Update on the Rheubles

I have written about the Rheuble line HERE and with an update HERE. 

Since writing those posts, I've put a lot of time into trying to fill in the Rheuble (or Ruble) lines.

The other Ruble descendant who provided me with clues (Thanks Again, Kim!) was kind enough to send me lots of primary records related to her branch of the family.  She also sent me a copy of the pension application that Susan (Coffman) Ruble filed in April 1896 in her attempt to get a widow's pension for George's Civil War service.

That pension was denied because the War Department could find no record of George on the service rolls.  That was unfortunate for Susan, who described herself (at 52) as "old and broken down" with a broken arm, no property, and no way to support herself.  (Such was the fate of so many of our elderly before the days of Social Security and Medicare.)

Even though the pension was denied, the application provides a lot of information about Susan and George Ruble:

Susan was 52 in spring 1896 indicating she was born about 1844.

Susan had not been married before marrying George, but George had been married before and his wife was deceased when he and Susan married.

Susan and George were married 11 May 1868 in Greenland, West Virginia.

George died in late December 1872.  He was chopping wood at his home near Lahmansville, Grant Co., West Virginia, when he died.

George told Susan that he had served in the 7th West Virginia Infantry as a private during the Civil War.

George and Susan had lived on the farm owned by Joseph Keplinger near Lahmansville for 3 or 4 years before his death (ca 1868-1872).

George's first wife, Polly Ruble, died near Maysville, West Virginia during the "War of the Rebellion."  A family bible existed in 1896 when the pension application was filed.  That bible listed family births and deaths and included a listing saying that Polly Ruble died 18 January 1862 at age 43.

If Polly Ruble was 43 when she died in 1862, then she was born about 1819.

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So I have several clues to pursue.  It would certainly be wonderful to find whoever has that family bible!