Eugenia Ruliffson
Eugenia Ruliffson was born around 1838 in Schoharie County, New York, to Harmon Ruliffson and Susannah Wellman. Her father was a farmer who owned $2,500 of personal property in 1860. The family was living in Gilboa, New York, in 1850. Five years later, she was living with her sister Catherine’s family in Bainbridge, New York. In 1860, she was living with her brother Willard’s family in Riga, New York. She graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in 1862.
She married Charles M. Wyvell on December 30, 1867, and they had at least five children: Mabel, born around 1869; Lillian, born around 1871; Helen, born around 1872; Bessie, born around 1875; and Manton, born around 1878. They moved to Portville, New York, in 1869, and her husband worked as a blacksmith there. In 1870, they owned $400 of real estate and $550 of personal property.
The family moved to Rochester, New York, sometime in the 1870s, but they returned to Alma by 1900. Her husband died in Wellsville, New York, on October 18, 1912. She applied for a widow’s pension the following month and eventually secured one. By 1920, she was living with her daughter Bessie in Wellsville. She died there on September 22, 1920.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (903) | Ruliffson, Eugenia ~ Wyvell, Eugenia | 1838 | 1920-09-22 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 4
People - Records: 1
- (903) Ruliffson, Eugenia is the [wife of] (902) Wyvell, Charles M.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 New York State Census, available from Ancestry.com; New York Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.
