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                   Name from Pat Robbins and from 1900 Census.  Birth date and place  from census
                  

                   Name, birthdate and place from Pat Robbins
Also from Pat:  Wife or Daughter:  Ella J. Ruse
May be Grandson:  Harry W. Ellis (Alias Harry Ruse)
Harry lived in Kansas City, Missouri
Wife: Jennie Ellis
                  

                   Name and birth date from Pat Robbins.

Washington Sanford Ruse, Eliza Jane Ruse and her brother Charles Eaton are buried in Springdale Cemetery in Peoria, Illinois, on Hickory Slope, lot #685.  Washington served in the U. S. Marine Corp during the Civil War on the Battleship Pensacola.  Fought in the battle of Bull Run and New Orleans, and received a medical discharge.  (1861-1863)
                  

                   Name, and place of birth from Pat Robbins, date of birth from 1900 Illinois Census, Medina Twp.

1900 Medina Twp., Peoria Co., Illinois Census.  Ancestry.com Image 1
John H. Ruse    Head        Sep 1842   57 years   married 15 years                     PA  VA  VA
Jemima E.           Wife        Apr 1854   56 years   married 15 years  0 children  PA  VA  VA
George J. Ruse  Brother   Dec 1832   67 years   single                                       VA  VA  VA