Truby and Chambers families of western Pennsylvania: Farmhouse history and the Revolutionary war.
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What the Tombstones Tell
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.
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”
New Decade, New Family, Many Thanks
A century ago, the Roaring 20s reportedly ushered in racy fun and frivolity to the Kiski Valley. Illegal booze freely flowed, and folks were fox-trotting up a storm. In greeting our new decade–2020–I’m happy report that the Simon Truby farmhouse in Apollo, PA, is now being lovingly cared for by new owners, Candis and Ed Boop.
Tea for Three
Apollo’s news-loving ladies at Terrace & 7th kept each other informed at the turn of the century.
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.
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