Henrietta Karnes Truby

Henrietta Karnes Truby
born:  Nov 16, 1860 - Fertigs, Venango County, Ohio
died:  Feb 6, 1923 - Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio

Henrietta was the wife of John Calvin Truby and the mother of Ula Jacob Truby, whom we consider to be the head of our collective family.  She was the daughter of Jacob Karnes and Frances "Fanny" Stewart.  It is through Henrietta's paternal line that we are related to President Barack Obama (for those of you who wish to claim bragging rights).

 

Henrietta was married to John Truby about 1881 and they were the parents of:  Emmett Andrew, Hazel O, Jacob Eula, Fern A, Lyman Irvin/Isaac, Gilbert, Mabel Inez and two children who died in infancy prior to 1900 that I have been unable to find.  Her married life was pretty much contained within John Truby's post, however, through reading of her death, we learn that she was well respected in the community in her own right.  She was religious and attended the Church of Christ in Tiffin.
 

The circumstances of her death were such that they deserve an entire post dedicated to just that as her death closely intertwines with her daughter, Fern.  Henrietta passed away from lobar pneumonia due to influenza which she contracted while taking care of her daughter, Fern.  You'll see on her death certificate that it even states she contracted the illness "at the home of her daughter" which must have weighed heavily on Fern when she learned of her mother's death.

 

First, let me give you a quick overview of the Truby families while they were living in Tiffin.  See map below.

 

1920:

21 Minerva St - John C, Henrietta, Hazel and Lyman Truby as well as Thomas, Fern, Earl and Ralph Ashton

38 Liberty St - Ula, Ethel, Dalton, Norman, Henrietta, Walter and Lillian Truby
    *  John Truby dies in the Toledo State Hospital for the Insane nine months after the census is taken.  Fern and Tom Ashton moved between 1920 and 1923 to 22 Jackson St.

1930:
149 W Davis St - Lyman and Flossie Truby  

    *John and Henrietta Truby as well as their daughter, Fern, have passed away.  Hazel is in the Toledo State Hospital for the Insane where she dies two months and six days after the census is taken.  Ula and Ethel have moved to Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio.  Fern's husband and children have moved to Green Creek, Sandusky County, Ohio. 

I'm going to pretty much let the death certificate and newspaper articles speak for themselves. 

Tiffin Tribune  - Feb 7, 1923

Tiffin Tribune  - Feb 10, 1923

Tiffin Tribune - Feb 13, 1923

News-Herald (Franklin PA) - Feb 14, 1923

Family plot at Fairmont Cemetery in Tiffin OH

John's date of death is incorrect and should be 1920.  John is actually buried in Fertigs Cemetery in PA and not in the family plot which was purchased in 1923 by Ula Truby and Tom Ashton.  Hazel died in 1930 and she is buried in the family plot, however, the marker was never engraved to include her date of death.