he and his wife Margaret George Ruggles had children and lived in the largest house on the town's Main Street. He died in 1874 a few months before reaching age 85. He is interred in the Elm Grove Cemetery. See also Patent Office 1836 fire Patent Office 1877 fire References Sources "Ruggles, John." The Political Graveyard. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruggles.html#R9M0JBIAQ Reggles, John. Letter to the U.S. Patent Office. https://web.archive.org/web/20050212172531/http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Patent-1-13jul1836.htm "Senator John Ruggles." Thomaston Historical Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20041205124819/http://www.thomastonhistoricalsociety.com/JRuggles.htm American people in rail transportation 19th-century American inventors 1789 births 1874 deaths People from Thomaston, Maine People from Westborough, Massachusetts Brown University alumni Maine Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party United States senators Democratic Party United States senators from Maine Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives People from Skowhegan, Maine 19th-century American politicians