The Life of Francis Ruttinger
Death of Mr. Frank Ruttinger.
Mr. Frank Ruttinger, died at his home 570 E. Loula, Olathe, Monday, June 20, 1921, at 9 p. m. The funeral service was held from the Methodist church, Wednesday, June 22, at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. V. Burns. Burial was made in the Olathe Cemetery.
Mr. Ruttinger was born in Bedford County, Pa., June 13, 1838, lived there till 1869, when he came to Johnson County and to the farm 10 miles southeast. In 1896 they left the farm, moving to their present address in Olathe.
He is survived by his widow, who was Mary Ann Dill, to whom he was married in 1863, two daughters, Frances, Olathe, and Cora, California, and a son, Warren, of Ogallah, Nebr. There are 7 grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren.
Mr. Ruttinger was a veteran of the Civil War, having been in the 67th Pennsylvania. He had been a member of the Methodist church for a great number of years, was a member of the G. A. R., and of the Patrons of Husbandry. He was a very fine old gentleman, loved and respected by all acquaintances. Johnson County loses a very fine citizen, indeed.
Olathe Mirror
June 23, 1921
Page 1, Col. 6
2ND Addition, Block 1, Lot 78, N2
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Francis "Frank" Ruttinger
Francis "Frank" Ruttinger was born 13 Jan. 1838 in Napier Twp. (later Harrison), Bedford County, PA, to recent German immigrants Michael J. Rüttiger and his wife Anna Catherine Wyant Rüttiger. In 1856, he went to East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana County, PA, to work as a blacksmith and cooper. There he met and married Mary Ann Dill in February 1863. His first daughter Alma Grace was born there in April 1864. As the Civil War continued, Union soldiers with three-year contracts were leaving. Francis was drafted for a year's service. He mustered into the Union Army on Nov. 18, 1864, at Greensburg, PA, and assigned to Company G, 67th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, which was attached to the Army of the Potomac. He was at the battles of Hatches Run, Siege of Petersburg, Sailor’s Creek, and Farmsville, all in Virginia. He mustered out with the Company, July 14, 1865 at Hall's Hill, VA, with an honorable discharge at Philadelphia, PA, due to the end of the war. Frank marched in the the victory parade in Washington, D.C. and returned to Indiana County, PA, resuming blacksmithing and the cooper’s trade for 6 months. In 1866, he moved to Armagh, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana County, PA, where he bought property and worked in the oil industry. Daughters Cora Ellen and Georgia Ann were born there in 1866 and 1868. In 1869, Frank came to Kansas and bought 80 acres of land a mile north and three miles east of Ocheltree in the Black Bob Indian Reservation. He prospered and his land holdings increased. In 1896, he bought a house in Olathe where he lived the remainder of his days. [Sources: Francis Ruttinger Civil War Veterans File, NARA, Wash., D.C.; Norwalk, Jay, "The Dill Family of Dillsburg and Dilltown, Pennsylvania, and Related Genealogies...," Axion Press, Newcastle, Maine, 2001, p.157, among others.]