2. Dr. Rueban ROACH was
born in 1778 in Virginia. He died in Bethany, Harrison Co, Missouri. 4) Rueban
ROACH, son of William and Nancy GATLIN-ROACH, went to Jackson County, Ohio before
1819. Rueban ROACH was a doctor of medicine. He married Elizabeth DAY, daughter
of Samuel DAY and Sophie HAYDEN, sister of Isarel (sp. Israel ?) DAY, who was
the father of Susanna DAY, who married Theodore ROACH. Rueban and Elizabeth DAY-ROACH
had eight children while they lived in Jackson County, Ohio. Four boys and four
girls.
5) The youngest of their children, Emery ROACH, was born in 1842 in Lawrence,
Ohio, Suspect the county boundaries had changed putting our ROACH family in the
new county of Lawrence. The two eldest children, Mary May and Catherine F.
ROACH were married in Lawrence County, Ohio. Mary May ROACH married John Petry
2 May 1838, and Catherine F. ROACH married Isaac KINGREY 14 April 1842.
6) In 1847, the Rueban ROACH family moved from their Ohio home to Gentry County,
Missouri. John and Mary May ROACH-PETRY appear to have moved with the family
to Missouri. Not long after arriving in Gentry County, Missouri, tragedy struck
the family of Rueban ROACH. While on a hunting trip, Levi ROACH, Rueban ROACH'S
third son and sixth child, age 15 years, was killed when his gun misfired.
7) Sometime before 1860, Rueban ROACH moved his family to Harrison County, Missouri.
Bethany is the county seat. The County lines probably changed around the family
home and became Worth County and the town of Allendale became their closest trade
center.
Elizabeth DAY (daughter of Samuel
DAY) was born in 1798 in Pennsylvania. Dr. Rueban ROACH and Elizabeth DAY had
the following children:
+3 i.
Eli ROACH.
4 ii.
Emery ROACH was born in 1842 in Lawrence, Ohio. The youngest of their children,
Emery ROACH, was born in 1842 in Lawrence, Ohio, Suspect the county boundaries
had changed putting our ROACH family in the new county of Lawrence. The two
eldest children, Mary May and Catherine F. ROACH were married in Lawrence County,
Ohio. Mary May ROACH married John Petry 2 May 1838, and Catherine F. ROACH
married Isaac KINGREY 14 April 1842.
He was married to Elizabeth RADABAUGH (daughter of Henry RADABAUGH and Catherine BUZZARD). Elizabeth RADABAUGH was born in 1798 in Greenbrier CO, VA. She died in 1870 in Worth Co, MO.
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