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Rorabaugh Research Notes
The following are miscellaneous research notes collected by James Hamilton Carroll regarding the Rorabaugh surname.
 
Found at Perry Carnegie Library, Perry, OK:

Noble County, Oklahoma, Newton Funeral Home Records, 1898 - 1918, Noble County Genealogy Society. (By Year - Not Indexed.) Page 100
 

  • Mrs. Mary E. Rorabough ordered by A.B. Rorabough place of death 8.5 miles south, funeral service, Oct 24, 1916 at residence with Rev. Geo. Dennis. Date of Death Oct 23, 1916 of cancer of the womb, Physician Dr. Owen, Age 71 years, born in Wis, interment local.

 
Rural Cemeteries, Includes some funeral and obituary records of Noble County Oklahoma 1994, Published and revised by Ann Stadler, 1995. 

  • Fairview Cemetery:
  • Mary E. Rorabaugh, Aug 22, 1846 - Oct 16, 1916

My comment: Funeral home records don't agree with the date of death on the tombstone. I would consider the funeral home record more accurate.

  • Fannie Rorabaugh, 1871 - 1921
  • Eliada Rorabaugh, Feb 27, 1878 - July 29, 1919
  • Nathan Rorabaugh, 1866 - 1943
  • Melvin Rorabaugh, 1901 - 1924 -(Jan 9, 1900 - Oct 17,1924)
  • John M. Rorabaugh - July 20, 1907 - June 25, 1959
  • Clyde F. Rorabaugh - July 31, 1925 - Dec 29, 1925.

  History of Noble County, Oklahoma, compiled and edited by The Noble County Genealogy Society. @ 1987, Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, inc. , Saline, MI Appendix A, Homesteaders:

 Black Bear Township, 22 North Range 1 West, Hubbartt, Mary E., Patent #, 2646, Section #20.

 My comment: Mary Ellen Clark Rorabaugh was married to John Hubbartt at the time she secured her homestead. Her first husband was John Mitchell Rorabaugh. After she and Mr. Hubbartt were divorced, she married her first husband's brother, Aaron Bennett Rorabaugh. She is buried as Mary E. Rorabaugh, wife of A.B. Rorabaugh.

Following found at Tennessee State Archives and Library, Nashville, TN, 1997:

 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Whiteside County, IL., compiled by: Neva Boar, Virginia Bush, Linda Nelson, & Joyce Snyder, copyright 1984:

p. 70 Newton Township, 1049/1040, $500/397
Rorabougher, Joseph 25 M VA Farmer ,Martha 27 F VA, Hannah 1 F IL

 p.73   Newton Township, 1079/1070, $2000/$800
Rorabaugh, Nathan 49 M VA Farmer, Margrett 45 F VA, Margrett 13 F VA, Nathan 10 M VA, Aaron 6 M IL, Marion 3 M IL
 

On-Line Documents:

The following are links found at the USGenWeb archives. They are documents that have been submitted to that site by my second cousin, once removed, Larry Hartsog of Coulterville, CA. Our common ancestor is John Mitchell Rorabaugh.

Transcribed text of marriage licenses for:
Nathan Rorabaugh and Margaret Mitchell
John Mitchell Rorabaugh and Mary Ellen Clark

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