Albert Ruf (1830-1912 was born at Trier, Prussia. He married Caroline Froeschle in 1857 Dayton OH. They settled in Williamstown WV where they established a tannery.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...