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Family Group Sheet
| Husband: | Jonathan W Ruble |
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| Born: | 09 Nov 1816 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| Died: | 20 Jan 1872 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Father: | Walter Ruble (1789-1878) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Wright (1793-1852) | |
| Wife: | Ruth Ruse |
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| Married: | 28 Apr 1842 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| Born: | 13 Feb 1823 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| Died: | 21 Apr 1907 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Father: | Thomas Ruse (1796-1823) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Cashatt (1799-1823) | |
| CHILDREN |
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| 1 F Name: | Margaret Ellen Ruble | |
| Born: | 20 Feb 1843 | in: OH |
| Died: | 06 May 1898 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Married: | 13 Nov 1861 | in: |
| Spouse: | John Beard | |
| Born: | 30 Jan 1827 | in: Preble Co., OH |
| Died: | 16 Aug 1904 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Children: |
Sarah M Beard (1857-) m. Samuel F Williams Thomas A Beard (1863-1917) m. Mary Ladona Jones (1863-1923) George J Beard (1865-1929) m. Elizabeth C Adsit Wilson (1859-1923) James Adam Beard (1868-1889) m. Margaret Sinclair (1870-1897) Ruth Rodana Beard (1870-1942) m. John Daniel Boxell (1866-1939) Walter R Beard (1872-) Joseph Arlando Beard (1874-1939) m. Nellie Adkins (1879-1938) Amos Franklin Beard (1878-1950) m. Ida M (1888-) Andrew M Beard (1880-) Minnie A Beard (1882-) m. Harry F Schoonover (1879-) Charles Beard |
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| 2 M Name: | William Henry Ruble | |
| Born: | 05 Jul 1845 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| Died: | 12 Aug 1846 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| 3 M Name: | Thomas Allen Ruble | |
| Born: | 10 Jan 1847 | in: OH |
| Died: | 13 Feb 1890 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Married: | 17 Oct 1869 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Spouse: | Sarah Catherine Eubank | |
| Born: | 23 May 1852 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 09 Feb 1916 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Children: |
Franklin M Ruble (1870-1872) Ellis Arlando Ruble (1872-1956) m. Phoebe Ellen Mary Ulrich (1879-1973) Alva Alfred Ruble (1873-1947) m. Ida Pearl Ford (1876-1961) Rosetta E Ruble (1875-1876) Joseph William Ruble (1877-1954) m. Florence Cordelia Penland (1882-1960) Lillie Elizabeth Ruble (1878-1950) m. William E Stephens (1876-1929) Bertha Lou Ruble (1880-1969) m. William E Roberts (1878-1921) Clara Belle Ruble (1882-1935) m. William Marion Whitehurst (1880-1955) Nellie L Ruble (1884-1959) m. George Hagler (1870-1943) Effie May Ruble (1887-1971) m. William E Keith (1884-1969) Rosa Ruth Ruble (1889-1970) m. Melvin Earl Luckey (1882-1948) m. Lloyd G Stroup (1880-1965) |
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| 4 F Name: | Hester Ann Ruble | |
| Born: | 03 Nov 1849 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 13 Feb 1881 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Married: | 06 Oct 1868 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Spouse: | William Eubank | |
| Born: | 10 Oct 1845 | in: Preble Co., OH |
| Died: | 06 Feb 1881 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Children: |
James Henry Eubank (1869-1891) never married Ruth Rosella Eubank (1871-1933) m. Lafayette Matthais (1855-1943) Alanzo Mellville Eubank (1874-1958) m. Rilla M Pulley (1872-1941) Lillie May Eubank (1877-1879) Sarah Delphina Eubank (1880-1964) m. Joseph Schofield (1879-1927) |
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| 5 M Name: | James Walter Ruble | |
| Born: | 04 Mar 1852 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 22 Apr 1937 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Married: | 27 Sep 1875 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Spouse: | Nancy Berthena Tharp | |
| Born: | 17 Mar 1857 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Died: | 24 Jul 1888 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Children: |
Alva D Ruble (1876-1961) m. Lillie Freund (c1880-) Julia Pearl Ruble (1879-1904) m. John Lewis James (1876-1951) Charles Emery Ruble (1881-1957) m. Iva Chloe Sutton (1889-1962) Mamie Irene Ruble (1883-1968) m. George W Brown (1873-1946) Lucy Elmira Ruble (1885-1973) m. Leonard John Brake (1884-1942) Berthena Ruble (1888-1888) |
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| Married: | 11 Oct 1890 | in: |
| Spouse: | Lorinda "Alice" Thrailkill Day | |
| Born: | 23 Aug 1862 | in: Wells Co., IN |
| Died: | 19 May 1929 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| 6 F Name: | Mary Jane Ruble | |
| Born: | 21 Jun 1854 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 1934 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Married: | 01 Nov 1873 | in: |
| Spouse: | Levi Williamson | |
| Born: | 1849 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 28 Jul 1915 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Children: |
Alva Williamson (1882-1970) m. Grace Mae Slater (1886-1965) Julia Williamson (1887-1958) m. Charles E Griffith (1879-1951) Sarah Landonna Williamson (1890-1926) m. Seth Clarence Broom (1875-1949) Elbridge W Williamson (1892-1980) m. Mary B Jones (1901-1950) |
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| 7 M Name: | John Wesley Ruble | |
| Born: | 01 Nov 1856 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 20 Aug 1881 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Married: | in: | |
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| 8 M Name: | Aaron Sylvester Ruble | |
| Born: | 11 May 1860 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 26 Jan 1934 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Married: | 19 Sep 1896 | in: |
| Spouse: | Della Malissa Hubartt | |
| Born: | 10 Feb 1872 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 02 Jun 1953 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Children: |
Virgil Leon Ruble (1897-1983) m. Dora Zellen Murphy (1899-1974) Thelma Ruth Ruble (1899-1988) m. Leroy Daugherty (1892-1985) Opal Malissa Ruble (1901-1998) m. Daniel Ernest Shideler (1901-1968) Holland Elsworth Ruble (1903-1985) m. Esther M Thompson (1904-1998) |
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| 9 F Name: | Sarah Landona Elizabeth Ruble (1862-1933) |
| Spouse: | Philip Henry Shafer (1846-1925) |
| 10 F Name: | Ruth Emma Ruble | |
| Born: | 30 May 1866 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Died: | 08 Dec 1905 | in: Chicago, Cook Co., IL |
| Married: | 1892 | in: IL |
| Spouse: | Alvin David Chauncey | |
| Born: | 24 Aug 1867 | in: Champaign, IL |
| Died: | 02 Dec 1935 | in: Marion Co., IN |
| Children: | Alvin Leon Chauncey (1896-1975) m. Virginia Burl Campbell (1903-1976) | |
| Ruth's 2nd Husband: | Samuel Ward Sutton |
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| Married: | 24 May 1877 | in: Huntington Co., IN |
| Born: | 1806 | in: Allegheny Co., PA |
| Died: | 25 Oct 1890 | in: Jay Co., IN |
Biography and Timeline
From Huntington County, Indiana History & Families 1834-1993:
JONATHON RUBLE & RUTH (RUSE) - Jonathon Ruble was born Nov. 9, 1816 in Clinton County, OH near Wilmington. He moved with his parents, Walter and Sara (Wright) Ruble, to Randolph County, IN in 1824. He returned to Clinton County, OH to marry Ruth Ruse on April 28, 1842. Ruth was born Feb. 13, 1823 to Thomas and Margaret Ruse.
In 1848 Jonathon and Ruth moved to Salamonie Twp., Huntington County, IN. They settled on a 100 acre farm one mile south of Plum Tree that they purchased from Hiriam Phillips for $220. It was a wilderness. One day when Jonathon went on an overnight trip to town for supplies, Ruth heard a terrible commotion outside. When she went to investigate, she found a big black bear trying to get into the rail pen to get their young calves. Jonathon's useful labors helped to broaden the scope of cultivated land in Section Nine and he developed it into the Glen Locust Farm.
He was a man of influence and fine character. Ruth united early in life with the Friends Church. When they moved to Indiana, they became active in the Methodist Church at Plum Tree. The faith which they possessed, they carried into their daily activities and their home was not only noted for its hospitality to friends, but also for its kindnesses.
They had 10 children and when Jonathon died on Jan. 20, 1872 at the age of 55, he still had three boys and three girls in the Foreman Grade School. It was just across the corner from his house.
Their children were: Mary J. (married Levi Williamson), Aaron (married and moved to Jefferson Twp.), Sarah, Ladonna (Doni) (married Phillip Shafer), James W. (married Berthena Tharp and moved to 3364E Shafer Road), and Thomas Allen (married and moved to the old Beard farm one-half mile east of Warren; later it was part of the Jones farm), Emma moved to Indianapolis.
The last few years of Ruth's life she spent in Aaron's home, where she died April 21, 1907 at the age of 84 years, two months and eight days. Funeral services were held at Plum Tree Methodist Church. Both Jonathon and Ruth are buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Warren.
From History of Huntington County, 1914, James W. Ruble biography:
Jonathan Ruble (father of James W. Ruble) was a son of Walter and Sarah Ruble, and was born November 9, 1816, in Clinton county, Ohio. It was during his childhood that his parents left Ohio and settled in Randolph county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, but subsequently returned to his native county, where on April 28, 1842, he married Ruth Ruse, She was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Ruse, and was born February 13,1823. A few years after his marriage Jonathan Ruble made a change of residence and established his home in 1848 in what was still the wilderness of Salamonie township of Huntington county. His useful labors helped to broaden the scope of cultivated land in that section, and he was a man of influence and fine character. His death occurred January 20, 1872. He and his wife were very active as Methodists in their community, and took a regular part in the activities of their home church. The faith which they possessed they carried into all their daily activities, and their home was noted not only for its hospitality to friends but for the kindness which emanated from its doors and which made it a source of help and comfort to many who needed assistance in distress. There were ten children in the family, and four are yet living: Mary J. is the wife of Levi Williamson; Sarah L. E. is the wife of Philip Shafer of Salamonie township; Aaron Ruble lives in Jefferson township; and James W. is the youngest of the four still living.
Timeline:
| Date: | Place: | Event: |
| 1816 | OH, Clinton Co. | Birth: Jonathan |
| 1823 | OH, Clinton Co. | Birth: Ruth |
| 1842 | OH, Clinton Co. | Marriage: Jonathon and Ruth |
| 1848 | IN, Huntington Co. | Moved: left OH and moved to IN |
| 1850 | IN, Huntington Co. | Census: Jonathan (age 34) farmer, Ruth (age 27) |
| 1860 | IN, Huntington Co. | Census: Jonathan (age 43) farmer, Ruth (age 38) |
| 1870 | IN, Huntington Co. | Census: Jonathan (age 52) farmer, Ruth (age 47) |
| 1872 | IN, Huntington Co. | Death: Jonathan |
| 1880 | IN, Huntington Co. | Census: Ruth (age 58) living with 2nd husband, Samuel Sutton |
| 1900 | IN, Huntington Co. | Census: Ruth (age 78) widowed and living with son |
| 1907 | IN, Huntington Co. | Death: Ruth |
Family Photos
Ruth Ruble and Children: Mary, James, Aaron, and Ladona
Ruth Ruse Ruble (right) and sister, Ann League
Ruth Ruse Ruble funeral flowers and portrait
Birth Records
Ruble Family Records, The Hoosier Genealogist, June 1996:
Jonathan W. Ruble the son of Walter & Sarah Ruble was born the 9th of Novr 1816.
Jonathan W. Ruble was son of Walter Ruble and Sarah Wright.
Marriage Records
Jonathan Ruble and Ruth Ruse marriage record, Clinton County, Ohio, issued on April 28, 1842:
Death Records
Jonathan Ruble
Nov. 9, 1816 - Jan. 20, 1872
Ruth his wife
Feb. 13, 1823 - Apr. 21, 1907
Woodlawn Cemetery
Warren
Huntington Co., IN
Jonathan Ruble obituary, Indiana Herald, Wednesday January 31, 1872:
Ruth Ruble obituary, Warren Tribune, April 26, 1907:
Warren Tribune April 26, 1907 Ruth Ruble Dead Aged Lady Passes Away at the Home of Her Son, Sunday Ruth Ruse, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Ruse was born Feb. 13, 1823 in Clinton Co., Ohio. She was married to Jonathon Ruble April 28, 1842. She with her husband came to Salamonie twp. In 1848, and settled one mile south of Plum Tree. Her husband died Jan. 20, 1872. She was the mother of 10 children, 6 of whom preceded her in death. The living are James W., Mary J. Williamson, Aaron S. and Sarah L. Shafer. She leaves 40 living grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. She was a member of the Friends in early life later she became a member of the M.E. Church and lived a consistent Christian until her death. She has been a hard working woman, having lived in the days when this land was a wilderness, and she was left a widow with 9 children to support. She died at the home of her son, Aaron, where she had lived for a number of years. Her death occurring April 21, 1907 at the age of 84 years, 2 months, 8 days. Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church at Plumtree Tuesday at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. Coy assisted by Rev. Landess. Burial at Woodlawn.
Ruth Ruble death certificate, Indiana, 1907:
H. Brown and Sons Funeral Home Records:
Ruble, Ruth
Widow
B. Clinton Co., OH. D. 21 Apr 1907 Plum Tree, IN. age 84 Yrs.
bur. Woodlawn Cem. Warren, IN.
Fa. Jonathan Runkle. Mo. Margaret Ruse.
Cemetery Records of Clinton County, Ohio 1798-1999:
Ruble, William Henry D.8-12-1846 Age 1 Yr. 1 Mo. 7 Da., son of J. and R. Ruble
John Beard obituary, The Warren Tribune, Friday, August 26, 1904:
John Beard, son of George M. and Rhodana Beard was born in Gettysburg, Ohio, January 30, 1827, died August 16, 1904, aged 77 years, 6 months and 16 days. He came with his parents to Huntington county when he was eleven years old. They were guided to their destination by Fleming Mitchell and many were the hardships they endured in coming to their new home. In this section Mr. Beard grew to manhood. He was married to Rebecca Ruble November 13, 1861. To this union were born ten children of whom two have gone to the better land. There are twenty-seven grand-children and three great-grand children. By the death of his wife six years ago his home was broken up and he has since made his home with his children. His death occurred at the home of his son, Thomas, at Dillman where he had gone previous to his last illness which was of two years' duration. Mr. Beard's life was one that was upright and commendable. Many years ago he united with a Disciples' church but the class was afterwards disbanded and he never united with any other. Five sons and three daughters survive him. They are Mrs. Sarah Williams, living south east of this city, Thomas A., of Dillman, George j., of this city, Joseph A., of Landesville, Mrs. Ruth Boxell, of Hartford City, Charles of Landessville, Franklin, of this city and Mrs. Minnie Schoonover, of Lima, Ohio. He has one brother, Samuel Beard, living in Kansas The funeral services were conducted at Dillman Thursday forenoon by Rev. J.E. Etter. The burial was at Woodlawn cemetery.
The Warren News, Friday, February 14, 1890:
Thomas A. Ruble died at his home east of town, Wednesday night, about 12 o'clock, of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at the M.E. church this forenoon and interment will be in the Batson cemetery. A proper obituary will appear next week.
Thomas Allen Ruble obituary, The Warren News, Friday, February 21, 1890:
Thomas Allen Ruble, son of Jonathan and Ruth Ruble, was born June 10, 1847, and departed this life Feb. 13, 1890, aged 42 years, 8 months and 3 days. He was married to Sarah E. Eubank, October 17, 1869, and to this union were born eleven children, two of whom are dead. He became a member of the United Brethren in Christ at the age of about twenty years, and from that time he is credited with living a christian life. My own observation of him was that he was a very careful man in the use of words and in his conversation about others he manifested great charity. He was a devoted companion and an affectionate father. He gave positive testimony of his preparation for death. Funeral services were held in the M.E. church at Warren, conducted by the writer, and interment took place in the Batson cemetery. C.B. Small
James W. Ruble Obituary, Huntington Herald-Press, Friday April 23, 1937:
Huntington Herald-Press Friday April 23, 1937 Warren, April 23-James W. Ruble 85, former county resident and a retired farmer, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. G.W. Brown, in Liberty Center. Death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage following an illness of five days. Mr. Ruble was the son of Jonathan and Ruth Ruse Ruble and was born in this county March 4, 1852. His first marriage was to Nancy Bertram Tharp, who died in 1888. The second marriage was to Alice Thrailkill who died May 19, 1929. Two children, Julia Pearl and Berthena are dead. Surviving children are Alva Ruble, Bridgeport, Ill., Charles Ruble, Warren; Mrs. Mamie Brown, at whose home he died; and Mrs. Lucy Elmira Brake, Eldorado, Kas. He lived in this county until some time age when he went to Liberty Center to make his home with the daughter. Last rites will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Warren Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a member. The Rev. Charles Tinkham, former pastor now of Fort Wayne, will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
Nancy B. Tharp obituary, Brown Funeral Home Records:
Nancy B. Tharp, daughter of A.B. and Irena Tharp, was born March 17, 1857 and died July 24, 1888 aged 31 years, 4 months, 7 days. She was married to James W. Ruble September 27, 1875. She leaves 6 children, 2 sons, 4 daughters, one an infant. She was a Christian lady and fondly attached to her family, but she was fully consigned to her heavenly father, as said it being his will she was ready to go. The family sustained a great loss at her death, but they have the sympathy and help of kind friends. Sister Ruble was a member of the M.E. Church. Funeral services were heald at the home, conducted by Rev. A.C. Gerard and the remains were interred at the Batson cemetery.
Alice Ruble obituary, Huntington Herald, Indiana, Monday May 20, 1929:
Alice Ruble, wife of James W. Ruble, of Warren, died at her home in that town Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, following a five week's illness. She was born August 23, 1862, in Liberty township, Wells county, to Silas and Mary Thrailkill. She was united in marriage with James Ruble October 11, 1890. Surviving are the following children: A.D. Ruble, of Indianapolis; Charles Ruble, of Warren, Mrs. E.W. Brown, of Liberty Center, Mrs. Lucy Brake, of Kansas, one brother, Isaac Thrailkill of Cadillac, Mich., two sisters, Mrs. Grant Martin, of Liberty township, Wells county, and Mrs. Jacob Tiler, of Salem. Mrs. Ruble was a member of the Warren Methodist Episcopal church, where funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. C.H. Tinkham, assisted by the Rev. J.W. Brown. Burial will be at Woodlawn cemetery in Warren.
Aaron Ruble Obituary, Huntington Herald-Press, Sunday January 28, 1934:
Huntington Herald-Press Sunday January 28, 1934 Aaron Ruble Rites Held At Plum Tree Warren, Jan 27-Special-Aaron Ruble, 73, died at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the home of his son, Holland Ruble. He had been ailing for the last 6 months of heart trouble. Mr. Ruble was born May 11, 1860, to Johnathan and Ruth Ruble . He is survived by the widow, Della Ruble, and the following children, Virgil Ruble, Holland Ruble and Mrs. Roy Daugherty, all of near Warren, and Mrs. Ernest Shideler, of Roanoke. A brother, James Ruble, of Warren, and a sister, Mrs. James Myers of Pleasant Plain, also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Plum Tree Christian church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. H.T. Hawkins in charge assisted by the Rev. Guy Watters of Bluffton. Burial will be at the Woodlawn cemetery here.
Census Records
1850 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, District Fifty Two:
| Jonathan Ruble | age 34, male, farmer, $800 real estate, born in OH |
| Ruth Ruble | age 27, female, born in OH, cannot read and write |
| Margaret E Ruble | age 7, female, born in OH |
| Thomas A Ruble | age 4, male, born in OH |
| Esther A Ruble | age 8/12, female, born in OH |
1860 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township:
| Jonathan Ruble | age 43, male, farmer, $2000 real estate, $420 personal, born in OH, cannot read and write |
| Ruth Ruble | age 38, female, born in OH |
| Margaret E Ruble | age 17, female, born in OH |
| Thomas A Ruble | age 12, male, born in OH, attended school |
| Hester A Ruble | age 10, female, born in IN, attended school |
| Walter J Ruble | age 8, male, born in IN, attended school |
| Mary J Ruble | age 6, female, born in IN, attended school |
| John W Ruble | age 2, male, born in IN |
| Sylvester Ruble | age 1/12, male, born in IN |
1870 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township:
| Jonathan Ruble | age 52, male, farmer, $3500 real estate, $750 personal, born in OH, cannot read or write |
| Ruth Ruble | age 47, female, keeping house, born in OH |
| James Ruble | age 18, male, at home, born in IN |
| Mary Ruble | age 16, female, born in IN, cannot write |
| John Ruble | age 12, male, at home, born in IN, attended school |
| Aaron Ruble | age 10, male, born in IN, attended school |
| Sarah Ruble | age 8, female, born in IN, attended school |
| Emma Ruble | age 4, female, born in IN |
1880 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township:
| Samuel Sutton | male, age 74, married, house carpenter, born in OH |
| Ruth Sutton | female, age 58, wife, married, keeping house, born in OH, parents born in OH |
| Aaron S Ruble | female, age 20, step son, single, farm laborer, born in IN, parents born in OH |
| Sarah L E Ruble | female, age 17, step daughter, single, servent, born in IN, parents born in OH |
| Ruth E Ruble | female, age 14, step daughter, single, servent, born in IN, parents born in OH |
1900 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township:
| Ruth Ruble | living with son, Aaron S Ruble, mother, female, born Feb 1822, age 78, widowed, 10 children, 5 living, born in OH, parents born in OH |
Notes and Other Records
Proof of lineage notes:
- 1842 marriage record shows Jonathan Ruble and Ruth Ruse married.
- 1870 census shows Sarah, age 8, living with Jonathan and Ruth Ruble.
- 1880 census shows Sarah L E Ruble, age 17, as step daughter to Samuel and Ruth Sutton.
- 1907 obituary for Ruth Ruse Ruble states that she married Jonathon Ruble, and she was mother of Sarah L Shafer.
- 1914 History of Huntington County states that Jonathan Ruble married Ruth Ruse and they are parents of Sarah L E who is wife of Philip Shafer.
- 1933 obituary for Sarah E Ruble Shafer states that she is daughter of Jonathan and Ruth Ruble.
Ruble Family Records, The Hoosier Genealogist, June 1996:
Jonathan W. Ruble was son of Walter Ruble and Sarah Wright.
Quaker records:
Ruth Ruse was disowned 20 Nov 1843, marriage out of unity.
From History of Huntington County, 1914:
JAMES W. RUBLE
In the annals of early settlement of Huntington county, one of the names which is first to be mentioned is that of the Ruble family, and it is of this family that James W. Ruble of Salamonie township is a prominent representative. For more than sixty-five years the name has had its place in the history of Huntington county, and James W. Ruble is one of the older native sons of the county, and has been long identified with the industry of agriculture, a vocation which brings credit to its follower and helps to create the resources and wealth of the community. James W. Ruble is known far and wide as the proprietor of the Merry Hill Farm, a highly developed country estate of eighty acres, situated two and a quarter miles northeast of Warren.
James W. Ruble was born in Salamonie township at what is known as the Locust Glen farm, March 4, 1852, a son of Jonathan and Ruth (Ruse) Ruble . His father was a son of Walter and Sarah Ruble, and was born November 9, 1816, in Clinton county, Ohio. It was during his childhood that his parents left Ohio and settled in Randolph county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, but subsequently returned to his native county, where on April 28, 1842, he married Ruth Ruse, She was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Ruse, and was born February 13,1823. A few years after his marriage Jonathan Ruble made a change of residence and established his home in 1848 in what was still the wilderness of Salamonie township of Huntington county. His useful labors helped to broaden the scope of cultivated land in that section, and he was a man of influence and fine character. His death occurred January 20, 1872. He and his wife were very active as Methodists in their community, and took a regular part in the activities of their home church. The faith which they possessed they carried into all their daily activities, and their home was noted not only for its hospitality to friends but for the kindness which emanated from its doors and which made it a source of help and comfort to many who needed assistance in distress. There were ten children in the family, and four are yet living: Mary J. is the wife of Levi Williamson; Sarah L. E. is the wife of Philip Shafer of Salamonie township; Aaron Ruble lives in Jefferson township; and James W. is the youngest of the four still living.
His boyhood was spent in the wholesome environment of the country, and his education was acquired by attendance at the old fashioned district schools, a type of educational institutions which have long since gone out of vogue, and there are perhaps only one or two schoolhouses in the entire county which would bear any resemblance to the temple of learning which Mr. Ruble attended as a boy. After his education was finished and he had made a practical beginning of his career as a farmer, he married Berthena Tharp, a sister of Isaac M. Tharp. She was born in Wells county, Indiana. Of the six children of that marriage, four are still living, and their mother passed away July 25, 1888. The living children are: Alva D., a florist in Indianapolis; Charles, who is married and a farmer in Salamonie township; Mamie, wife of George Brown of Liberty Center, Indiana; Lucy, wife of Leonard Break of Adams county, Indiana. For his second marriage Mr. Ruble married Alice (Thrailkill) Day, widow of Richard Day. Mrs. Ruble was born in Liberty township of Wells county, August 23, 1862, grew up there, received her education in the common schools of her native township, and was a daughter of Silas Thrailkill, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, August 5, 1834, and died July 15, 1901.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruble are active members of the Methodist Protestant church, of which he is one of the trustees and has long been one of its most liberal supporters. In politics a Republican, he has often used his influence in the party for the benefit of good government in the locality, and is a man whose opinion and advice are much courted in this part of Huntington county.
Sources and Credits
- Ruse Family 1764 - 1983, published in 1983, compiled by Evea Ruse Black and Leland Ruse Smith, received a copy from Leland in 1996.
- Shafer Family, written around 1966. Work by: unknown.
- History of Huntington County, Indiana, 1914.
- Huntington County, Indiana History & Families 1834-1993.
- Ruble Family Records, The Hoosier Genealogist, June 1996.
- 1842 Clinton County, Ohio marriage record.
- 1850 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, District Fifty Two.
- 1860 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township.
- 1870 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township.
- 1880 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township.
- 1900 Census, Indiana, Huntington County, Salamonie Township.
- Jonathan Ruble obituary, Indiana Herald, Wednesday January 31, 1872.
- Ruth Ruble obituary, Warren Tribune, April 26, 1907.
- Sarah E Ruble obituary, Huntington Herald-Press, Friday March 24, 1933.
- H. Brown and Sons Funeral Home Records.
- Cemetery Records of Clinton County, Ohio 1798-1999.
- Photos from Hack and Martha Daugherty's web site.
- Cemetery headstone photo by Tom.
- Data from FindAGrave.com.
- Data from Ancestry.com family trees.
- Ruth Ruble funeral photo from Nancy Fribley.
- 1907 Indiana certificate of death for Ruth Ruble.