BOONE CO, AR - REV. WILLIAM H. H. RUBLE - Bio

Source: The Ozark Region - Goodspeed Bros - Southern Historical Press Inc. 

Submitted by: : Jeanne Taylor [ford31@webtv.net]

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The Ozark Region - Goodspeed Bros - Southern Historical Press Inc. 

Rev. William H.H. RUBLE in addition to looking after the spiritual 
welfare of his fellows, devotes much of his attention to tilling the 
soil in Harrison Township, of which section he has been a resident for 
nearly twenty years. He was born in Bradley County, Tenn., in 1841 a 
son of John G. and Esther (FINE) RUBLE, the latter a native of 
Washington County, Tenn. The father died when our subject was but 
thirteen months old and it is not known in what State he was born. He 
was a farmer and about sixty years old at the time of his death. He 
served in the War of 1812, and during the latter part of his life was 
a class leader and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Mr. RUBLE was of Dutch origin. After his death the mother of our 
subject married John FRIZZELL and spent the remainder of her life in 
Tennessee, dying in Marion County in 1875, after having been an 
earnest and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many 
years. She was a daughter of Elisha FINE, who died in Washington 
county, Tenn., where he followed farming. He was also of Dutch origin. 
Mr. and Mrs. RUBLE were the parents of six children, as follows: 
Vinett E., Malinda, Melvina, deceased; David died while in the Army; 
Franklin died in Crawford county, Mo., and our subject. The latter had 
limited educational advantages in his youth, having spent much time 
assisting on the farm, and could not read or write when twenty-five 
years of age. He then joined church and had a great desire to become a 
minister, but was prevented on account of his limited schoolng. He 
immediately began to learn to read and by diligence and perserverance 
became a well-posted man. He was married in Marion county, Tenn., 
April 5, 1861 to Miss Nancy PICKETT, a native of Marion county and the 
daughter of John A. and Ruth PICKETT. Mrs. RUBLE died on April 22, 
1881, in Boone County. She was an excellent wife and mother and her 
loss was deeply felt. Ten children were born to this union as follows: 
John F. died in infancy; Sarah L. married Horace McELROY, of Boone 
county; Perzetta A. wife of Thomas COBB, of Marion county, Ark.; 
George W. a prominent physician of Bellefonte; Jesse L. of Indian 
Territory; James William, Thomas L., Esther M., Nancy H.F. and Ruth 
Ann. On the 28th of July, 1881, Mr. RUBLE married Rosetta WATKINS, a 
native of Gilmore County, Ga., and the daughter of Henry and Lucinda 
WATKINS, natives of Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. WATKINS moved from their 
native State to Benton County, Ark., and later to Boone County, where 
Mrs. WATKINS died in June, 1887. Mr. WATKINS is still living and is 
engaged in farming. He was a soldier in the Confederate Army. To Mr. 
and Mrs. RUBLE have been born six children, five now living: Odus and 
Otis, twins, the former deceased; Pearl L., Arizona Virgia, Rosetta 
Myrtle, and Vinett Elbert. On the 2nd of September, 1864, Mr. RUBLE 
enlisted in Company C, Sixth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, 
was discharged June 30, 1865, after operating in Tennessee and 
Georgia. He was never captured or wounded, and after the war returned 
to his family in Marion County, Tenn. There he followed farming until 
1875, when he came to Boone County and for four years was on his 
present farm, three miles north of Harrison, where he had 154 acres 
with about 125 under cultivation. He was baliff for a number of years 
while residing in Tennessee. In the year 1885 he was made a deacon in 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in 1890 was made an elder 
in the same. Since then he has supplied several appointments and 
during 1892 and 1893 filled the pulpit of the Harrison circuit. He has 
been engaged in church work for quite a number of years and is an 
active and incessant worker for the Master. Mr. RUBLE is a member of 
Phil. Carney Post, G.A.R., and is chaplin of the A.F. & A.M., Polar 
Star Lodge No. 224, Lead Hill and Bellefonte Chapter. He is a Knight 
Templar at Harrison and has taken twelve degrees in Masonry. 
Politically he is a Rupublican.
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