Henry Ellis Ruggles ⁵³³⁵

After the death of his first wife, Henry married Lucy Maud Weston in 1896 and had one son.

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Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.
Wednesday, September 1, 1926
p. 2

Judge Henry E. Ruggles

Judge Henry Ellis Ruggles, who died in Franklin, Monday afternoon, had been senior associate justice of the western Norfolk district court since 1898 and served in the General Court in 1892 and 1893.

He was born in Boston, July 25, 1859 [sic] and was educated in the Upton public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy and Williston Seminary. He studied law with Judge A.A. Putnam of Uxbridge and George W. Wiggin of Franklin and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He was town clerk at Franklin from 1890 to 1893. He had served as a trustee of the Wildey Savings Bank of Boston since 1895. He was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. He is survived by his widow, a son and a sister.

  Events

• He had a residence in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

• He worked as a lawyer.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was head of household, property owner and lived with his second wife.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was head of household, property owner and lived with his second wife.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was head of household, property owner and lived with his second wife.

Henry married Caroline E. Douglas, daughter of Henry H. Douglass and Josephine B. Lindsey, 8 September 1882 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹¹⁷² (Caroline E. Douglas was born 7 July 1859 in Lee, Penobscot County, Maine,^1173,1174 died 11 March 1894 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ¹¹⁷⁵ and was buried after 11 March 1894 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts at Union Street Cemetery ¹¹⁷⁶.) The cause of her death was septic peritonitis (inflammation of the membrance which lines the inside of the abdomen and all of the internal organs).