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Rice B. Ruark (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (U.S.A.))

b. 1842 d. 1912

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer. Mason County, Kentucky, native. Son of Daniel Ruark and Charity Ruark. Married to Catharine Ruark. Father of Thomas Ruark, Henry Ruark, and Martha Ruark. Resident in Lewis County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Lewis County in 1863. Served in the 45th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as private from July 6, 1863, to December 24, 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 810.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Conway County, Muddy Bayou, p. 58B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), 9th District, KY, September 1863, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0438.

Find A Grave, "Rice B. Ruark (1842-1912)," Memorial #770685116, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70685116 (accessed March 31, 2020).

Citation

Ruark, Rice B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203182 (November 12, 2026).

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