U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rohrbaugh, Burton Biggs (1863-1937) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 456 Burton Biggs Rohrbaugh, born November 22, 1863, in Barbour, son of Anthony and Clarissa (Johnson) Rohrbaugh, was married, first, in 1882, to Adaline E., daughter of Arnold and Elizabeth (Hayes) Right; the second time September 19, 1899, to Emma E., daughter of Andrew J. Gall. Children, Effie Estella, Nora May, Windell Wilson. Mr. Rohrbaugh is a member of the M. E. Church, South; of the Odd Fellows, Masons and Knights of Pythias, is a Democrat, and now Sheriff of Barbour County. He was educated in the public schools and in a private school at Meadowville. He was formerly postmaster at Belington; was a farmer till twenty-five years old; then a merchant at Belington, near which place he owns 139 acres of improved land. His grandfather was John Rohrbaugh. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Register, Upshur County, WV (year 1937, page (none visible), Line Number 6 FULL-NAME: Burton Biggs Rohrbaugh BIRTH-DATE: Nov 23, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: Apr 21, 1937 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon R F D MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: State Tax Collector FATHER: Anthony Rohrbough (born in Germany) MOTHER: Clarissa Johnson (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: brojen leg, int. injury BURIAL: Masonic Cemetery, Belington ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------