U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Roby, James S. (b. 1838) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 561-562 JAMES S. ROBY, was born June 15, 1838, and was married January 8, 1860, to Elizabeth P. Butler, who was born January 12, 1857, and their children are: Burton, who married Nevada Alman; Minta, the wife of Luther Hefner; John N., Flora, Icy Ellen, Clearence S., who married Libbie Cox, and Alice A., dead. Mr. Roby is a son of John and Elizabeth (Hart) Roby, and the grandson of Elkana and Charlotte (Barnet) Roby of Rochester, England, who immigrated to the United States in 1778, these last came first to Pennsylvania, then to Lewis County, Va. Charlotte Barnet was a native of Germany and met and married Mr. Roby in New York City. The Harts are of Irish descent. The wife of the subject was the daughter of Benjamin F. Butler, who emigrated from Germany with his father's family at the age of seven, locating in Meigs County, Pa., then to Clay County, Va. Mr. Roby was a Union soldier, a member of Company A, 10th West Virginia Volunteers, in which he served over three years and received one severe wound from which he is now drawing a pension. He belongs to the U. B. Church, is a Republican and lives near Carter Postoffice. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------