I get a lot of requests from people wanting information on their Ruark families and knowing some names, but not the locations. Until more information can be found on them, I'm going to go ahead and put them under these "Unknown location" pages. Once we can pin down where they lived, we'll move them to the appropriate place.

Ezekiel Ruark and Julia A. McDaniels had at least one son (also possibly William and a daughter - Mrs. Adam Beiland):

Thomas Jordan Ruark married Clorenda Stevens on 11 Feb. 1894. Thomas was murdered by a horse thief while living in Lewis County, KY. Clorenda married (2) Henry Arthurs. This may have happened in Scioto County, Ohio.

• Floyd L. Ruark (1895-1963FL) - md Anna May Collins. Floyd died in Jacksonville. Anna married (2) Mr. West, and she died in the 1980's in Dayton, OH. Anna May also had a sister named Fannie who passed away recently.
  • Evelyn Ruark
  • Irene Ruark
  • Beatrice Ruark
  • Gertrude Frances Ruark (1920KY-1995) - md Rodney R. Fultz - Descendants Living
  Floyd married (2) Lorraine
  • Leroy Ruark - possibly lived in Texarkana
• Harry Russell "Russ" Ruark - md Relda Imogene "Ollie" Coburn. Ollie also had 3 children by a previous marriage - Harry Walter Grubbs Jr., Robert Grubbs, and Martha Grubbs. Harry and Ollie lived in and around Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio. He worked there loading boats on the river and eventually retired, and is buried in the Rushtown Cemetery there. After Harry's death, Ollie married Andy Bowling and is buried with him in Friendship Cemetery.
  • Thomas Jordan Ruark (1929-1990) - md Wynona Brickey. Thomas was stricken with polio when he was only 18 months old along with his half-sister Martha, and was never able to walk. For this reason it was assumed that he would never marry and have children, which turned out to be wrong - He raised his two children and two step-children (Marina Brickey and Arnold Brickey) all while working as an auto mechanic. Thomas is buried in the Rushtown Cemetery in Scioto Co.
    • Relda Arlene Ruark - Relda has married twice, and has 3 children:
      • Mallary Renee Wolfe
      • Richard Thomas Woten
      • Katherine Laura Woten
    • Thomas Jordan Ruark Jr. - md Valorie Hall in 2002.
      • Ethan Jordan Ruark - born 24 Apr 2003
  • Vada Ruark - md Mr. Gullium. She is buried in the Rushtown Cemetery.
    • Sherry Gillium
    • Debbie Gillium
  • James Alec "Jim" Ruark - md (1) Arbutus "Boots" Hatfield. She had three children by a previous marriage:
    • Everett Hatfield
    • Michael Hatfield
    • Kathy Hatfield
    Jim md (2) ? and had the following 4 girls. Jim is buried in the Rushtown Cemetery.
    • Julie Ann Ruark
    • Frances Arlene Ruark
    • Janet Faye Ruark
    • Rose Marie Ruark
  • Imogene "Jean" Ruark - md James Mays. They later divorced.
    • James Russell Mays
    • Frances Serena "Frankie" Mays
• Marie Ruark - md Mr. Stamper. (they had no children)
• Julia - died at an early age, probably 9-10 years old.

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