Born on Dec 10, 1843 to Robert Ruth and Margaret Nixon Ruth. Robert Nixon Ruth passed away on Dec 14, 1908, at the age of 65 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Houlton, Maine, United States. Robert Nixon Ruth was married to Sarah Jane Allison Ruth and had 4 children: Herbert William Ruth, Ivy Anne Ruth, Robert Harley Ruth, Conant Wentworth Ruth.