What clues can gravestones give us about a person or family now gone? See if you can match grave markers to brief Truby family bios.
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Black Hand and the Chicken Coop Caper
On a fall afternoon in 1921, Clark Owens Truby opens a letter that demands he place $100 next to his dad’s backyard chicken coop, or he will be killed. The letter is signed “Black Hand”
Where Simon Truby’s Kids Lived
The Apples Didn’t Fall Far from the Tree. All 9 of Simon Truby’s children stayed close to home once they reached adulthood. Here’s where they lived, and where their children lived too.
Mary Jane Truby & William H Henry
Sorrow & Suicide: Mary Jane Truby was the first-born child of wealthy farmer and landowner Simon Truby of Apollo PA. But her life seemed marked by heartbreak and tragedy.
Nellie Bly Dwells on Simon Truby’s Farm
For most of Nellie Bly’s childhood, she resided on land that had once been a part of Simon Truby’s farm.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Growing Family of Simon Truby Technically speaking, Simon Truby was Apollo’s real-life farmer in the dell—especially when he stood on his property along today’s
Truby Farmhouse Apollo PA 