en in 1870 and 1871.

Ruth was married to James by her grandfather, Reverend James Hemingway. J
ames became a judge at Hampton, Iowa and was a Civil War veteran of some n
ote. His tombstone in Hampton is inscribed "The Hero of Altoona". They h
ad four children.

Ruth's husband died in October 1882 when her children were young.

Ruth was a young widow with her four children living with her mother in Ha
dley, Michigan in 1884.

She may have lived in Austin, Illinois before 1905 and at Tacoma Park in W
ashington D. C. in 1905. She lived in Ann Arbor with her children while t
hey attended the university. She is said to have become deaf at the bir
th of William.