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Month: May 2014

Correcting the Lineage of Elizabeth Gorby and Isaac Gray

Correcting the Lineage of Elizabeth Gorby and Isaac Gray

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Another proof that anecdotal evidence often fails in the face of actual research. Elizabeth Gorby generation IV (daughter of Job, son of Thomas, son of Samuel) married Isaac Gray in Wheeling, WV in 1818 and then moved to Morgan Co, OH.  That part of Morgan is now part of Noble Co, OH. From marriage record image at wvculture.org: “This is to certify that the Rite of Marriage was celebrated between Isaac Gray and Elizabeth Gorbey on the 8th day of…

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Mary Elizabeth Horn, wife of Lewis M. Gorby

Mary Elizabeth Horn, wife of Lewis M. Gorby

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I have to admit that I have always had a great interest in Lewis M. Gorby, the only “true” Gorby Confederate during the Civil War.  Especially after learning he didn’t actually die during the War. But we have never known who his wife Mary Elizabeth Horn (1826-1896) was.  Since she and Lewis were married in 1847, she never showed up by name on any pre-wedding census. But now, we are happy to tell you that we now know who her…

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