Ruble, Mrs. Virginia 1849-1938

RUBLE, HORD, ALLISON

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Date: 11/5/2008 at 15:21:42

LeMars Sentinel
May 24, 1938

DEATH CLAIMS WIFE OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Weds Soldier She Knew In Youth In The Autumn Of Her Life

Mrs. Ruble, 89, wife of the late John C. Ruble, widely known farmer of
Plymouth county and veteran of the Civil War, died Tuesday at the home of
her son, Ruble Hord, in Richmond, Va.

Mrs. Ruble made her home in LeMars for 22 years, coming here after her
marriage, July 26, 1916.

Mrs. Ruble had been in failing health for some time due to infirmities of
age and left LeMars March 26 for the south expressing a wish to end her days
in the sunny south where she passed her girlhood.

Virginia Elizabeth Allison was a daughter of Dr. M.B. Allison and Martha
Allison. She was born at Baltimore, Maryland, February 17, 1849. When a girl
of 19, she was married to James A. Hord. They were the parents of 11
children, nine of whom are living: Waverly Hord, Wallington, Va.; Ruble
Hord, Richmond, Va.; Mona Hord and Lucille Hord of LeMars; Mrs. Mattie
Wallis, Jenkins, Ky.; Linward Hord, Rickersville, Va.; Mrs. Bessie Ashby and
Mrs. Herman Messenger of Richmond, Va.; Eugene Hord, Washington, D.C.

ROMANCE OF CIVIL WAR

Virginia Allison, when a girl in her teens, was engaged to John C. Ruble,
serving the northern army during the Civil War, a dashing young soldier, who
was General Meade's orderly at Appomatox. They drifted apart and she married
James Hord and Mr. Ruble married a cousin, Susan Ruble, in Illinois. Meeting
in later years they renewed the friendship of early youth and were married
July 26, 1916. Mr. Ruble died in September 1933.

Mrs. Ruble, while living in LeMars, made many friends. She was active in
patriotic societies and in church and social life. She possessed a fund of
information and could relate stirring scenes of one of the most momentous
periods in American history.

The funeral services were held Thursday at the home of her son, Ruble Hord,
and the body consigned to a mausoleum on the family estate.