(I don't have the previous page that starts the 'sketch' of Mr. Ruger, so this is probably started in the 'middle'.) From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879, page 437 . . . . . . As an orator, many of his clerical compeers were superior to him; but as a writer and a reasoner, few, if any, of them surpassed him. His sermons were practical rather than doctrinal; and while he believed in the creed of his church, and was ready to maintain it on every proper occasion, and to give a reason for his belief, yet he chose rather, as a means of greater good, to lay before his hearers those truths and principles which were delivered by the Master during the period of His ministry, and which, by the generations of men who have since lived, have been regarded as divine. Mr. RUGER spent little time in recreation, rarely wearied and never rested. During the active period of his clerical life, the "summer vacation" had not come to be an incident of the clerical office, and he wrought on, through summer and winter, heat and cold, seeking to perform the trust of his high office acceptably to Him whom he served, and to the spiritual welfare and advancement of the people. The respect and affection cherished for him and his kindly ways have been most pleasantly and delicately shown by the frequent requests made to him by "contracting parties" to join them in marriage; by the desire of many parents that he should baptize their children; by the many requests of the sick and the afflicted that he should visit them, and by the many invitations he has received to come to the house of mourning, and help to bury the dead. Father RUGER filled his place in the hearts of his children in the church so acceptably and fully that all regarded his ministrations with favor, and his benedictions as blessings. Thus, for many years, he lived and worked in Janesville, beloved and respected as a man among men and as a minister in the Church. The RUGER family in America, from which the deceased sprang, came, in the seventeenth century, from Holland to New York, then New Netherland. The paternal ancestors of Mr. RUGER, for three generations back, were born in Dutchess County, N.Y. His mother was Jane (JEWELL) RUGER of a Puritan family from Connecticut, of English ancestry. His grandmother, Katherine (LeROY) RUGER, was of a French Huguenot family. Mr. RUGER was married soon after his graduation at college, to Miss Maria HUTCHINS, of Lenox, Madison Co., N.Y. She is still living. The issue of the marriage was four sons and three daughters, in all of whom Mr. and Mrs. RUGER have been greatly blessed. Thomas II, the eldest son, is a Colonel and Brevet Brigadier in the United States Army. Edward held the rank of Colonel in the war, and was in command of the Topographical engineers of the Army of Cumberland, and is now devoted to his profession as a civil engineer in Janesville. William, also has held a responsible position in the army, and is now engaged in the practice of law in Janesville, with his brother-in-law, J. J. R. PEASE. Dr. Henry H. is a surgeon in the United States Army. Of the three daughters, two are married - Cornelia M., the eldest, to Mr. PEASE, of Janesville, and Addie to Rev. George W. DUNBAR, a chaplain in the United States Army. Augusta is the youngest daughter of the family.