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Ruble, Isaac L. (b. 1841)
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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 564-565

ISAAC L. RUBLE, born January 28, 1841, in Leweston, Pa. Son of John
Ruble and grandson of Michael of Pennsylvania. Raised a farmer,
educated in the common schools and Rock River Seminary, Illinois,
from which institution he graduated. He entered in the employ of T.
R. R., as an operator, then became fireman and was promoted to
Engineer July 10, 1860. Was with this railroad until 1872 he became
an employe of the B. & O. Railroad thereafter, and has been engineer
on the Parkersburg, Wheeling and Monongah divisions. He was the
first regular engineer to bring a passenger train into Buckhannon,
has been on this division almost ever since.

In his capacity as engineer his engine has capsized four times and
he has had three head on collisions and yet has never lost a life in
his whole service. Has been passenger engineer for thirty-five
years.

May 8, 1861, he married Mary H. Kerlin of Pennsylvania, daughter of
David Kerlin. They had one child, Adessa, wife of F. P. Hardy, a
lawyer of Paris, Ill.

His second wife was Eva Kerlin, the daughter of Robert Kerlin of
Jeannette, Pennsylvania.

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