Background
Ruppenthal, Jacob Christian was born on January 16, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Christian and Anna Barbara (Immendorf) Ruppenthal.
Ruppenthal, Jacob Christian was born on January 16, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Christian and Anna Barbara (Immendorf) Ruppenthal.
Normal University; University of Kansas., Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, 1895.
Margaret Cameron Eastland, December 1922, Ellsworth, Kansas. Elected Company Attorney, Russell Company Kansas., 1897-1898. Re-elected 04. Elected Judge, 23 Judicial District, Kansas., 1907-1918.
Re-elected 1923 —. Commissioned Judge Advocate United States Army, 1918-1919. Appointed Director, City Public Library, Russell, Kansas., 1900—•. Appointed member Judicial Council of Kansas., 1927, elected Secy.
Member Russell School District Board, 1906-1918. Served as major judge advisory United States Army, 1918-1919, and Officers Reserve Corps, since 1920. Board of directors Russell Public Library since 1901.
Member Kansas State Library Survey Commission, 1949. Lay delegate to General Conference Methodist Church, 1916 and 24. Member American Bar Association, Bar Association Kansas, Bar Association Northwestern Kansas (secretary, since 1931).
Club: Rotary (Russell). Member editorial staff Journal of Bar Association Kansas since 1932.
Married Sarah Spalding, January 1, 1895 (died 1914).; married second, Margaret Cameron Eastland, December 26, 1922. Children: Harold Fred, Lloyd Henry, Mary Lois (Mistress Wallace M. James).