Samuel Guiberson Ruby (1924)

RUBY

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:52

The Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
Main Edition
Sunday, December 21, 1924
Page 14, Column 5

CIVIL WAR VETERAN IS DEAD HERE

S. G. Ruby Was Consul to Belfast, Ireland During Harrison Regime

Samuel Guiberson Ruby, 87 years of age, Civil War veteran and American Consul to Belfast, Ireland, during the administration of President Harrison died yesterday evening at his residence, 1238 Windsor Boulevard. Mr. Ruby had resided in Los Angeles eighteen years. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 1 p.m. from Pierce Brothers chapel. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Mr. Ruby was born September 22, 1839 in Holmes county, Ohio. His ancestors moved from France to England and thence to America as early as 1690.

His parents moved from Ohio to Madison county, Iowa. He studied law until the outbreak of the Civil Was, served two years and upon being discharged, resumed his studies, being admitted to practice in 1863. He was Mayor of Winterset, Iowa, for two terms, was attorney for the Rock Island Railroad Company for a number of years and in 1889 was appointed Consul to Belfast, which post he held for four years.

Death occurred yesterday at 7 p.m.
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The Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
Main Edition
Sunday, December 21, 1924
Page 16, Column 8

DEATHS

RUBY. December 20, at 1238 Windsor Boulevard, Samuel Guiberson Ruby, aged 87 years, beloved husband of Sophia Ruby, beloved father of C. A. Ruby and Blanche Ruby, beloved grandfather of Albert Ogden Ruby.

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 22, at 1 p.m., from Pierce Brothers’ chapel, 720 West Washington street. Interment private.
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Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, December 25, 1924
Page 1, column 4

SAMUEL RUBY DIES IN LOS ANGELES
Former Winterset Lawyer and Politician Dies Saturday in Los Angeles Home

Samuel G. Ruby, former prominent Winterset lawyer died Saturday in Los Angeles, California. A telegram to W. J. Cornell, cashier of the Citizens bank, which Mr. Ruby helped establish, stated that he had passed quietly away. Mr. Ruby was 87 years old and had lived in Los Angeles for over twenty years.

Mr. Ruby was identified with early Winterset. His father, Wm. Ruby made the farm where Thos. Larson lives, just east of the city. When the civil war broke out he was one of the first to enlist. He studied law and was a partner of Frank Murray and later Eli Wilkin. He was appointed counsel in Belfast, Ireland, by President Harrison. He is survived by Mrs. Ruby, his son, Claude Ruby, and his daughter. Miss Blanche Ruby.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, December 25, 1924
Page 1, column 4

Samuel G. Ruby, who for many years was prominent in the affairs of this county, died at his home in Los Angeles on last Saturday, December 20th, at the ripe old age of 85 years. About a year ago, he suffered from an injury received in stepping from a street car, which it is believed contributed to a breakdown. His extreme illness began only a week before his death.

To sketch the life of S. G. Ruby is to review the early history of Winterset, where he was prominent in the business, social and political life of the community.

The splendid brick residence, now used as a hospital, was for many years the Ruby home. Here were centered many of the social events of Winterset's young people thirty and forty years ago. It was a nappy home, where hospitality was generous and genuine.

Mr. Ruby was for many years an active practitioner in law in partnership with Eli Wilkin, who came to Winterset following the civil war. In 1888 he was appointed consul to Belfast by President Harrison. After serving for ... years in that position, he returned to Winterset, and, about twenty years ago moved to Los Angeles and retired from active life. Mrs. Ruby, one daughter, Blanche, and one son, Claude, reside in Los Angeles.

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