The Elk City Enterprise
(Elk City, Kansas)
Friday, 13 August 1897
Page 1
Samuel B. Ruble.
Samuel Burket [sic] Ruble, whose death occurred on Thursday morning, July 27th [sic], was born in Knox county, Indiana, on Feb'y 26th, 1840. At what age he left Indiana we failed to learn, but at the breaking out of the war he was living in Bates county, Mo., where he was married on May 10, 1860, to Miss Isabel Zinn, being but 20 years of age. The war cloud which rolled over the nation at that period stirred his patriotic blood, and he responded to the call for volunteers. In September, '62 he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 11th Kansas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged as a sergeant.
In 1883 Mr. Ruble moved onto the farm in Salt Creek township, now owned by Henry Grizzle, where he put in nine years of hard work. About five years ago, having accumulated sufficient means to enable him to live in comfort, he sold the farm and moved to Elk City, and during the five years of live remaining to him he occupied a prominent place.
The death of Mr. Ruble removes from our midst a man who will be missed in a great many ways. Although suffering poor health he was public spirited and enterprising, and was always ready to use his means and influence for the promotion of anything which promised to benefit the community. He was a believer in Christianity and held his membership in the Christian church, but of late years did not take a prominent part in church work. He had his faults and weaknesses perhaps — no man is exempt from them — but being straightforward and honest and detesting hypocrisy, he never sought to hide his actions from the public, and the worst side of his nature was better known than the good side. he was kind hearted and charitable, loyal to his friends and just to his enemies.
Mr. Ruble was a member of the G.A.R. post and the Modern Woodmen, carrying a $2,000 insurance policy in the latter order. He was an enthusiastic Grand Army man, and the old veterans never smoothed the turf over the remains of a more faithful and devoted comrade. Both these orders took part in the funeral ceremonies and followed him to the grave. The funeral was held at the residence on Friday, July 28th, Rev. M. E. Spahr officiating. The large concouse [sic] of sorrowing and sympathetic friends who followed the remains to the cemetery was sufficient testimony of the esteem in which the living man was held.
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Mrs. Ruble and family wish to return thanks to the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted them during the husband and father's last sickness and for the kind sympathy extended to them in their sad bereavement.
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Resolutions of Respect.
Be it Resolved, By Elk City camp, No. 1469, M. W. of A., that in the death of neighbor Samuel B. Ruble, our camp has suffered an irreparable loss. The axe of death has been laid at the root of another mighty tree in the forest of woodcraft, and one of our most esteemed neighbors and venerated members has bowed in submission to that grim messenger whose hand none can stay. No more will we hear from those lips now stilled those words of counsel and of cheer which have augmented our pleasures and dispelled our sorrows, nor shall we again rejoice here in his filial companionship. We shed tears of sorrow and mourn with widow and children, sensible alike of their loss and ours. But while he has been stricken from our midst and we no more behold his human semblance with us, yet he shall be cherished in our memories as a worthy neighbor and esteemed citizen, remembering his many virtues and casting about his foiables [sic] the broad mantle of neighborly charity. Uncle Sam Ruble — as he was familiarly known — has been a resident of Elk City for a number of years; and was one of the pioneer members of our camp.
He needs no eulogy to those who knew him. His was the hand ne'er closed to human need, bestowing its largess wherever an act of charity, love or kindness was required. A character upright, honest without reproach, a kind and loving father, a true and devout husband, kind hearted and generous to a fault. His death has cast a pall of sorrow and of gloom over our entire community, but while we sorrow we cannot believe that even now his light is extinguished; so instead of mourning let us look up and address him in the words of the poet:
"The day has come, not gone,
The Sun has risen, not set,
The life is now beyond
The reach of death or change,
Not ended, but begun."
O noble soul; O gentle heart, hail, and farewell! Be it further
Resolved, that a copy of the records of the camp and published in the Elk City Enterprise.
All of which is respectfully submitted and duly adopted.
A. R. Slocum,
Geo. Harrison,
J. W. Berryman.
(Elk City, Kansas)
Friday, 13 August 1897
Page 1
Samuel B. Ruble.
Samuel Burket [sic] Ruble, whose death occurred on Thursday morning, July 27th [sic], was born in Knox county, Indiana, on Feb'y 26th, 1840. At what age he left Indiana we failed to learn, but at the breaking out of the war he was living in Bates county, Mo., where he was married on May 10, 1860, to Miss Isabel Zinn, being but 20 years of age. The war cloud which rolled over the nation at that period stirred his patriotic blood, and he responded to the call for volunteers. In September, '62 he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 11th Kansas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged as a sergeant.
In 1883 Mr. Ruble moved onto the farm in Salt Creek township, now owned by Henry Grizzle, where he put in nine years of hard work. About five years ago, having accumulated sufficient means to enable him to live in comfort, he sold the farm and moved to Elk City, and during the five years of live remaining to him he occupied a prominent place.
The death of Mr. Ruble removes from our midst a man who will be missed in a great many ways. Although suffering poor health he was public spirited and enterprising, and was always ready to use his means and influence for the promotion of anything which promised to benefit the community. He was a believer in Christianity and held his membership in the Christian church, but of late years did not take a prominent part in church work. He had his faults and weaknesses perhaps — no man is exempt from them — but being straightforward and honest and detesting hypocrisy, he never sought to hide his actions from the public, and the worst side of his nature was better known than the good side. he was kind hearted and charitable, loyal to his friends and just to his enemies.
Mr. Ruble was a member of the G.A.R. post and the Modern Woodmen, carrying a $2,000 insurance policy in the latter order. He was an enthusiastic Grand Army man, and the old veterans never smoothed the turf over the remains of a more faithful and devoted comrade. Both these orders took part in the funeral ceremonies and followed him to the grave. The funeral was held at the residence on Friday, July 28th, Rev. M. E. Spahr officiating. The large concouse [sic] of sorrowing and sympathetic friends who followed the remains to the cemetery was sufficient testimony of the esteem in which the living man was held.
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Mrs. Ruble and family wish to return thanks to the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted them during the husband and father's last sickness and for the kind sympathy extended to them in their sad bereavement.
————————————
Resolutions of Respect.
Be it Resolved, By Elk City camp, No. 1469, M. W. of A., that in the death of neighbor Samuel B. Ruble, our camp has suffered an irreparable loss. The axe of death has been laid at the root of another mighty tree in the forest of woodcraft, and one of our most esteemed neighbors and venerated members has bowed in submission to that grim messenger whose hand none can stay. No more will we hear from those lips now stilled those words of counsel and of cheer which have augmented our pleasures and dispelled our sorrows, nor shall we again rejoice here in his filial companionship. We shed tears of sorrow and mourn with widow and children, sensible alike of their loss and ours. But while he has been stricken from our midst and we no more behold his human semblance with us, yet he shall be cherished in our memories as a worthy neighbor and esteemed citizen, remembering his many virtues and casting about his foiables [sic] the broad mantle of neighborly charity. Uncle Sam Ruble — as he was familiarly known — has been a resident of Elk City for a number of years; and was one of the pioneer members of our camp.
He needs no eulogy to those who knew him. His was the hand ne'er closed to human need, bestowing its largess wherever an act of charity, love or kindness was required. A character upright, honest without reproach, a kind and loving father, a true and devout husband, kind hearted and generous to a fault. His death has cast a pall of sorrow and of gloom over our entire community, but while we sorrow we cannot believe that even now his light is extinguished; so instead of mourning let us look up and address him in the words of the poet:
"The day has come, not gone,
The Sun has risen, not set,
The life is now beyond
The reach of death or change,
Not ended, but begun."
O noble soul; O gentle heart, hail, and farewell! Be it further
Resolved, that a copy of the records of the camp and published in the Elk City Enterprise.
All of which is respectfully submitted and duly adopted.
A. R. Slocum,
Geo. Harrison,
J. W. Berryman.
The Elk City Enterprise
(Elk City, Kansas)
Friday, 13 August 1897
Page 1
Samuel B. Ruble.
Samuel Burket [sic] Ruble, whose death occurred on Thursday morning, July 27th [sic], was born in Knox county, Indiana, on Feb'y 26th, 1840. At what age he left Indiana we failed to learn, but at the breaking out of the war he was living in Bates county, Mo., where he was married on May 10, 1860, to Miss Isabel Zinn, being but 20 years of age. The war cloud which rolled over the nation at that period stirred his patriotic blood, and he responded to the call for volunteers. In September, '62 he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 11th Kansas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged as a sergeant.
In 1883 Mr. Ruble moved onto the farm in Salt Creek township, now owned by Henry Grizzle, where he put in nine years of hard work. About five years ago, having accumulated sufficient means to enable him to live in comfort, he sold the farm and moved to Elk City, and during the five years of live remaining to him he occupied a prominent place.
The death of Mr. Ruble removes from our midst a man who will be missed in a great many ways. Although suffering poor health he was public spirited and enterprising, and was always ready to use his means and influence for the promotion of anything which promised to benefit the community. He was a believer in Christianity and held his membership in the Christian church, but of late years did not take a prominent part in church work. He had his faults and weaknesses perhaps — no man is exempt from them — but being straightforward and honest and detesting hypocrisy, he never sought to hide his actions from the public, and the worst side of his nature was better known than the good side. he was kind hearted and charitable, loyal to his friends and just to his enemies.
Mr. Ruble was a member of the G.A.R. post and the Modern Woodmen, carrying a $2,000 insurance policy in the latter order. He was an enthusiastic Grand Army man, and the old veterans never smoothed the turf over the remains of a more faithful and devoted comrade. Both these orders took part in the funeral ceremonies and followed him to the grave. The funeral was held at the residence on Friday, July 28th, Rev. M. E. Spahr officiating. The large concouse [sic] of sorrowing and sympathetic friends who followed the remains to the cemetery was sufficient testimony of the esteem in which the living man was held.
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Mrs. Ruble and family wish to return thanks to the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted them during the husband and father's last sickness and for the kind sympathy extended to them in their sad bereavement.
————————————
Resolutions of Respect.
Be it Resolved, By Elk City camp, No. 1469, M. W. of A., that in the death of neighbor Samuel B. Ruble, our camp has suffered an irreparable loss. The axe of death has been laid at the root of another mighty tree in the forest of woodcraft, and one of our most esteemed neighbors and venerated members has bowed in submission to that grim messenger whose hand none can stay. No more will we hear from those lips now stilled those words of counsel and of cheer which have augmented our pleasures and dispelled our sorrows, nor shall we again rejoice here in his filial companionship. We shed tears of sorrow and mourn with widow and children, sensible alike of their loss and ours. But while he has been stricken from our midst and we no more behold his human semblance with us, yet he shall be cherished in our memories as a worthy neighbor and esteemed citizen, remembering his many virtues and casting about his foiables [sic] the broad mantle of neighborly charity. Uncle Sam Ruble — as he was familiarly known — has been a resident of Elk City for a number of years; and was one of the pioneer members of our camp.
He needs no eulogy to those who knew him. His was the hand ne'er closed to human need, bestowing its largess wherever an act of charity, love or kindness was required. A character upright, honest without reproach, a kind and loving father, a true and devout husband, kind hearted and generous to a fault. His death has cast a pall of sorrow and of gloom over our entire community, but while we sorrow we cannot believe that even now his light is extinguished; so instead of mourning let us look up and address him in the words of the poet:
"The day has come, not gone,
The Sun has risen, not set,
The life is now beyond
The reach of death or change,
Not ended, but begun."
O noble soul; O gentle heart, hail, and farewell! Be it further
Resolved, that a copy of the records of the camp and published in the Elk City Enterprise.
All of which is respectfully submitted and duly adopted.
A. R. Slocum,
Geo. Harrison,
J. W. Berryman.
(Elk City, Kansas)
Friday, 13 August 1897
Page 1
Samuel B. Ruble.
Samuel Burket [sic] Ruble, whose death occurred on Thursday morning, July 27th [sic], was born in Knox county, Indiana, on Feb'y 26th, 1840. At what age he left Indiana we failed to learn, but at the breaking out of the war he was living in Bates county, Mo., where he was married on May 10, 1860, to Miss Isabel Zinn, being but 20 years of age. The war cloud which rolled over the nation at that period stirred his patriotic blood, and he responded to the call for volunteers. In September, '62 he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 11th Kansas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged as a sergeant.
In 1883 Mr. Ruble moved onto the farm in Salt Creek township, now owned by Henry Grizzle, where he put in nine years of hard work. About five years ago, having accumulated sufficient means to enable him to live in comfort, he sold the farm and moved to Elk City, and during the five years of live remaining to him he occupied a prominent place.
The death of Mr. Ruble removes from our midst a man who will be missed in a great many ways. Although suffering poor health he was public spirited and enterprising, and was always ready to use his means and influence for the promotion of anything which promised to benefit the community. He was a believer in Christianity and held his membership in the Christian church, but of late years did not take a prominent part in church work. He had his faults and weaknesses perhaps — no man is exempt from them — but being straightforward and honest and detesting hypocrisy, he never sought to hide his actions from the public, and the worst side of his nature was better known than the good side. he was kind hearted and charitable, loyal to his friends and just to his enemies.
Mr. Ruble was a member of the G.A.R. post and the Modern Woodmen, carrying a $2,000 insurance policy in the latter order. He was an enthusiastic Grand Army man, and the old veterans never smoothed the turf over the remains of a more faithful and devoted comrade. Both these orders took part in the funeral ceremonies and followed him to the grave. The funeral was held at the residence on Friday, July 28th, Rev. M. E. Spahr officiating. The large concouse [sic] of sorrowing and sympathetic friends who followed the remains to the cemetery was sufficient testimony of the esteem in which the living man was held.
————————————
Mrs. Ruble and family wish to return thanks to the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted them during the husband and father's last sickness and for the kind sympathy extended to them in their sad bereavement.
————————————
Resolutions of Respect.
Be it Resolved, By Elk City camp, No. 1469, M. W. of A., that in the death of neighbor Samuel B. Ruble, our camp has suffered an irreparable loss. The axe of death has been laid at the root of another mighty tree in the forest of woodcraft, and one of our most esteemed neighbors and venerated members has bowed in submission to that grim messenger whose hand none can stay. No more will we hear from those lips now stilled those words of counsel and of cheer which have augmented our pleasures and dispelled our sorrows, nor shall we again rejoice here in his filial companionship. We shed tears of sorrow and mourn with widow and children, sensible alike of their loss and ours. But while he has been stricken from our midst and we no more behold his human semblance with us, yet he shall be cherished in our memories as a worthy neighbor and esteemed citizen, remembering his many virtues and casting about his foiables [sic] the broad mantle of neighborly charity. Uncle Sam Ruble — as he was familiarly known — has been a resident of Elk City for a number of years; and was one of the pioneer members of our camp.
He needs no eulogy to those who knew him. His was the hand ne'er closed to human need, bestowing its largess wherever an act of charity, love or kindness was required. A character upright, honest without reproach, a kind and loving father, a true and devout husband, kind hearted and generous to a fault. His death has cast a pall of sorrow and of gloom over our entire community, but while we sorrow we cannot believe that even now his light is extinguished; so instead of mourning let us look up and address him in the words of the poet:
"The day has come, not gone,
The Sun has risen, not set,
The life is now beyond
The reach of death or change,
Not ended, but begun."
O noble soul; O gentle heart, hail, and farewell! Be it further
Resolved, that a copy of the records of the camp and published in the Elk City Enterprise.
All of which is respectfully submitted and duly adopted.
A. R. Slocum,
Geo. Harrison,
J. W. Berryman.
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