Edward Salmon Rugeley

Edward Salmon Rugeley

• Father: John Rugeley b. 12 January 1792, d. 13 June 1878
• Mother: Parthenia Irvin b. say 1795, d. between 1831 and 1833

• Edward Salmon Rugeley was born on 12 September 1822 in South Carolina.
• He married Mary Eliza Smith on 9 October 1845 in Alabama.
• Edward Salmon Rugeley and Mary Eliza Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Smith Rugeley.
• He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
• Edward Salmon Rugeley and Mary Eliza Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Caney, Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Smith Rugeley, Dora Carrie Rugeley, John Rugeley, Frank Rugeley, Hamlin Rugeley and Edward Rugeley.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• Edward Salmon Rugeley and Mary Eliza Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Upper Caney, Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Smith Rugeley, Dora Carrie Rugeley, Edward Rugeley, Lelia Rebecca Rugeley and Mary Brown Rugeley.
• He was a planter, according to the 1870 census.
• Edward Salmon Rugeley died on 21 December 1897 at age 75 in Wharton County, Texas.
• His wife Mary Eliza Smith became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Wharton County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 23 December 1897 in The Dallas Morning News: (Wharton, Dec. 21) Capt. Ed Rugeley died this morning, aged 76 years. He was a confederate veteran and captained the company of which twenty-two froze to death while attempting to cross Matagorda bay Dec. 31, 1863, to prevent the landing of a federal gunboat.

• Last Edited: 11 Jun 2015