Person

B. Sanford Ruby (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1810?

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Locky H. Ruby. Father of Mary S. Ruby, Judith Ruby, Delia H. Ruby, and John J. Ruby. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 126A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 721.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 603.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p.485B.

Citation

Ruby, B. Sanford. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203772 (November 12, 2026).

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