William Ruble's parents, Thomas and Elizabeth, migrated to Indiana about 1834. Thomas was born (1797) in Washington County, Pennsylvania, near where the Campbells would soon teach and preach. William and Ruth married there and he operated a lumber mill and grist mill. Moving to Arkansas, he built mills and sold them and them moved to Missouri where he again built and sold mills.

More information about the pre-Oregon days of the Ruble family is online.

William Ruble	Ruth Russell Ruble
Photos courtesy of Larry L. McLane

The creative William Ruble became disenchanted with society and seized the opportunity to move to Oregon. His younger brother David married Ruth's sister Orlena and the two families traveled together over the Oregon Trail in 1853. This marriage would also qualify David for 640 acres of Oregon rather than the 320 available for single men.

William was among the few travelers that could provide a horse-drawn carriage for his wife. Normally the ladies walked the 2,000 miles at about 15 miles per day.

Both families took up Donation Land Claims about four miles west of Salem in the Eola Hills. David eventually moved to Alsea and built the first saw mill and grist mill in that area. The church still remains in Alsea. He then moved on to the coast were he established the town of Waldport in Lincoln County in 1879. He and Orlena are buried near Waldport.

William and Ruth took up farming and the nursery business. He even built a ferry boat so the public could reach Salem on a free ferry. This was in 1856. During this period of his life, he taught himself Hebrew and Greek, becoming proficient in both languages. He translated portions of Scripture that were later published.

William N. Ruble	Sarah McKay Ruble
Photos courtesy of Larry L. McLane

As he was leaving from Missouri, the congregation saw that he was ordained so he could preach in Oregon. However, public speaking was not his special calling in life and he did as little as possible. His effectiveness was as a writer.

Their son William Newton (Bill) was naturally gifted at public speaking and became the family preacher after William, Bill and Bill's brother Schuyler moved to Golden, Oregon. Their purpose there was gold mining and they were very successful at this work. This move was about 1878 and Golden is about four miles east of Wolf Creek.

Schuyler and Abigail Smith Ruble Photo courtesy of Larry L. McLane

They soon met as a church and later built a building that still stands. See the Josephine County, Golden, entry for photos of the building after it was built and as it is presently seen. Artists still use the building as a subject. One such painting hangs near the door of the Kellenberger Library on the campus of Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon.

The reader may wish to read our entry on Josephine County, Oregon.

While Bill Ruble taught the adults on the Lord's Day and Schuyler Ruble and his wife Abigail Smith Ruble made sure the children had their proper teaching on the Lord's Day, their attractive sister Columbia taught the children on week days. She was the first school teacher in Golden, holding classes in a log cabin in the days before the first school house was built.

Columbia Ruble Photo courtesy of Larry L. McLane

There was an effort to set up a community that was free of the "worldliness" as possible. Drinks were not sold and there is no record of dancing in Golden. There were community get-togethers with food and fun.

The glory days of Golden were not to last. Bill Ruble moved his family to Ashland in 1901 so they would have access to better education. They eventually moved to Eugene.

William and Ruth returned to their Eola farm. Schuyler passed away in 1908 at Salem.

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David Ruble at a Glance:
Born:	Monongalia Co. VA - 1830
Married:	Orlena Russell - 1853
Emigrated:	The Oregon Trail - 1853
Settled:	Eola Hills west of Salem, OR
Family:	See list
Founded:	Waldport, Oregon
Died:	Waldport, 1907
Buried:	Alder Grove Cemetery, near Waldport

Orlena Ruble	David Ruble
Courtesy of Joanna E. Long

David came overland in the same party as his older brother William. They were married to sisters. Settling first at Eola, west of Salem, they moved on to Alsea in Benton County where David built a grist mill and saw mill. After a flood there, he moved on the coast and established Waldport.

He donated land for a church building, making it the first Church of Christ or Christian Church on the Oregon Coast. He and Orlena had nine children. Their choice of names broke with the ordinary: Marion, Victoria, Arizona, Orange Judd, Marshall, Eldorado, Arsina, Mary Lavina and Martha.

David Ruble Dec. 11, 1830 Nov. 17, 1907 Orlena Ruble May 28, 1834 Feb. 15, 1912 RUBLE

Charity, daughter of A. J. and Elma Rose wrote in her memoirs,

The Rubles have, as a rule, been religious people to whom we can look back with pride. We never knew of a Ruble being intoxicated or of begging his daily bread, although but few have aspired to much wealth.

Both David Ruble and his wife Orlena are buried in the Alder Grove Cemetery, off Eckman Creek Road east of Waldport.

It should be noted that the death certificate of David Ruble reports his death as November 18, 1907 and that of Orlena Ruble as February 24, 1912.

Photo of the headstone is by Joanna Long of Vancouver, Washington.

Charles Dailey - 1998
Northwest College of the Bible

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 Thomas Ruble (1797-bl.1857) & Elizabeth Irons (1796-1870)
|     William Ruble (1822-) & Ruth Russell 
|     |     William Newton Ruble  & Sarah McKay 
|     |     |     Bertha Ruble 
|     |     |     Bonnie Ruble 
|     |     |     Bernice Ruble 
|     |     |     Blanche Lavern Ruble  & McIntosh 
|     |     |     |     Evelyn McIntosh  & Dykstra 
|     |     |     Bethel Ruble 
|     |     |     Vida Ruble 
|     |     |     Webster Ruble 
|     |     |     Willis Ruble 
|     |     Walter Ruble 
|     |     David R. Ruble 
|     |     Bernice Ruble 
|     |     Schuyler Ruble (-1905) & Abigal Smith 
|     |     |     Edith Ruble 
|     |     |     Lola Ruble 
|     |     |     Clarice Ruble 
|     |     |     Zelle Ruble 
|     |     Florence Ruble (1850-)
|     |     Columbia Ruble  & W. N. Maxwell 
|     |     Pacific Ann Ruble  & Charles McDulin 
|     |     Viola Ruble 
|     Elma Ruble* (1824-1914) & Ephraim Badger Sr. (1805-1852)
|     |     Thomas Ruble Badger (1845-1921) & Martha Ellen Bounds (-1923)
|     |     Elizabeth Irons Badger (1847-1933) & John Grisham 
|     |     Ephraim Badger (1852-bl.1936) & Nancy Octavia "Tavie" Lovelady (1861-bl.1956)
|     |     |     Daisy Viola Badger (1878-) & Richard (Dick) F. Lewman 
|     |     |     |     Orval Lewman (1916-1998) & Ada Yocum 
|     |     |     |     |     Richard Lewman 
|     |     |     |     |     Margaret Lewman 
|     |     |     |     |     Paula Lewman 
|     |     |     |     |     Teresa Lewman 
|     |     |     Rose Arizona Badger (1880-1910) & Leslie Bailey 
|     |     |     |     Alfred Yvon Bailey 
|     |     |     |     |     Von Bailey 
|     |     Margaret Badger  & John V. Strong 
|     Elma Ruble* (1824-1914) & Andrew Jackson Rose (1819-1892)
|     |     Harvey Crawford Rose (1854-)
|     |     William H. Rose (1856-) & May Wheat 
|     |     Charity Arizona Rose* (1860-) & Thomas McBride (1848-1891)
|     |     Charity Arizona Rose* (1860-) & John G. Flook 
|     |     Emma E. Rose (1875-)
|     Sarah Jane Ruble* (1826-) & Bennett Tom 
|     Sarah Jane Ruble* (1826-) & Jerry G  Clark 
|     |     Abe L. 
|     Susanne Ruble (1828-1902) & Thomas Jefferson Paslay (1816-1889)
|     |     George W. Pasley (1849-)
|     |     William Ruble Pasley (1851-)
|     |     Morgan Pasley 
|     |     Anna Liza Paslay (1866-) & Gaines Melanchthon Adams (1856-1922)
|     |     |     Cecil C Adams 
|     |     |     Francis Adams 
|     |     |     Endora Adams 
|     |     |     Arthur Adams 
|     |     |     Mabel E. Adams 
|     |     |     Ralph Adams 
|     |     |     Francis Adams 
|     |     Juliza Pasley 
|     |     Thomas Pasley 
|     |     Susan Dora Pasley 
|     David Ruble (1830-1907) & Orlena Russell (1834-1912)
|     |     Marion Ruble (1855-) & Clara Helms (1868-1907)
|     |     Victoria Ruble (1857-1941) & Edwin Howard Baldwin (1858-1947)
|     |     |     Hallie Hazel Baldwin  & Wilbur Dawson 
|     |     |     |     Randall Keith Dawson  & Virginia 
|     |     Arizona Ruble (1858-1918) & John Henry Glines 
|     |     Orange Judd Ruble (1861-1926) & Lydia Ann Phillips 
|     |     |     Greta Ruble  & Gilmour 
|     |     Marshall Ruble (1862-1955)
|     |     Eldorado Ruble (1866-1956) & Daniel Reason Spencer (1865-1947)
|     |     Arsina Ruble (1868-) & Charles Richard Evens (1866-1956)
|     |     Mary Lavina Ruble (1870-1959)
|     |     Martha Ruble (1872-1965) & Walter Scott Hosford (1872-1931)