James Truby and Flora Craig

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Husband James Truby ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Apr 1845 - near Chicora, Donegal Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Father: John Truby (      -Bef 1918) 1
         Mother: Phoebe Rumbaugh (Abt 1826-1862) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Flora Craig ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 5 Jun 1913 3
 Cause of Death: Automobile accident
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         Father: James Craig (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hunter (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Edgar LaMont Truby ³

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           Born: 13 Feb 1873 3
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           Died: Abt 1877
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M J. Frank Truby ^{3 4}

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           Born: 27 Aug 1875 3
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           Died: Bef 1914
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         Spouse: Warna May Wolf (      -Bef 1914) 3 4

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3 F Mary Elizabeth Truby ³

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           Born: 23 Mar 1877 3
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         Spouse: H. B. Kline (      -      ) 3

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4 M James Alexander Truby ³

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           Born: 24 Jun 1879 3
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           Died: Abt 1894 - Red Bank, Armstrong Co, PA
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Ralph H. Truby ^{2 3}

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           Born: 4 Aug 1882 - Tidal, Armstrong Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 1 Dec 1941 2
         Buried:  - New Kensington, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Leah Mae Daubenspeck (1890-1977) 2

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6 F Vera Irene Truby ³

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           Born: 29 Oct 1894 3
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           Died: 7 Dec 1901 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Truby

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He was born on a farm near the town of Chicora, Butler County, Pennsylvania, but was taken by his parents to Jefferson County, when he was yet an infant. He passed his childhood there and in Armstrong County. He was a pupil in the public schools of the latter region at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, but he enlisted, August 12, 1862, as a private in Company F, Sixty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Captain B. J. Reed and Colonel Alexander Hayes. The young man joined his regiment at Alexandria, Virginia, the command forming a part of the army of General McClelland. Almost at once he saw active service and from that time until the close of the war was in the midst of the most important campaigns. His first battle was that of Fredericksburg, and he afterwards was present at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He thereafter took part in all the battles leading up to and including the campaign of the Wilderness, and then on to Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. At that time he was transferred from the Sixty-third Regiment to the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment and promoted to the rank of corporal, and continued to serve under General Grant up to the time of General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He was twice wounded, once at the battle of the Wilderness, and again at the engagement at Hatcher's Run, but in each case soon recovered and went once more to the front. Before the general mustering out of the army he took part in the grand review at Washington, and immediately after his discharge returned to his home in Pennsylvania. At that time he resided at Red Bank, and upon resuming his civilian life he engaged in his father's business and followed the Clarion and Allegheny rivers as a lumberman. This line of work he followed during the spring and autumn, and during the summer he operated a boat on those rivers. His occupation took him about a great deal and he went from state to state, and for two years travelled in the West. He then returned to Red Bank, where he was married and established a home. He was the owner of a fine farm of sixty-five acres there, and for twelve years operated this place with success. In 1899 he sold his property and moved to New Kensington, which was then a place of very few inhabitants. He was one of the pioneers and had much to do with its early growth and development. He became the "hostler" at Valley Camp on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a little later was appointed baggagemaster for the road at New Kensington. The latter post he continued to hold until the time of his retirement, April 10, 1915. Mr. Truby purchased a house at No. 308 McCargo street, New Kensington, about 1900, and lived there.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1069.

2 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 17.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1070.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 672.