225. Marion⁵ Gorby (John Ryan⁴, Eli³, Thomas², Samuel¹) was born February 12, 1851. Marion died July 17, 1942 at 91 years of age.

He married Ruth McHenry 1875. Ruth was born April 7, 1858. Ruth died November 8, 1927 at 69 years of age. Her body was interred. Buried at Miller-Knapp Cemetery, Wetzel Co, WV. (1978) Ruth McHenry was descended of Major McHenry who built Ft McHenry in Baltimore, MD. The McHenrys came from Uniontown. (1978) Marion Gorby and his wife lived on a farm on Carney Fork of Rocky Run Creek, near Silver Hill, WV. In 1909 they moved to Athens, OH, where he conducted a dairy and stock farm. Due to the failing health of his wife, he moved back to their WV home in 1920, where he still lived in 1936, Wileyville, WV.

He was one of the fifth generation Gorbys attending the Paden City, WV reunion in 1935. Tall, erect, with quite a soldierly bearing, he thoroughly enjoyed mingling with the throng of Gorbys assembled there. His son Calvin was president of the Association for two years.

Ref: DCG1 2.23.98 - The original house on Marion Gorby's farm was destroyed by fire in 1922. The story is that his wife Ruth was sweeping up around the fireplace and did not notice that some embers were caught in the broom. The fire broke out in the pantry after the broom was put away. His grandson Darrel Gorby recalled that in his later years, his "grandpap" loved to be driven around the farm in an old Model T Ford so he check up on the further parts of the farm. He always wore a big, old floppy hat while riding in the Model T.

Marion Gorby and Ruth McHenry had the following children:

+ 871 i. Alpha⁶ Gorby was born June 4, 1876.

+ 872 ii. Wells Gorby was born 1882.

+ 873 iii. Sarah Margaret Gorby was born April 11, 1884.

+ 874 iv. John Mack Gorby was born March 3, 1886.

+ 875 v. Jesse Calvin Gorby was born June 3, 1888.

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