My great-great-great grandfather owned a pipe co. in New York, then in St. Louis - the Ruth Pipe Co. From about 1860 to at least 1892. (In St. Louis, on Valentine St, where the Arch now stands..) I have a drawing of his patent for a corn cob compression method, but I don't have any info about his business or anything else. On the old Pipe Smoker Forum, "Lonestar" posted that he had a bill of sale with diagrams and such from 1892, but no one's really posted on that site since about 2012 - I'm wondering if anyone has come across any Ruth Pipe Co smoke pipes? Champion, Volcano, Dragon, perhaps? I know it's an awful lot of "not much" to go on, but any information is greatly appreciated!