Sedgwick County KSGenWeb
Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.
Chapman Brothers 1888
Pages 383 - 384
HENRY W. RUBLE, a resident of Payne Township, on section 22, is by occupation a farmer. He was born Nov. 5, 1840, in the State of Ohio, his parents bearing the names of John and Sarah (Coffman) Ruble. The father of our subject carried on farming, and he and his wife both died in 1846, the father March 6, and the mother April 15. They passed nearly all their lives in the State of Ohio. The father was born in 1800 in Shenandoah County, Va., and was a son of one of the pioneers of the Buckeye State. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Balsar Ruble, lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years, and passed to his rest "beyond the river" while a resident of Ohio.
John, the father of the subject of this narrative, was an active member of the Christian Church, and helped to organize the society of that denomination in Highland County, and indeed often did the preaching of that locality, in an emergency. He was a zealous, faithful and honest Christian worker, and his good wife entered heartily into his religious endeavors. He died in the full faith of the Christian. He was a believer in the Scriptural injunction regarding a blow, reading in a literal sense the precept that says, "If smitten on one cheek, turn the other." In furtherance of his faith in this doctrine, he was a member of a local organization, whose purpose was indicated by its name, "Non-Strikers." The aim of this association was to keep the peace, one means of which was turning the other cheek to receive a second blow, should any one smite them. He was the father of ten children, viz: Magdalene, Rachel and William, deceased; Jacob, Joseph, Washington, George, Henry Wesley, Isaiah and Sarah A.
Henry Wesley Ruble, the subject of this sketch, remained at home upon the paternal farm in Ohio, acquiring an education in the district schools of that State, until he was some sixteen years old. At that time, leaving his home, he went to Pike County, Ill., where he worked at farm labor by the month until 1860. The gold fever now having attacked him, he started overland with ox-teams for Pike's Peak, and reached that Eldorado on the 22d of May, that year. He went to mining and followed it with varying fortunes for about two years, but finally gave it up and began teaming and freighting. A year later, farming having held out allurements to him, he accordingly embraced that calling, which he followed until 1867. Returning to Illinois he located in Logan County, on a farm which he purchased. While a resident here, Nov. 2, 1870, he led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah A. Woolums.
The parents of the bride were named William and Elizabeth (Stout) Woolums, and were both natives of the Buckeye State, where the father still carries on farming. His wife passed away Aug. 15, 1876, in the full enjoyment of the Christian faith, and a deep-seated belief in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are still living. The father of Mrs. Ruble and her two brothers, Benjamin and Wilson, with a noble patriotism, enlisted among our National defenders during the late war between the States, which "called to a martyr's grave the flower of our beloved land." The father, after enduring many hardships and privations incident upon a soldier' life, participated in Sherman's glorious march to the sea. Benjamin lost his life at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. Wilson was in the service but three weeks, and was brought home sick with the typhoid fever and never recovered.
Mrs. Henry Ruble was born in Highland County, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1845, and while a resident of Illinois communed with the disciples of our Lord in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Ruble was at one time associated with the Christian Church, but is now unable to attend any congregation of that denomination within reach. In 1878 the family came to Kansas, and located on the farm of 120 acres where they now reside. Nearly all the improvements upon it are the work of the brain and hand of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Ruble are the parents of seven children: John W. was born March 2, 1873; Elizabeth A., born Aug. 22, 1874, and died Oct. 18, 1874; Calista P. was born Oct. 12, 1875; Rebecca C., who was born March 28, 1877, died May 12, 1877; Louie M. was born May 11, 1880; James W., May 18, 1882; and Gertrude, who was born June 27, 1883, lived only a couple of weeks. Mr. Ruble has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Treasurer of the township, and Director of the schools of the district. Politically he once affiliated with the Republican party, but of late has been a Greenbacker, a member of the Knights of Labor, and votes rather independently. He is a man of sound sense and respected by his neighbors
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