100. Thomas5 Gorby (Jonathon4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Samuel1) was born in Columbiana Co, OH. October 6, 1818.

He married Wealthy Goss in Columbiana or Portage Co, OH., September 4, 1842. Wealthy was born in Randolf Twp, Portage Co, OH. July 10, 1820. Wealthy was the daughter of David Goss and Hannah Ryder. Wealthy died 1895 at 74 years of age. Ref: LDS IGI-4.17.99 - Gave birth date & place, parent's names. File Number 456498. (1936) Thomas Gorby was a wealthy stock farmer of Portage, Co, OH, at one time being considered the wealthiest man in that county. He made his money by the importation from Spain of fine Merino sheep and the breeding of registered stock. Some rams sold from $1000.00 to $5000.00, and ewes from $500.00 to $3000.00. During his later years, he was a banker, president of a bank in Ravenna, OH.

In appearance, Thomas Gorby was a fine looking man, handsome, well built, with a strong, fine, intelligent countenance.

Ref: JSM1 - Thomas administered his father's estate in Randolf, Portage Co, OH after his death. Ref: LDS IGI-4.17.99 - Gave marriage date. Batch number M513342.

Thomas Gorby and Wealthy Goss had the following children:

child + 460 i. Mariette6 Gorby was born 1843.

child + 461 ii. Emeline Gorby was born 1845.

child 462 iii. Emogene Gorby was born October 1847. She married Gibbon A Case 1871. Gibbon's occupation:. Dentist in Kent, OH. (1936) Emogene (Gorby) Case spent all her married life in Kent, OH. She is the only living child of Thomas Gorby and is now living in San Garbriel, CA, in the Christian Church Home for the Aged, where she can occasionally see her cousin, Thomas Gorby Stallsmith, the only living child of Thomas Gorby's sister, Julia Ann (Gorby) Stallsmith.

Children info: No children.

child 463 iv. Edmund Gorby was born 1849. Edmund died 1865 at 16 years of age. Edmund's Military Service:. Served in Union Army during Civil War. (1936) Edmund Gorby died after returning home from the Civil War, in 1865, from injuries he received in battle when only 16 years of age.

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