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Two Ruark brothers moved to Garfield County, Washington, in the late 1800's. The first was Thomas Ruark, who with his wife Mary (Messenger) and their family moved here in 1878. They had started their family in Wayne County Iowa, and had moved to Walla Walla in 1862.
Thomas' brother, John M. Ruark, moved to Garfield County in the spring of 1880.