History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., 
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p. 
626.

GEORGE W. ROBY, born in Nelson County, Ky., Aug. 7, 1823, was a son of 
Henry Roby, a native of Maryland.  He was reared on a farm, and educated 
in the early subscription schools, his attendance at school being 
limited to fourteen months.  He came to Daviess County in 1844, locating 
in Knottsville Precinct.  He has lived on his present farm since 1849.  
Aug. 9, 1842, he married Catharine Harkins.  Of their four children but 
two are living--Elizabeth A. and John H.  Mrs. Roby died March 15, 1850, 
and in May, 1852, Mr. Roby married Elizabeth Smith.  They had one 
child--Margaret Ellen.  His wife died Jan. 19, 1873.  Jan. 11, 1876, he 
married A. Rosalia Wathen.  Three children were born to them, only two 
now living--Thomas Leo and Walter C.  Mr. Roby owns a fine farm of 100 
acres, all under excellent improvement.  He is one of the model farmers 
of the county and has brought his farm from a wild, uncultivated state 
to its present condition.  Mr. Roby and family are members of the 
Catholic church.  He is a member of the Total Abstinence Society.

Roby Harkins Smith Wathen
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Nelson-KY MD

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