Here is an article that goes along with a picture that I have of a family reunion in 1904 in Westmoreland Co., PA. It helps to document the info that I have provided and goes along with what my grandfather had written down for me.

RUTLEDGE FAMILY, which held its first annual reunion at Social Hall, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1904, traces its descent through a number of Generations to an old and honored family of Ireland, and has a most interesting history. Its members combine in a great degree the natural wit of the natives of Ireland with the energy and enterprise which characterize those born and reared in this country, and have borne their full share in the development of the various industries of their adopted country. They are widely scattered throughout the United States, and history tells us of Edward Rutledge, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; and of the Rutledge who was governor of South Carolina in the early days of the United States of America.

George Rutledge was born in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh, Ireland, May 1, 1790. He emigrated to America in 1817 and located in the city of Philadelphia. They lived in that city four years and then removed to Murrysville, Pennsylvania, where they resided until 1829, when they again moved, this time to the General Doty farm, on the Pittsburg pike. He and his wife conducted a boarding house at this time, during the building of the pike. This was in the days before canals or railroads had penetrated to western Pennsylvania, and the stage coach was the only means of transportation. From the General Doty farm they removed to Social Hall, from thence to the Lock on the canal, and then to Steubenville, Ohio. After eighteen months in this latter place they returned to Pennsylvania, settling in Livermore. There they spent the remainder of their days, the death of George occurring May 5, 1866. He married, at Enniskillen, Ireland, March 18, 1812, Elizabeth Shaw, who was an able helpmate to her husband. It is related of her that when she and her husband conducted the boarding house on the Pittsburg pike, she would rise early on the morning of one day, walk to Pittsburg, a considerable distance, attend to all the necessary purchases and return on the following day. She died December 7, 1872. George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge had children: Jane, James, Elizabeth, John, William, Irvin; and George.

Jane Rutledge, eldest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, February 15, 1813, died 1895. She married William Elliot, and there are four of her descendants living: Eliza J. Barber, in Killee, county Fermanagh, Ireland; Mrs. Mary Prentice, Livermore, Pennsylvania; George Rutledge Elliot, at the Rutledge homestead, Clough Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland; and Ellen Moffot, county Tyrone, Ireland.

James Rutledge, second child and eldest son of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, November 1, 1816, died January 21, 1878. He married Hannah Gallagher, and his surviving children are: John, who lives with his wife and two children in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Mary, who married Robert Ewing, and resides in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Harry B., resides with his wife and two children in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Lyde Rutledge, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. George Rutledge, of Livermore, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Rutledge, who married Richard Freeland, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1818, died February 25, 1903. Her children are: Myndert Freeland a resident of Livermore, Pennsylvania; Nellie, lives in Livermore; Mrs. Hannah Nofsker, lives in Livermore; Mrs. Lyde Kemer, resides in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Sarah Irvin, deceased, left three children, all in Johnstown. John Rutledge, fourth child and second son of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1820, died November 25, 1856. He married Keziah McCurdy and had one child: Samuel M., a resident of Illinois.

William Rutledge, third son and fifth child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1822, and is living at Woodhull, Illinois. He married Ann McCurdy, and had children: Mrs. Jennie Rutledge Weible; Mrs. Elizabeth Taze; Mrs. Ella Rutledge West; Mrs. Laura Rutledge Payton; Mrs. Georgia Rutledge Freeman; and Mr. William F. Rutledge.

Irvin Rutledge, fourth son and sixth child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1826, died December 25, 1894. He married Lucetta Haymaker Colleasure, and had eight children: Margaret, Lucy, Augusta, Frank, Elizabeth, William, Irvin, all deceased; also John C., of whom sketch elsewhere.

George Rutledge, fifth son and seventh and youngest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Social Hall, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1829, and is living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Shaw was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Shaw, the former a farmer in Ireland, and both dying in 1806. They had children: William.Irvin, John, George, Elizabeth, Jane and Ellen. George Rutledge received what was considered a good common school education in those days, and was then employed on the Pennsylvania canal for twenty-five years, as driver, teamster and captain in charge of a boat. He was then engaged in the mercantile business in Livermore, Pennsylvania, for the next ten years, and then at Johnstown, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for five years, as timekeeper and paymaster. He held a position with the Cambria Steel Company for ten years as foreman of the tracks, was the first street commissioner of Johnstown, then in the general merchandise business for two years, and is now (1906) and for five years has been in the employ of the National Biscuit Company. He is a man of prominence and influence in his town, and is highly esteemed for his many sterling qualities. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a staunch supporter of the Democratic party. He married, June 19, 1856, Henrietta Ferguson, daughter of Samuel and Susan (King) Ferguson, who died April 10, 1884. They had children: Richard, married Millie M. Clelland; Lillian, deceased; Manira; Annie; Albert, married Minnie Kerler; Samuel, deceased; James D., whose sketch follows this; Bell M., married Edward Sanford; Frank; and Campbell, whose sketch follows this.