Biographical Sketch of M. G. Ruby - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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M. G. Ruby, the subject of the following sketch, was born in Cumberland
County, PA., June 6, 1826, and is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Rupp)
Ruby.  He is a descendant of a family of which five brothers were
Revolutionary soldiers, who were in winter quarters at Valley Forge.
The father, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was the son of Michael
Ruby, also a native of the Keystone State, and of French descent.
Samuel was a civil engineer, and was reared and educated in his native
State, where he married and resided until his death.  His wife, a 
native of the same State, was of German lineage.  She was the mother
of four sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and a daughter are
now (1887) living.  They are Prof. S. V. Ruby, Anna C. Ruby, and our
subject.  M. G. was reared in Pennsylvania, and received a classical
education at the Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, PA.  He
also studied law in Pennsylvania, and removed to Missouri in the fall 
of 1853, settling in Howard County, but later went to Platte County.
His first pursuit, after his arrival in Missouri, was school teaching,
which he followed for a short time.  He then entered the profession of
law, locating in Gentry County.  He practiced his profession until the
war, when he entered the drug business, which he followed for several
years.  In 1854 he was united in marriage with Amelia F. Leebrick,
daughter of John N. Leebrick; they have three sons.  His aspirations
are not for public life, but he prefers the life of a retired citizen,
and now resides in Rochester, Andrew County, MO.  He is a Master Mason.
In politics he was a Democrat before the war, but since has been a
Republican.