Ruth Medaris 
Ruth was born about 1858 in Ohio. Ruth's father was George Washington Medaris and her mother was Matilda Ann McDavitt. Her paternal grandparents were Oliver Medaris and Wilmuth Redmond. She had six brothers and two sisters, named Zachariah, Charles, Gideon, Thomas, Chemiah, Eli, Manerva and Martha. She was the third youngest of the nine children. She had six half-brothers and six half-sisters, named William, Oliver, Elijah, Levi, Jesse, George, Synthia, Hester, Lib, Elizabeth, Matilda and Mary.-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1620 in Maderia, Portugal or Virginia d.1680
- b.~ 1667 in Middlesex County, Virginia
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- d.07 Feb 1720
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.17 Jul 1796 in North Carolina d.17 Jul 1881
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.~ 1858 in Ohio
- b.~ 1820 in Ohio
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Details of Ruth's family with A Dierdoff
Source/Citation
1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Shelby County, Perry Township
1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Shelby County, Perry Township