age 85y 8m 9d; b: Simpson KY; d: Mt Carmel; s/of James M Ruley & Harriet Bland (18 Jan 1819 KY-17 May 1867 KY Franklin-Simpson Co KY); m: 27 Jun 1866 Butler Co KY Armilda Adkins*; res: 1870-1930 Butler Co KY; ch: Lorenzo (1868 KY-1880 KY) & Euclid (1870 KY-1871 KY) & Robert Emmitt* (1871 KY) & Lottie (1876 KY-1877 KY) & Ollie (17 Nov 1878 Morgantown-Butler Co KY-7 Apr 1911 Mt Carmel m: 10 Jun 1906 KY Joel W Layne) & Ellington (1880 KY-1889) & Alpha (dau 5 Jan 1883 KY-7 Nov 1968 Butler Co KY) & Zieuenglish Plutarch (14 Dec 1885 KY-31 Aug 1968 buried Highland Cem m: Ethel Gilley) & Vada Pearl (5 Jun 1890 Butler Co KY-2 Oct 1971 buried Highland Cem m1: ca 1906 James Elbert Gidcomb; m2: 25 Dec 1917 Wabash Joseph S Birkla; m3: by 1968 Wilbur Moudy)