Elizabeth H. Ruble (Irons)

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Our grandfather, Thomas RUBLE, was born near Washington, Pa., on January 6,1797. His father and mother were Levi and Nancy COFFIN RUBLE, who were pioneers in western Pennsylvania. Our Grandmother, Elizabeth IRONS, was born in Philadelphia on October 27, 1895.( Surely this should be 1795?) Her father and mother were John and Susannah IRONS. Her father died when she was quite small and her mother afterward married a man by the name of APENCER and to this union a son, Jesse, was born. I can remember when our grandmother corresponded with him. He lived in Pennsylvania but cannot remember where. Neither do I know if there were any other children.

We know nothing of our grandparents from their birth until their wedding day, which was on the sixth of January, 1820. (Our grandfather's twenty-third birthday.) They were married in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and lived there until after their oldest child was born, for in looking over the old records we find that Eliza An was born in Fayette, County , Pennsylvania.

Some time after her birth they moved to Monongalia County, West Virginia, settling near Morgantown on a stream called Cheat River. Our grandfather was a miller by trade, so built a grist mill and ground his own and his neighbor's grain. On March 22,1823, their oldest son, William, was born. Then on December 21, 1824, my mother, Elma, was born. Another little girl, Sarah Jane, was born on December 1,1826, and Susannah on November 7, 1828. Then David, the second son, on December 11,1830, and in June, 1833, Mary Lavina was born.