BIO: Cyrus B. RUBY, M.D., Orrstown, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 339
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CYRUS B. RUBY, M. D.
1829-1881

  Cyrus B. Ruby was born in Chambersburg, the son of Judge Henry Ruby and his 
wife, Rebecca Senseny, a daughter of Abraham Senseny.  Henry Ruby and Rebecca 
Senseny were married in 1826 and Cyrus B. Ruby was the second child born in this 
union.

  Dr. Ruby began the practice of medicine in Orrstown in 1851 or 1852 and 
remained in this town until 1860 when he removed to Shippensburg and after five 
or six years in the grain and produce business, became the proprietor of a drug 
store, in which business he continued until his death in 1881.  Dr. Ruby was a 
graduate of Jefferson Medical College.