Introduction

Biography

Rufus was the hus­band of Mar­ga­ret Dra­goo.

He was edu­cat­ed at Park­er’s Aca­de­my in Cler­mont Coun­ty, Ohio.

He re­ceived a preach­ing li­cense at age 19, and was or­dained a min­is­ter of the Chris­tian Church in 1873.

After serv­ing at va­ri­ous Ohio lo­ca­tions, in­clud­ing Ha­mers­ville, Hig­gins­port, Cen­ter­burg, Su­gar Creek, and Cin­cin­na­ti, he re­tired in Day­ton, Ohio.

He wrote more than one hun­dred hymns.