Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow
--b. April 10, 1813 Kentucky
--d. February 14, 1866 Albany, Linn Co., Oregon
----buried Oakville Cemetery near Albany, Linn Co., Oregon
--m/1 David TETHEROW (TUTHEROE)
--October 18, 1831 McDonough Co., Illinois
----b. 1807 Tennessee (present-day Alabama)
----d. September 1846 Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon
------s/o Michael (Tetherow) Dudrow and Barbara SHRUM
--------gs/o John DETTERO and Mary HOFFMAN
----------gt gs/o Jacob Hans Hoffman and Catherina Margaretha BEST
------------2nd gt gs/o Paulus Hoffman and Barbara PRUDENTIA
--------gs/o Nicholas Shrum and Margaret HELMIC
----------gt gs/o Johann Jacob Shrum and Anna Maria KREAFER
--m/2 John Ginger WILSON
--August 15, 1850 Benton Co., Oregon
----b. July 6, 1806 Lewis Co., Kentucky
----d. September 8, 1873 Linn Co., Oregon
------buried Oakville Cemetery near Albany, Linn Co., Oregon
------John m/2 Anna Riggs Splawn Carter, 22 May 1868
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My Websites for Ruth
- Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect
JOB(E) LEGACY
Descendants of Andrew Job Jr
-David Tetherow moved to MO with the rest of his family
- David Volunteered with his brothers to fight in the Black Hawk War in McDonough Co.,, IL
- Travelled to Oregon with his family on the Oregon Trail ( Savannah Oregon Emigrating Society) with the group of wagons led by his brother Solomon. He became ill and died in the spring of 1846. He is reportedly buried near Hillsboro, Oregon but his grave has never been located
August 15-Ruth m/2 John Ginger Wilson in Benton Co., Oregon
February 14--Ruth died in Albanay, Linn Co., Oregon
If you have any old photos for any descendants of this family, please send to me at
Ann (Jobe) Brown