A Roby Family History by Lucinda (Roby) Ekstedt

My Grandfather

Dr. McCoy Roby attended the public schools at Roxford, Ohio, later an advanced school at Hopedale, Ohio, fitting himself as a teacher, and taught several terms of school in the 1870's.
He studied medicine in the Columbus Medical College in 1884 and 1885 under the tutorship of the late Dr. D. N. Kinsman, registering as a physician in 1885 and qualified himself under the Kimmell Medical Bill of 1896.
Dr. Roby was converted in the Urichsville Methodist Church at an evangelistic meeting, conducted by Rev. Wm Huff. His text was in Revelation 1:7, his theme was the second coming of Christ.
While Dr. Roby was not a member of any church, he always was a contributor and the latchstring of his home was always out for the messengers of the gospel and his hospitality was enjoyed by members of them.
While talking to him during his illness, he reminded them at different times of his peace with God.
Upon one occasion he was viewing some beautiful roses, contributed by a loving friend and called attention to one of his daughters to their lovliness, after eulogizing the donor, he said, "They remind me of where I am going".

On two occasions he summoned his family about him to talk of his condition and future, satisfying them of his peace which was made with all.
He anxiously awaited the arrival of the moment when he could reach the land of peace. He was an inspiring man of high ideals of this life. It was his pleasure to serve rather than to be served.
In his home he always taught and practiced kindness. "Postpone judgement", be nice to all, then there will be no regrets. If you cannot speak good, don't talk. Loyalty to his numberless friends was his strong characteristic. He inspired their friendship and love by instilling in them their confidence would be buried with him.
He retained consciousness to the last and gloried in fact that His nearness was with him. His going was quiet and peaceful as the sleep of an innocent babe.

Some Events in our Family Life

My mother and dad (Ashton) were married in Baker, Oregon, August 23, 1901. They lived in Haines, Oregon until after Cora was born, then moved to Eastern Wash. State near Pasco, Wash.
My dad leased a section of land in the wheat area.
My brother Gale and I was born there and Leona, who only lived a few days. They sold out and went to Haines, Oregon for a short time. My brother Elmore was born there.
My dad bought a small farm in Midvale, Idaho. Cora was 6 years, I was four and Gale was three, Elmore six months when we moved there.
We lived two miles from the little town of Midvale. We lived there five years.
My baby brother, Elmore died there at a year and ½ years. He is buried in Midvale. He had cholera infantium. Glen was born there in Aug. 1910. When he was three years old we traded the farm for a store and post office at Goodrich, Idaho, up in the hills. It was on the P.& I.N. railroad so we had transportation to the lower country. He was Justice of the Peace so we married those that were married in and around the country.
We lived there four years. He had a new store built and converted the old store into a house for us to live. The snow got four and five feet deep in winter.
He always laid in a boxcar load of groceries and supplies before the snow storms came in. People more or less looked to him to watch out for them.
The men in the hills came in on snow shoes with sacks to get supplies, for they were snowed in until spring.
The train came thru all winter so we were never snowed in. Those were such happy years for us children. We lived real well, had ice all summer to make home made ice cream. Mom always kept a cow and chickens and raised a big garden, and had a big berry patch.
We had a wonderful mother that made it home for us. We always had a wonderful Christmas and all holidays. We felt so secure in our home with her. A baby boy was born there, but he was a blue baby so lived only a few days.
Norris was born there too. He was a year and half when we left and moved to a farm in Southern, Idaho, on the Snake River, sixteen mile from Nampa, Idaho, across the desert. We left Goodrich in November and it was cold, beginning to snow. My dad chartered a railroad car and brought everything, cows, chickens, furniture and mom's gooseberry bush. We landed in Caldwell, Idaho and it was nice and warm there.
My dad got two gray horses, old Dick & Ned, and a wagon and loaded our bedding, dishes, and clothes, with the coup of chickens on top if it all. The cows, two of them, were tied on the back of the wagon. Gale and Glen had to walk behind them to make them follow the wagon. He drove right thru Caldwell about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The chickens cackling and the noise of the wagon was quite a sight. People stood and watched as if it had been a parade, but he didn't care.
Cora was fifteen and she was so mortified she hid her head so no one could see her, but I didn't care, I was only thirteen.
We drove out as far as Deer Flat that nite and went in and stayed at a farm house all nite. They bedded us down for the nite, and fed the horses & chickens and cows.
It was good to get in from the cold wind off of Lake Lowell. The farmers wife gave us a nice farm breakfast and we headed out for the farm on Snake River. We arrived at the top of the rim rock, 700 feet above the river and looked over at our future home. It was around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
It was so warm and sunny and the river looked so peaceful wending its way down the valley. Mom looked over the edge of the cliff and wondered where she was going to send five kids to school. There wasn't a neighbor for miles around.
We drove down the steep grade and came to our five room house and got settled in. Mom was just thirty six years old, my dad 42 yrs. Oh! There were so many things to explore along the river. Glen just thrived on that, muskrats and beavers to trap.
My dad went in the next day and brought more of our furniture and things. When Cora was 17 she went to work away from home, she was never satisfied there. I left when I was 18 years.
I came back one summer to cook for haymen for my dad. He sent me to business college that fall and next summer, then I went to work in a law office until I married.

Some Facts and Dates from my Mother's side of the family

William H. Young, my mother's father, was the son ofWilliam H. Young and Malinda Benson Young. There were four children, three girls, Matilda, Minerva, Elizabeth and William.
They were married April 8, 1841 in Cole County, Missouri.
Margaret Radcliff, my mother's mother's parents were Alfred and Sarah Radcliff.
Margaret's parents were born in Illinois, 1821-1832.
Uriah Young, born in Canada, was William H. Young Srs, father. Rev. A. A. Young and Ann Steele Young of the Presbyterian Church. They settled in Honey Creek, six miles south of Aurora, Illinois. He founded the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1839.
They had ten children:
James, Martha, Margaret, Mary Clarissa, Hilda, Ellen, Alexander, Anderson Jr., Rebecca and Richard Steele Young.

Roby History - beginning 1800


Hanson Walker Roby - 1800 - 1896 - 96 years
Native of Maryland
Wife - Julia Ann Poston - 1801 - 1877 - 76 years
Tuscarawas Co. , Ohio - Married 1-9-1824
Children:
James Anthony - 1827 - 1905 - 78 years
William Galen - 1829 - 1903 - 74 years
Hanson Thomas - 1831 - 1896 - 65 years
Samuel A. - 1834 - 1892 - 68 years
McCoy - 1839 - 1920 - 81 years
Mary Adeline - 1843 - Married name Mrs. John Walker
Ann Rebecca - 1845 - 1908 - 63 years - Mrs. Luke Quinn

McCoy Roby, M.D. - 1839 - 1920 - 81 years
Son of Hanson Walker Roby & Julia Ann Poston Roby
He was a farmer, teacher and physician.
Wife - Lucinda Jane Carroll - 1841 - 1922 - 81 years
Married July 4 - 1869 - Married 51 years
Children:
Emma Jane - June 9 - 1871, Died Oct 23 1967 - 97 years
Married to Loren Bean
Margie - 1869 - 1894 - 25 years
Died in child birth - Married to Thomas Robison
Ashton - 1875 - 1941 - 66 years
(Note by Neil Roby: The occasion of Ashton's death is this: He was mining for placer. Awakening one night with a headache, he went to the medicine cabinet for aspirin. He grabbed instead the strychnine tablets used in mining. He died in the hospital after a night screaming in terrible pain.)
Aurellius - 1880 - 19??
Nickname Wally - unmarried
Ann Rebecca - 1882 - 1945 - 63 years
Married to William Stansberry
Garfield - 1886 - 19??
Married but no children

Emma Beans had three girls; Leona, Vesta, Verlie both gone

Ashton Roby - farmer & storekeeper
Married Mary Isobel Young Aug 23 - 1901
Mary Isobel Young - Sept 14, 1881 - Nov 9, 1941 - 60 years
Children:
Cora May - March 14, 1902 - Aug 21, 1974 - 72 years
Leona - Aug 1903 - lived only a few days
Lucy Mary - Nov. 30, 1904
Gale - April 27, 1906 - Aug 26. 1968 - 62 years
Elmore - Feb 1908 - Aug 1900
Glen - Aug 3, 1910 - May 26, 1983 - 72 years
Norris - June 17, 1916

Cora married Earl Brownfield - Sept 1927
Children:
Calhughin - Aug 11, 1932 - Dec 26, 1958
Donald & Ronald (twins) June 7, 1935

Lucy married James O. Ekstedt - Feb. 5, 1927
He passed away April 9th, 1962 - age 57, married 35 years

Children:
James O. Ekstedt, Jr. - March 6, 1928
Elona - July 23, 1929 - July 16, 1930
Carole Lou - Feb 27, 1935
David Arlen - July 28, 1937
Daniel Eldon - March 3, 1939

Gale married Marcella. She divorced him.
Gale married Evalena, she died Feb 12, 1971.
Children:
By Marcella - Elmore
By Evalena - Jolene, Ashton, Karen

Glen married Millie Sidel
Children:
Elmore
Alvin
Doral

Norris married Eileen (Vernon Nicodemus m. June 6th)
Eileen died August 13, 1983
Children:
Carol Ann
Norris, Jr.
Rawnie
Eileen
Neil
Kathleen

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