Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

B. S. RAYBUCK 

     B. S. Raybuck is a native of the "Keystone State" born in 
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, a son of Balser and Susannah (Reitz) 
Raybuck, who still make their home in the state and county of his 
birth. 
     In that county, November 1, 1873, Rebecca J. Fike became his 
life's companion, and their children were six: Albert W., born August 
7, 1874; Edward F., June 19, 1876; Reuben R., April 12, 1878; Ellen 
S., September 2, 1879; Parentha Estella, May 22, 1881; Florence R., 
February 2, 1883, died May 25, 1883. With Mr. and Mrs. Raybuck also 
lives her son by a former marriage, Samuel T. Nolf, born October 24, 
1872. Mrs. Raybuck was born August 14, 1854, a daughter of Peter and 
Ellen (Glonts) Fike, residents in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. 
     B. S. Raybuck was born August 23, 1849, and became a resident in 
Calhoun County in 1879. He is a mechanic, a painter, a builder of 
public and private buildings and bridges, and he is dealing in iron 
bridges; he is also a farmer, owning 200 acres of land in Sheridan 
district. He receives his mail at Big Springs. 

(Linda Fluharty)