Potter MD Austin Father: Wm Ruggles Mother: mrs Ruggles inform: Thos Ruggle(s) Cross Fork, PA burial: Aug 1 1908 Austin Certificate Number: 63481 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 063001-066800 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Age: 47y 11m 1d, 7 days after accident on 23 July- Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury on R-R.
  Person ID	I70109	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Ruggles, Wm,   b. Pennsylvania, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruggles
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F48672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cher, Iona
  Children	1. Ruggles, Thomas T.,   b. 1890, Austin, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F48673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1861 - Pennsylvania, USA Accident - 06 August 1908 newspaper article. Date from death certificate. He lingered 7 days after the accident. - 23 Jul 1908 - Austin, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 30 Jul 1908 - Austin, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ruggles, Joe loses leg_Elsie French Lil Party PotterEnt19080806 20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUMBERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met…
  		Hammersley lumber Hull,Jos Ruggles,Jos FB191126LNKeCr 20191128HAv- Lanny Nunn?Kettle Creek and Cross Fork Remember When Admin · November 26 · 2019 - Penna. Hist & Museum Comm. This view of Hammersley looks toward the engine terminal from near the boarding house. The board walk connected the store and boarding house. The man at the left is Joe Hull, owner of the store. Walter Mohan, second from the…
  		PA Death cert 19080730 Joseph Ruggles.jpg 20191128HAv- Joseph Ruggles in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Joseph Ruggles Gender: Male Race: White married occ: train foreman Age: 47y 11m 1d Birth: 29 Aug 1861 Pennsylvania Death: 30 Jul 1908 Austin boro, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury…

  
  

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  20190615HAv- The Potter Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania) 06 Aug 1908, Thu Page 1i article text (OCR) LOSES A LEG JOE RlGGLES, WELL KNOWN LUM BERMAN INJURED AT WHARTON. (Autograph.) Ruggles, who has held the contract for supplying the Austin mills with logs, handling the loader and log trains in the woods, most of the time for 22 years, met with his first serious accident at Wharton on Wednesday last, resulting in the loss of his left leg below the knee. Mr. Ruggles had been to Austin on business and missed the noon passenger train and started home on the log train. At Wharton he got off the train to transact a little business, and as the train was starting up he attempted to board one of the log cars. His foot slipped, and although Joe knew in an instant that it had gone where it ought not to, he could not pull it out before one of the wheels caught It. His foot and ankle was ground off so it only hung by a few shreds of skin and flesh. The engine was cut loose from the train, and with the caboose hurried back to Austin with the unfortunate man, where he was taken to the hospital and Dr. Potter amputated the injured leg, just below the knee. It was a most unfortunate accident for Mr. Ruggles, owing to the nature of his work and his heavy weight, as it will be next to an impossibility for him to follow this occupation on an artificial leg. Joe Ruggles is a man who is known and respected by every person who ever had any conection with the lumbering industry of Potter county, and all will regret to learn of his sad misfortune. PRETTY LAWN PARTY Miss Elsie French and Her Little Scousins Entertain ... wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 7 seconds ago CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 06 Aug 1908, Thu • Page 1

  
  

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  [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 063001-066800. Record for Joseph Ruggles (10) facts 20191128HAv- Joseph Ruggles in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Joseph Ruggles Gender: Male Race: White married occ: train foreman Age: 47y 11m 1d Birth: 29 Aug 1861 Pennsylvania Death: 30 Jul 1908 Austin boro, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury on R-R. 432 duration: 7 days accident: July 23, 1908 signed: W.B. Potter MD Austin Father: Wm Ruggles Mother: mrs Ruggles inform: Thos Ruggle(s) Cross Fork, PA burial: Aug 1 1908 Austin Certificate Number: 63481 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 063001-066800 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 20191128HAv- Joseph Ruggles in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Joseph Ruggles Gender: Male Race: White married occ: train foreman Age: 47y 11m 1d Birth: 29 Aug 1861 Pennsylvania Death: 30 Jul 1908 Austin boro, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury on R-R. 432 duration: 7 days accident: July 23, 1908 signed: W.B. Potter MD Austin Father: Wm Ruggles Mother: mrs Ruggles inform: Thos Ruggle(s) Cross Fork, PA burial: Aug 1 1908 Austin Certificate Number: 63481 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 063001-066800 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. PA Death cert 19080730 Joseph Ruggles.jpg 20191128HAv- Joseph Ruggles in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Joseph Ruggles Gender: Male Race: White married occ: train foreman Age: 47y 11m 1d Birth: 29 Aug 1861 Pennsylvania Death: 30 Jul 1908 Austin boro, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Shock and collapse following amputation of left lower limb due to accidental injury… [S1145] Ancestry.com, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1936, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Ruggles Burt, ThosT and Nellie N/M. Record for Thomas T Ruggles (12) facts Record for Nellie N Burt (12) facts .......... (16) facts 20191128HAv- Thomas T Ruggles in the New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 vol-1 page 546 no 2732 Name: Thomas T Ruggles Gender: Male Age: 26 (28) Birth: abt 1890 Austin, PA res: Norwich, PA occ: Fireman Marriage: 24 Apr 1916 Allegany, New York, USA Father: Jos A Ruggles Mother: Iona Cher Spouse: Nellie N Burt 1st marriage for both clerk: Jos Schwarzenbach Film Number: 001006583 Name: Nellie N(M?) Burt Gender: Female Age: 31 Birth: abt 1885 Costello, PA res: Wellsville, NY occ: Teacher Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1916 Marriage Place: Allegany, New York, USA Father: Alfred W Burt Mother: Mary Hall Spouse: Thomas T Ruggles Film Number: 001006583 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices. NY Co Marriage Record 19160424 Thomas T Ruggles.jpg 20191128HAv- Thomas T Ruggles in the New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 vol-1 page 546 no 2732 Name: Thomas T Ruggles Gender: Male Age: 26 (28) Birth: abt 1890 Austin, PA res: Norwich, PA occ: Fireman Marriage: 24 Apr 1916 Allegany, New York, USA Father: Jos A Ruggles Mother: Iona Cher Spouse: Nellie N Burt 1st marriage for…

  
  

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