92. Ezekial4 Gorby (John G3, Thomas2, Samuel1) was born March 25, 1825. Ezekial died July 29, 1901 in Marshall Co., VA., at 76 years of age. His body was interred. Bowman Ridge M E Church cemetery, Marshall Co, WV.
He married Mary W. Porter in Marshall Co, WV., February 24, 1848. Mary was born in Marshall Co., VA. June 23, 1824. Mary was the daughter of John L. Porter and Nancy Bonar. Mary died March 25, 1889 at 64 years of age. Her body was interred. Bowman Ridge M E Church cemetery, Marshall Co, WV. (1936) After the death of his father, Ezekial Gorby bought out the other heirs to the farm which his father had bought in 1835, spending the rest of his life on this farm. He bought three other farms and at the time of his death owned 500 acres of land and some property in Moundsville.
Children info: Two other children who died in infancy, names not learned.
Ezekial Gorby and Mary W. Porter had the following children:
+ 434 i. Nancy Elizabeth5 Gorby was born August 10, 1849.
435 ii. Lucinda Ann Gorby was born February 14, 1852. Lucinda died June 14, 1855 at 3 years of age. Her body was interred. Bowman Ridge M E Church cemetery, Marshall Co, WV. Ref: WJB1.
436 iii. John J Gorby was born in Marshall Co, VA. August 14, 1853. Ref: BK20-7.23.99 - Vol 1, Pg 4 - John J Gorby.
+ 437 iv. Samuel Scott Gorby was born February 16, 1855.
+ 438 v. Eliza Jane Gorby was born December 8, 1856.
439 vi. James F Gorby was born in Marshall Co, VA. December 28, 1858. James died November 20, 1859 at less than one year of age. His body was interred. Buried in Bowman Ridge Cemetery, WV. Ref: GWG1-4.24.98 - The only record of this James Gorby is his headstone which reads: James Gorby, s/o E. & M., 20 Nov. 1859. This inscription matches that of Ezekiel & Mary's daughter Lucinda who is buried in the same cemetery.
Ref: BK20-7.23.99 - Vol 1, Pg 32 - James F Gorby.
440 vii. Mary Rebecca Gorby was born September 20, 1860. Mary died August 29, 1864 at 3 years of age. Her body was interred. Bowman Ridge M E Church cemetery, Marshall Co, WV. Ref: WJB1. 2.18.98 Ref: BK20-7.23.99 - Vol 1, Pg 42.
+ 441 viii. Ezekiel Grant Gorby was born March 5, 1864.
+ 442 ix. William Porter Gorby was born August 22, 1867.
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