Mostly Angels in the Sky

Nancy Luella Miles

Family

TMG ID:9041, (13 Nov 1844 - 3 Mar 1925)

Father*

Hiram Miles B: 23 Apr 1805, D: 19 Mar 1863

Mother*

Nancy Ann Pickrell B: 22 Feb 1812, D: 26 Jan 1896

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy Luella Miles was born on Wednesday, 13 Nov 1844, at Pleasant Plains, Jefferson County, Iowa^G.
Died on Tuesday, 3 Mar 1925 at Little Rock, Thurston County, Washington^G, at age 80 years, 3 months and 18 days.
Interred on Thursday, 5 Mar 1925 at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nancy Luella Miles was the daughter of: Hiram Miles and Nancy Ann Pickrell.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 11 Jun 1882, her married name became Mrs. Rutledge (née Miles).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 11 Jun 1882, Nancy, age 37 years, 6 months and 29 days, and Thomas Elliot Rutledge, son of: William C. Rutledge and Margaret Jane Moore, were married at Tenino, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 11 Jun 1882, Nancy, age 37 years, 6 months and 29 days, and Thomas Elliot Rutledge, son of: William C. Rutledge and Margaret Jane Moore, were married at Tenino, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G.

Children of: Nancy Luella Miles and Thomas Elliot Rutledge

Thomas Albert Rutledge+ B: 6 Jun 1883, D: 26 Jun 1974
Lois Iola Rutledge+ B: 21 May 1884, D: 24 Sep 1965

Citations

[S112] Jerri McCoy, Olympia Genealogical Society Cemetery Listing (n.p.: RootsWeb, 7 May 1998), Odd Fellows Cemetery (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater. Hereinafter cited as Olympia Cemeteries.

Last Edited

13 Sep 2017

James Arnold Briggs

Family

TMG ID:9042, (6 Oct 1852 - 23 Mar 1897)

Father*

Walter Briggs B: c 1815, D: 9 Oct 1882

Mother*

Mary Jane Ladner B: c 1821, D: 1892

Vital Statistics

Born: James Arnold Briggs was born on Wednesday, 6 Oct 1852, at Iowa^G.
Died on Tuesday, 23 Mar 1897 at Bourbon, Bourbon County, Kansas^G, at age 44 years, 5 months and 17 days.

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Arnold Briggs was the son of: Walter Briggs and Mary Jane Ladner.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 13 Jan 1872, James, age 19 years, 3 months and 7 days, and Marcia Tufts, age 17 years, 9 months and 3 days, daughter of: John Tufts and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon, were married at Kansas^G.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 13 Jan 1872, James, age 19 years, 3 months and 7 days, and Marcia Tufts, age 17 years, 9 months and 3 days, daughter of: John Tufts and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon, were married at Kansas^G.

Children of: James Arnold Briggs and Marcia Tufts

Edwin Lawrence Briggs B: 5 Nov 1872, D: 1 Jan 1928
Alfred Luther Briggs B: 5 Oct 1874, D: 11 Dec 1935
Edith May Briggs² B: 30 Oct 1877, D: 28 Nov 1878
Nellie Arnold Briggs+ B: 28 May 1880, D: Jun 1945
Mary DeLacy Briggs B: 1 Jun 1882, D: Jul 1933
Olive Wilson Briggs+ B: 17 May 1885, D: 5 May 1977
John Tipton Briggs B: 10 Apr 1887, D: Sep 1964
Ella Leona Briggs B: 11 Aug 1889, D: Jul 1944

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	Jun 1880, Franklin, Bourbon County, Kansas^G	Marcia Tufts, Edwin Lawrence Briggs, Alfred Luther Briggs and Nellie Arnold Briggs¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

Jun 1880, Franklin, Bourbon County, Kansas^G

Marcia Tufts, Edwin Lawrence Briggs, Alfred Luther Briggs and Nellie Arnold Briggs¹

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 235A, film number 1254373, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S528] RootsWeb.com, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/, John D. Rutledge (unknown location), updated as of 11 Jul 2004.

Last Edited

5 May 2013

Marcia Tufts

Family

TMG ID:9043, (10 Apr 1854 - 7 Oct 1934)

Father*

John Tufts B: c 1812, D: 1870

Mother*

Nancy DeLacy Rigdon B: 23 Dec 1821, D: 29 May 1897

Vital Statistics

Born: Marcia Tufts was born on Monday, 10 Apr 1854, at Ramsey County, Minnesota^G.
Died on Sunday, 7 Oct 1934 at Grandview, Yakima County, Washington^G, at age 80 years, 5 months and 27 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Marcia Tufts was born circa 1854, at Mississippi^G.²
She was the daughter of: John Tufts and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 13 Jan 1872, her married name became Mrs. Briggs (née Tufts).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 13 Jan 1872, Marcia, age 17 years, 9 months and 3 days, and James Arnold Briggs, age 19 years, 3 months and 7 days, son of: Walter Briggs and Mary Jane Ladner, were married at Kansas^G.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 13 Jan 1872, Marcia, age 17 years, 9 months and 3 days, and James Arnold Briggs, age 19 years, 3 months and 7 days, son of: Walter Briggs and Mary Jane Ladner, were married at Kansas^G.

Children of: Marcia Tufts and James Arnold Briggs

Edwin Lawrence Briggs B: 5 Nov 1872, D: 1 Jan 1928
Alfred Luther Briggs B: 5 Oct 1874, D: 11 Dec 1935
Edith May Briggs³ B: 30 Oct 1877, D: 28 Nov 1878
Nellie Arnold Briggs+ B: 28 May 1880, D: Jun 1945
Mary DeLacy Briggs B: 1 Jun 1882, D: Jul 1933
Olive Wilson Briggs+ B: 17 May 1885, D: 5 May 1977
John Tipton Briggs B: 10 Apr 1887, D: Sep 1964
Ella Leona Briggs B: 11 Aug 1889, D: Jul 1944

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	Jun 1880, Franklin, Bourbon County, Kansas^G	James Arnold Briggs, Edwin Lawrence Briggs, Alfred Luther Briggs and Nellie Arnold Briggs²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

Jun 1880, Franklin, Bourbon County, Kansas^G

James Arnold Briggs, Edwin Lawrence Briggs, Alfred Luther Briggs and Nellie Arnold Briggs²

Citations

[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 235A, film number 1254373, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S528] RootsWeb.com, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/, John D. Rutledge (unknown location), updated as of 11 Jul 2004.

Last Edited

22 Jun 2016

William C. Rutledge

Family

TMG ID:9044, (16 Aug 1794 - 1 Jun 1872)

Father*

John ? Rutledge

Vital Statistics

Born: William C. Rutledge was born on Saturday, 16 Aug 1794, at District of Mine Run Hundred, Maryland^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 1 Jun 1872 at Union Cemetery, Brush Prairie, Clark County, Washington Territory^G, at age 77 years, 9 months and 16 days.

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William C. Rutledge was the son of: John ? Rutledge.
Born: William C. Rutledge was born circa 1800, at Maryland^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Rutlidge³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1817 or 1818, William and Margaret Jane Moore were married at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania^G.¹
Marriage	1860, William, age 65 years, and Mary Ann Coe were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1817 or 1818, William and Margaret Jane Moore were married at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania^G.¹

Marriage

1860, William, age 65 years, and Mary Ann Coe were married.

Children of: William C. Rutledge and Margaret Jane Moore

John C. Rutledge+ B: 28 Jul 1818, D: 26 Nov 1890
William Moore Rutledge+ B: 26 Jan 1820, D: c 1900
Rachael J. Rutledge B: 27 Apr 1822, D: bt 1822 - 1823
David M. Rutledge+ B: 15 May 1823, D: 20 Nov 1904
Catherine Ann Rutledge+ B: 26 Feb 1825
George Washington Rutledge+ B: 3 Jun 1827, D: 11 Feb 1913
Margaret Jane Rutledge B: 1 Jan 1830, D: 29 Jan 1861
Thomas Elliot Rutledge+ B: c 1833, D: 27 Sep 1909
Andrew Jackson Rutledge B: 28 Jan 1833, D: 24 Sep 1848
Rachael Amanda Rutledge B: 8 Nov 1834

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: William C. Rutledge Married in 1817? No children from second marriage..

Other Major Events

Land Patent: on Saturday, 3 Dec 1859, at Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G, William C. Rutledge (65 years old) and Margaret Jane Moore (67 years old) was awarded a land patent 320.48 acres, Document Number: 50.⁴

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	7 Sep 1850, Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G	Margaret Jane Moore, Margaret Jane Rutledge, Thomas Elliot Rutledge and Rachael Amanda Rutledge³
Census-1860	17 Jun 1860, Post Office: Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G	Margaret Jane Moore²
Census-1870	29 Jun 1870, Post Office: Mima, Black River Precinct, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G	Thomas Elliot Rutledge, Louisa Margaret Shotwell, William Thomas Rutledge, Ellen Margaret Rutledge, Emma Rutledge, Marion Francis Rutledge, John Franklin Rutledge and Leonard Moore Rutledge⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

7 Sep 1850, Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G

Margaret Jane Moore, Margaret Jane Rutledge, Thomas Elliot Rutledge and Rachael Amanda Rutledge³

Census-1860

17 Jun 1860, Post Office: Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G

Margaret Jane Moore²

Census-1870

29 Jun 1870, Post Office: Mima, Black River Precinct, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G

Thomas Elliot Rutledge, Louisa Margaret Shotwell, William Thomas Rutledge, Ellen Margaret Rutledge, Emma Rutledge, Marion Francis Rutledge, John Franklin Rutledge and Leonard Moore Rutledge⁵

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Sep 1850	Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G	farmer³
circa Jun 1870	Black River Precinct, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G	blacksmith (retired)⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Sep 1850

Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G

farmer³

circa Jun 1870

Black River Precinct, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G

blacksmith (retired)⁵

Citations

[S976] William C. Rutledge, Descendant Charts, Dec 2011, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S115] Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records, online <http://tinyurl.com/j3hn5wq>, BLM Serial # WAOAA 090887. Hereinafter cited as Bureau of Land Management.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Jane Moore¹

Family

TMG ID:9045, (3 Mar 1792 - 8 Oct 1858)

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Jane Moore was born on Saturday, 3 Mar 1792, at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania^G.¹
Died on Friday, 8 Oct 1858 at Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G, at age 66 years, 7 months and 5 days.¹
Interred after 8 Oct 1858 at Bush Prairie Cemetery, 5700 Littlerock Road SW, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G.

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Margaret Jane Moore was born circa 1809, at Pennsylvania^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Margaret B.²
Name-Married: in 1817 or 1818, her married name became Mrs. Rutledge (née Moore).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1817 or 1818, Margaret and William C. Rutledge, son of: John ? Rutledge, were married at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1817 or 1818, Margaret and William C. Rutledge, son of: John ? Rutledge, were married at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania^G.¹

Children of: Margaret Jane Moore and William C. Rutledge

John C. Rutledge+ B: 28 Jul 1818, D: 26 Nov 1890
William Moore Rutledge+ B: 26 Jan 1820, D: c 1900
Rachael J. Rutledge B: 27 Apr 1822, D: bt 1822 - 1823
David M. Rutledge+ B: 15 May 1823, D: 20 Nov 1904
Catherine Ann Rutledge+ B: 26 Feb 1825
George Washington Rutledge+ B: 3 Jun 1827, D: 11 Feb 1913
Margaret Jane Rutledge B: 1 Jan 1830, D: 29 Jan 1861
Thomas Elliot Rutledge+ B: c 1833, D: 27 Sep 1909
Andrew Jackson Rutledge B: 28 Jan 1833, D: 24 Sep 1848
Rachael Amanda Rutledge B: 8 Nov 1834

Other Major Events

Land Patent: on Saturday, 3 Dec 1859, at Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G, William C. Rutledge (65 years old) and Margaret Jane Moore (67 years old) was awarded a land patent 320.48 acres, Document Number: 50.³

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	7 Sep 1850, Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G	William C. Rutledge, Margaret Jane Rutledge, Thomas Elliot Rutledge and Rachael Amanda Rutledge⁴
Census-1860	17 Jun 1860, Post Office: Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G	William C. Rutledge²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

7 Sep 1850, Robb Twp., Posey County, Indiana^G

William C. Rutledge, Margaret Jane Rutledge, Thomas Elliot Rutledge and Rachael Amanda Rutledge⁴

Census-1860

17 Jun 1860, Post Office: Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory^G

William C. Rutledge²

Citations

[S976] William C. Rutledge, Descendant Charts, Dec 2011, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S115] Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records, online <http://tinyurl.com/j3hn5wq>, BLM Serial # WAOAA 090887. Hereinafter cited as Bureau of Land Management.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Hiram Miles

Family

TMG ID:9046, (23 Apr 1805 - 19 Mar 1863)

Father*

Elisha Miles

Mother*

Mary (?)

Vital Statistics

Born: Hiram Miles was born on Tuesday, 23 Apr 1805, at Kentucky^G. Birth details: Date not certain.
Died on Thursday, 19 Mar 1863 at Iowa^G at age 57 years, 10 months and 24 days.

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Hiram Miles was the son of: Elisha Miles and Mary (?)

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Hiram and Nancy Ann Pickrell, daughter of: William Pickrell and Mary Paxton, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Hiram and Nancy Ann Pickrell, daughter of: William Pickrell and Mary Paxton, were married.¹

Children of: Hiram Miles and Nancy Ann Pickrell

Elisha Miles
Pleasant Miles
Alonza Miles
Elizabeth Miles
Louisa Miles B: 4 Jun 1835, D: 1927
Mary E. Miles B: 24 Oct 1836
John W. Miles+ B: c 1839
William Miles B: 24 Nov 1842, D: 10 Apr 1919
Nancy Luella Miles+ B: 13 Nov 1844, D: 3 Mar 1925
Orinda Jane Miles B: 9 May 1847, D: 1 Jan 1927

Citations

[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nancy Ann Pickrell

Family

TMG ID:9047, (22 Feb 1812 - 26 Jan 1896)

Father*

William Pickrell

Mother*

Mary Paxton

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy Ann Pickrell was born on Saturday, 22 Feb 1812, at Ohio^G.
Died on Sunday, 26 Jan 1896 at Little Rock, Thurston County, Washington^G, at age 83 years, 11 months and 4 days.

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nancy Ann Pickrell was the daughter of: William Pickrell and Mary Paxton.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Miles (née Pickrell).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Nancy and Hiram Miles, son of: Elisha Miles and Mary (?), were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Nancy and Hiram Miles, son of: Elisha Miles and Mary (?), were married.¹

Children of: Nancy Ann Pickrell and Hiram Miles

Elisha Miles
Pleasant Miles
Alonza Miles
Elizabeth Miles
Louisa Miles B: 4 Jun 1835, D: 1927
Mary E. Miles B: 24 Oct 1836
John W. Miles+ B: c 1839
William Miles B: 24 Nov 1842, D: 10 Apr 1919
Nancy Luella Miles+ B: 13 Nov 1844, D: 3 Mar 1925
Orinda Jane Miles B: 9 May 1847, D: 1 Jan 1927

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	1880, Township 9, Columbia County, Washington Territory^G	John W. Miles, Elmer E. Miles, Jane Miles, Alonzo Miles, Winnie Miles, Alta Miles and Frank Miles²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1880, Township 9, Columbia County, Washington Territory^G

John W. Miles, Elmer E. Miles, Jane Miles, Alonzo Miles, Winnie Miles, Alta Miles and Frank Miles²

Citations

[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 138D, film number 1255396, Washington Territory 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Jul 2019

Walter Briggs

Family

TMG ID:9048, (c 1815 - 9 Oct 1882)

Vital Statistics

Born: Walter Briggs was born circa 1815, at New York^G.¹
Died on Monday, 9 Oct 1882.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1840, Walter and Mary Jane Ladner were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1840, Walter and Mary Jane Ladner were married.¹

Children of: Walter Briggs and Mary Jane Ladner

Susan Webster Briggs² B: 12 Oct 1841, D: 29 Jan 1901
Chester G. Briggs+ B: 10 Aug 1845, D: 17 Jan 1899
James Arnold Briggs+ B: 6 Oct 1852, D: 23 Mar 1897
Moses Parker Briggs B: 24 Jun 1856, D: 30 Jul 1930
Ella Leona Briggs B: c 1859
Mary Jane Briggs B: 29 Oct 1860, D: 3 Feb 1870
Florence Belle Briggs B: 22 Feb 1864, D: 30 May 1934

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	1 Jun 1880, Osage Twp., Allen County, Kansas^G	Mary Jane Ladner, Ella Leona Briggs and Florence Belle Briggs¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1 Jun 1880, Osage Twp., Allen County, Kansas^G

Mary Jane Ladner, Ella Leona Briggs and Florence Belle Briggs¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Osage Twp., Allen County, New York^G	carpenter¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Osage Twp., Allen County, New York^G

carpenter¹

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 108A, film number 1254372, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S528] RootsWeb.com, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/, John D. Rutledge (unknown location), updated as of 11 Jul 2004.

Last Edited

5 May 2013

Mary Jane Ladner

Family

TMG ID:9049, (c 1821 - 1892)

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Jane Ladner was born circa 1821, at New Jersey^G.¹
Died in 1892.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1840, her married name became Mrs. Briggs (née Ladner).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1840, Mary and Walter Briggs were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1840, Mary and Walter Briggs were married.¹

Children of: Mary Jane Ladner and Walter Briggs

Susan Webster Briggs² B: 12 Oct 1841, D: 29 Jan 1901
Chester G. Briggs+ B: 10 Aug 1845, D: 17 Jan 1899
James Arnold Briggs+ B: 6 Oct 1852, D: 23 Mar 1897
Moses Parker Briggs B: 24 Jun 1856, D: 30 Jul 1930
Ella Leona Briggs B: c 1859
Mary Jane Briggs B: 29 Oct 1860, D: 3 Feb 1870
Florence Belle Briggs B: 22 Feb 1864, D: 30 May 1934

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	1 Jun 1880, Osage Twp., Allen County, Kansas^G	Walter Briggs, Ella Leona Briggs and Florence Belle Briggs¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1 Jun 1880, Osage Twp., Allen County, Kansas^G

Walter Briggs, Ella Leona Briggs and Florence Belle Briggs¹

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 108A, film number 1254372, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S528] RootsWeb.com, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/, John D. Rutledge (unknown location), updated as of 11 Jul 2004.

Last Edited

5 May 2013

John Tufts

Family

TMG ID:9050, (c 1812 - 1870)

Vital Statistics

Born: John Tufts was born circa 1812, at Kentucky^G.¹
Died in 1870 at Saint Louis City, Missouri^G, Details as recorded: died while away from home in Missouri.^2,3,1

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 12 May 1854, John and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon, age 32 years, 4 months and 19 days, daughter of: John Rigdon and Catherine Logan, were married at Ramsey County, Minnesota^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 12 May 1854, John and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon, age 32 years, 4 months and 19 days, daughter of: John Rigdon and Catherine Logan, were married at Ramsey County, Minnesota^G.¹

Children of: John Tufts and Nancy DeLacy Rigdon

Marcia Tufts+ B: 10 Apr 1854, D: 7 Oct 1934
John Tufts+ B: 1856, D: 1939

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Submitted 7/24/2013 by bhansen4146860.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 235B, film number 1254373, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.

Last Edited

22 Jun 2016

Nancy DeLacy Rigdon

Family

TMG ID:9051, (23 Dec 1821 - 29 May 1897)

Father*

John Rigdon B: 15 Oct 1796, D: 13 Mar 1859

Mother*

Catherine Logan B: 12 Jun 1798, D: 15 Jun 1834

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy DeLacy Rigdon was born on Sunday, 23 Dec 1821, at Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio^G.
Died on Saturday, 29 May 1897 at Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas^G, at age 75 years, 5 months and 6 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nancy DeLacy Rigdon was the daughter of: John Rigdon and Catherine Logan.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 4 May 1842, her married name became Mrs. Flake (née Rigdon).¹
Name-Married: circa 1850, her married name became Mrs. Tufts (née Rigdon).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 4 May 1842, Nancy, age 20 years, 4 months and 11 days, and William Flake, age 49 years, 1 month and 2 days were married at Fulton County, Illinois^G.¹
Marriage	Friday, 12 May 1854, Nancy, age 32 years, 4 months and 19 days, and John Tufts were married at Ramsey County, Minnesota^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 4 May 1842, Nancy, age 20 years, 4 months and 11 days, and William Flake, age 49 years, 1 month and 2 days were married at Fulton County, Illinois^G.¹

Marriage

Friday, 12 May 1854, Nancy, age 32 years, 4 months and 19 days, and John Tufts were married at Ramsey County, Minnesota^G.¹

Children of: Nancy DeLacy Rigdon and William Flake

Lew Flake
James McGuire Flake+ B: Jan 1844, D: 14 Jan 1916
Sarah Flake+ B: 1 Dec 1844, D: 8 Aug 1926
Homer Burke Flake B: c 1846, D: 11 Mar 1878
Elizabeth Flake¹ B: c 8 May 1848, D: 15 Feb 1853
Lewis Cap Flake¹ B: 1850, D: 1879

Children of: Nancy DeLacy Rigdon and John Tufts

Marcia Tufts+ B: 10 Apr 1854, D: 7 Oct 1934
John Tufts+ B: 1856, D: 1939

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: Nancy DeLacy Rigdon Nancy Rigdon first married a man with the last name Flake. They had several children and upon his death, Nancy Ridgon Flake married John Tufts. Nothing is known about John Tufts as to the date of birth nor date & place of death as he died while working away from home in Missouri..
Other: Nancy DeLacy Rigdon Missouri: home or work?.

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	14 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Bourbon County, Kansas^G	James Boss, Sarah Flake, Ida Boss, Cecil Boss, Adaline Boss, Loid Boss, A. Boss and Hugh Boss²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

14 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Bourbon County, Kansas^G

James Boss, Sarah Flake, Ida Boss, Cecil Boss, Adaline Boss, Loid Boss, A. Boss and Hugh Boss²

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Submitted 7/24/2013 by bhansen4146860.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 235B, film number 1254373, Kansas 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

23 Jun 2016

John ? Rutledge

Family

TMG ID:9052

Child of: John ? Rutledge

William C. Rutledge+ B: 16 Aug 1794, D: 1 Jun 1872

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: John ? Rutledge First name John? Slight chance it was Edward..

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Elisha Miles

Family

TMG ID:9053

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Elisha and Mary (?) were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Elisha and Mary (?) were married.

Children of: Elisha Miles and Mary (?)

Hiram Miles+ B: 23 Apr 1805, D: 19 Mar 1863
John Miles+¹ B: c 1852

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 397D, film number 1255397, Washington 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary (?)

Family

TMG ID:9054

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Miles.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and Elisha Miles were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and Elisha Miles were married.

Children of: Mary (?) and Elisha Miles

Hiram Miles+ B: 23 Apr 1805, D: 19 Mar 1863
John Miles+¹ B: c 1852

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 397D, film number 1255397, Washington 1880 Federal Population Census.

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1 Feb 2013

William Pickrell

Family

TMG ID:9055

Vital Statistics

Born: William Pickrell was born at Virginia^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	William and Mary Paxton were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

William and Mary Paxton were married.

Child of: William Pickrell and Mary Paxton

Nancy Ann Pickrell+ B: 22 Feb 1812, D: 26 Jan 1896

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 138D, film number 1255396, Washington Territory 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary Paxton

Family

TMG ID:9056

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Paxton was born at Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Pickrell (née Paxton).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and William Pickrell were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and William Pickrell were married.

Child of: Mary Paxton and William Pickrell

Nancy Ann Pickrell+ B: 22 Feb 1812, D: 26 Jan 1896

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 138D, film number 1255396, Washington Territory 1880 Federal Population Census.

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1 Feb 2013

John Rigdon

Family

TMG ID:9057, (15 Oct 1796 - 13 Mar 1859)

Vital Statistics

Born: John Rigdon was born on Saturday, 15 Oct 1796, at Allegany, Potter County, Pennsylvania^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 13 Mar 1859 at Pleasant Hill, Lane County, Oregon^G, at age 62 years, 4 months and 26 days. Details as recorded: Cause of Death: he drank from a poisoned well at Salem. The Rigdons arrived in Oregon in 1852.¹

Alias(es)

Title: he was also known as Reverend John Rigdon.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 8 Dec 1818, John, age 22 years, 1 month and 23 days, and Catherine Logan, age 20 years, 5 months and 26 days were married married in either Richland, OH or Allegheny, PA.¹
Marriage	Friday, 27 Mar 1835, John, age 38 years, 5 months and 12 days, and Mary C. Laughlin, age 34 years, 6 months and 18 days were married.
Marriage	Thursday, 27 Jul 1837, John, age 40 years, 9 months and 12 days, and Mary Bell, age 29 years, 10 months and 28 days were married at Fulton County, Illinois^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 8 Dec 1818, John, age 22 years, 1 month and 23 days, and Catherine Logan, age 20 years, 5 months and 26 days were married married in either Richland, OH or Allegheny, PA.¹

Marriage

Friday, 27 Mar 1835, John, age 38 years, 5 months and 12 days, and Mary C. Laughlin, age 34 years, 6 months and 18 days were married.

Marriage

Thursday, 27 Jul 1837, John, age 40 years, 9 months and 12 days, and Mary Bell, age 29 years, 10 months and 28 days were married at Fulton County, Illinois^G.¹

Children of: John Rigdon and Catherine Logan

Mary Rigdon B: 21 Jan 1820
Nancy DeLacy Rigdon+ B: 23 Dec 1821, D: 29 May 1897
Thomas Jefferson Rigdon B: 16 Sep 1824, D: 1 Oct 1843
Serlina Page Rigdon B: 3 Nov 1826
Stephen Rigdon+ B: 11 May 1829, D: 13 Aug 1904
Maria Jane Rigdon+ B: 10 Aug 1831, D: 7 Jul 1902
Catherine Rigdon B: 12 Jun 1834

Child of: John Rigdon and Mary C. Laughlin

Charles Richard Rigdon B: 14 Mar 1836, D: 27 Aug 1836

Children of: John Rigdon and Mary Bell

John Bell Rigdon B: 30 Apr 1838
Phebe Ellen Rigdon+ B: 8 Jan 1840, D: 14 Jul 1904
Joel Luther Rigdon B: 23 Oct 1842, D: 8 Sep 1847
Cordelia Louisa Rigdon B: 22 Nov 1844, D: 26 Dec 1850
George Harvey Rigdon B: 18 May 1848, D: 5 Aug 1910
David Alvin Rigdon B: 18 Jun 1850, D: 28 Jan 1881
Fidelia Adaline Rigdon+ B: 24 Oct 1853, D: 17 Dec 1929

Known Address(es)

Address: in 1852, John and Mary (née Bell) Rigdon lived at: Oregon Territory^G.

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Submitted 7/24/2013 by bhansen4146860.

Last Edited

27 Aug 2022

Catherine Logan

Family

TMG ID:9058, (12 Jun 1798 - 15 Jun 1834)

Vital Statistics

Born: Catherine Logan was born on Tuesday, 12 Jun 1798, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 15 Jun 1834 at Morgan County, Illinois^G, at age 36 years and 3 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 8 Dec 1818, her married name became Mrs. Rigdon (née Logan).¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 8 Dec 1818, Catherine, age 20 years, 5 months and 26 days, and John Rigdon, age 22 years, 1 month and 23 days were married married in either Richland, OH or Allegheny, PA.¹

Children of: Catherine Logan and John Rigdon

Mary Rigdon B: 21 Jan 1820
Nancy DeLacy Rigdon+ B: 23 Dec 1821, D: 29 May 1897
Thomas Jefferson Rigdon B: 16 Sep 1824, D: 1 Oct 1843
Serlina Page Rigdon B: 3 Nov 1826
Stephen Rigdon+ B: 11 May 1829, D: 13 Aug 1904
Maria Jane Rigdon+ B: 10 Aug 1831, D: 7 Jul 1902
Catherine Rigdon B: 12 Jun 1834

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Submitted 7/24/2013 by bhansen4146860.

Last Edited

23 Jun 2016

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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