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1.	Solomon Ruchstuhl b. 1679, Zurich, Switzerland, m. Barbara Buchj, b. 1682, Switzerland, (daughter of Rudolph Buchj). Solomon died PA.
			Children:
		i	Joachim	b. 1704	m. Ann Kessler
	2.	ii	Solomon	b. 1707
		iii	Hans Conrad	b. 1709
		iv	Cleophea	b. 1713
		v	Barbara	b. 1718
		vi	Hans Heinrich	b. 1724
		vii	Hans Ulrich	b. 1727	m. Margaret Unknown

Second Generation


2.	Solomon Ruchstuhl b. 1707, Switzerland, m. (1) Olive Unknown, b. abt 1711, of Palatinate, Bavaria, d. bef 1750, m. (2) Salome Grossjockel. Solomon died 1770, Montgomery Co., PA.
			Children by Olive Unknown:
	3.	i	George	b. 1744
		ii	Child	b. abt 1746
		iii	Child	b. abt 1749
		iv	Jacob	b. 1756	m. Maria Barbara (Nase?) Neese
		v	John	b. abt 1758
		vi	Ulrich	b. 1765	m. Margaret Snyder

Third Generation


3.	George Rookstool b. 1744, Montgomery Co.?, PA, m. Susannah Unknown, b. abt 1748, Montgomery Co., PA. George died 1821, Preble Co., OH.
			Children:
	4.	i	George	b. 1776
		ii	Elizabeth	b. 1778	m. (1) Henry Karns
					m. (2) Schofield Mattox
		iii	John	b. 1780	m. Mary Cline
	5.	iv	Catherine	b. 1782
		v	Jacob	b. 1784
		vi	Heinrich	b. 1786
		vii	Henry	b. abt 1788	m. Anna Bunger
		viii	Sally	b. 1829	m. Joseph Miller
	6.	ix	Susannah
		x	Polly

Fourth Generation


4.	George Rookstool b. 1776, Montgomery Co., PA, m. Catherine Elizabeth House, b. 1778, Culpeper Co., VA, (daughter of Matthias House and Maria Margaretha Unknown). George died 1824, Preble Co., OH.
			Children:
	7.	i	Samuel	b. 1800
		ii	Michael	b. 1828	m. Anna Shull
	8.	iii	Amelia "Millie"	b. 1801
		iv	Mary "Polly"	b. 1802	m. Jacob Ott
	9.	v	Elizabeth	b. 1807
	10.	vi	Anna "Polly Ann?"	b. 1809
		vii	Sophia		m. John Lock
		viii	Susannah	b. 1814	m. John Juday
	11.	ix	Catherine	b. 1816
	12.	x	John	b. 1818
		xi	George	b. 1821	m. Elizabeth Ott


5.	Catherine Rookstool b. 1782, Montgomery Co., PA, m. (1) Jim Flack, m. (2) George House, b. 1780, Culpeper Co., VA, (son of Matthias House and Maria Margaretha Unknown) d. 1864. Catherine died 1863.
			Children by George House:
		i	Adam	b. 1803
		ii	Margaret	b. 1808
		iii	Elizabeth	b. 1810
		iv	John	b. 1812
		v	Mary Magdalena	b. 1814
		vi	Ella	b. 1815
		vii	Sarah	b. 1817
		viii	George
		ix	Levi
		x	Phillip
		xi	William
		xii	Andrew	b. 1820
		xiii	Simeon H.


6.	Susannah Rookstool m. George Bunger, b. 1791, Culpeper Co., VA, (son of John Bungert and Eva House) d. aft 1860.
			Children:
		i	Catherine	m. Silas Redman
		ii	Anna	m. David Judy
		iii	William
		iv	Polly
		v	Susannah

Fifth Generation


7.	Samuel Rookstool b. 1800, Greenbriar Co., WV? or VA?, m. Mary C. "Polly" Brown, b. 1810, OH, d. 1864, Elkhart Co., IN. Samuel died 1866, Elkhart Co., IN.
			Children:
	13.	i	Andrew J.	b. 1828
		ii	John	b. 1830	m. Mahala Akers
	14.	iii	Catherine	b. 1832
		iv	Adam	b. 1833
	15.	v	William	b. 1835
	16.	vi	George	b. 1837
		vii	Mary A.	b. 1839
	17.	viii	Martha Jane	b. 1841
		ix	Harriett	b. 1845	m. Timothy Loehr
		x	Henry	b. 1847	m. Caroline Albert
		xi	Cornelius	b. 1851
		xii	Lovina	b. 1852
	18.	xiii	Sophia	b. 1855


8.	Amelia "Millie" Rookstool b. 1801, Greenbrier Co., VA, m. John Ott, b. 1807, Preble Co., OH, (son of Frederick Ott and Catherine "Katie" Beard) d. 1848, Elkhart Co., IN. Amelia died 1871.
			Children:
		i	Samuel F.	b. 1828	m. Rebecca Van Arsdal
		ii	Sophia	b. 1830	m. John Kitson
		iii	Susan "Susannah"	b. 1832	m. William Van Arsdal
		iv	Lucinda	b. 1833	m. John Van Arsdal
		v	Levi	b. 1835	m. Margaret A. Nicoli
		vi	Allman "Alloway"	b. 1837	m. Martha J. Littleton
		vii	John W.	b. ca 1840
		viii	Daniel	b. ca 1840	m. Emma Jane Swartz
		ix	Elizabeth	b. 1842	m. Jacob Pindell Prickett


9.	Elizabeth Rookstool b. 1807, WV, m. Joseph Hapner, b. 1815, OH, d. 1876, Elkhart Co., IN. Elizabeth died 1869, Elkhart Co., IN.
			Children:
		i	Levi	b. 1831
		ii	Delilah	b. abt 1831	m. Michael Price
		iii	Sarah C.	b. 1833	m. David Ott
		iv	Abraham "Abram"	b. 1835
		v	Matilda	b. 1836
		vi	Susannah	b. 1838
		vii	Franklin	b. 1839
		viii	Nelson	b. 1841
		ix	George	b. 1842	m. Matilda Judy
		x	Hamilton	b. 1844	m. Ellen Rookstool
		xi	Joseph	b. 1845
		xii	Elizabeth	b. abt 1847
		xiii	Ira	b. 1849	m. Louisa Judy
		xiv	Thomas	b. 1851	m. Matilda Ackeran


10.	Anna "Polly Ann?" Rookstool b. 1809, Greenbriar Co., WV, m. Samuel Ott, b. 1809, Preble Co., OH, (son of Frederick Ott and Catherine "Katie" Beard) d. 1889, Preble Co., OH. Anna died 1865, Elkhart Co., IN.
			Children:
		i	Frederick	b. 1834	m. Sarah Jane Rentfrow
		ii	Catherine "Katie"	b. 1835	m. Martin Speck
		iii	Julia Ann	b. 1837	m. Collins Pindell
		iv	Sarah	b. 1838	m. William G. Rapp
		v	Franklin	b. 1840	m. Margaret A. Tulley
		vi	Alfred	b. 1841
		vii	Mary Ann	b. 1843	m. John F. Stillwell
		viii	Lovina "Lavina"	b. 1848


11.	Catherine Rookstool b. 1816, Greenbrier Co., (West) VA, m. Michael Ott, b. 1814, Preble Co., OH, (son of Frederick Ott and Catherine "Katie" Beard) d. 1897. Catherine died 1892, Elkhart Co., IN.
			Children:
		i	Daniel	b. abt 1837
		ii	Jemima	b. abt 1840	m. Moses Rentfrow
		iii	Thomas	b. abt 1843
		iv	Rebecca	b. abt 1849
		v	John Joseph	b. ca 1845
		vi	Emaline	b. ca 1849


12.	John Rookstool b. 1818, VA, m. (1) Mary Ott, b. 1823, d. 1845, m. (2) Catherine Kitson, b. 1834, d. 1911. John died 1896, IN.
			Children by Mary Ott:
		i	John	b. abt 1819
			Children by Catherine Kitson:
		ii	Mahala	b. 1851
		iii	Anna	b. abt 1858	m. Daniel B. Grubb
		iv	Clinton	b. 1861	m. Lena H. Unknown

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