Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Marshall TRUBY, grain, lumber and stock; P. O. Bird's Bridge; is a native of Armstrong 
Co., Penn.; he was born Nov. 18, 1819, and married Miss Mariah MCCRACKIN Jan. 12, 1845; 
she is a native of Somerset Co., Penn.; they had ten children, four living - Mary A., 
Henry T., Libbie A. and Lillie M. He lived in Pennsylvania until 1851, being engaged 
in boating; he then came West to Illinois and settled in La Salle Co., where he remained 
one year; he then moved to Joliet Twp and engaged in farming, continuing ten years, when 
he moved into the city and engaged in the lumber business, remaining until 1870, when 
he came to his present place; in 1871, he was appointed Postmaster at this office.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.