Isaac Dunn Ruckman ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Family tradition says that he was part of the underground railroad, helping escaped slaves by rowing them across the Ohio River from the Virginia side to the Ohio side. Served in the 12th West Virginia Infantry, Company C in Wheeling, West Virginia. Family tradition also says that he held General Grant's horse at the courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia when General Lee surrendered.
His pension application in 1891 described him as 5'-10" tall with a fair complexion, blue/gray eyes and dark hair. He was wounded during the war by a "minnie ball" in the right shoulder/neck which was never removed.

1840 Census probably unnamed male aged 5 to 10 listed with David Ruckman family in Marshall Co. Virginia.
1850 census- not listed with parents- need to find would have been 17 years old.
1860 Census-carpenter in Marshall Co., Virginia (age listed as 25)
1870 Census- Clay District, Marshall Co., West Virginia (age listed as 37)
1880 Census- farmer in Marshall Co., West Virginia.
1890 Census-(Veterans) Clay District, Marshall Co., West Virginia
1900 Census- Clay Dist., Marshall Co., West Virginia
1910 census-. Marshall Co., West Virginia and working as a farmer

  Birth Notes:

1900 and 1910 census gives PA as place of birth.

  Death Notes:

Cause of death was listed as "gangerene of the left leg".

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military, Between 1862 and 1865, Company "C" Of The 12Th West Virginia Infantry. ⁸

Isaac married Sarah Elizabeth Underwood on 17 Nov 1859 in Marshall Co, West Virginia.¹ (Sarah Elizabeth Underwood was born on 24 Jan 1839 in Tyler Co, West Virginia, died on 17 Feb 1913 in Glendale, Marshall Co, West Virginia ⁹ and was buried in Greenlawn/Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co, West Virginia.)