His Parents - Timothy and Beulah (HARMON) MALTBY
Spouse's Parents -
kid - Lucien Goggin
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CGB-EBB-H. Col. Ralph Robinson MALTBY, b. Apr. 19, 1830 (Tim.6, Tim.5,
Sam.4, Sam.3, Sam.2, Wm.1). m. May 27, 1855, Mary Letitia GOGGIN,
at Washington, Kentucky. She d. June 13, 1893.
Col. Maltby was in the Union Army which he entered in Oct. 1861,
at Washington, Mason Co., Ky. He enlisted for "three years or for
the war," under Col. Charles A. Marshall. He had the rank of Adjutant but
virtually he performed the duties of Colonel himself. After
a year of service he raised a regiment of Cavalry--the 10th Volunteer
Regt. of Kentucky Cavalry. He advertised for volunteers the 20th of
August, 1862, and 800 men responded the very next day.
He was a member of the Maltby Association. He was an "Officer
and a gentleman" throughout his life. No words seem adequate to draw
a picture of this kindly, genial, noble gentleman. He d. Jan. 16,
1920, at his home near Washington, Kentucky.
"Colonel R.R.Maltby, one of the last of the Commanding Officers of
the Union Army, died at his beautiful country home near Washington
this morning at 5 o'clock, in his 90th year after a serious illness
of only a short time.
The death of this great character will shed a deep gloom over
hundreds of homes throughout North Eastern Kentucky and Southern Ohio,
for scattered throughout this territory there are hundreds of homes
where the name of Colonel Maltby was revered because fathers and
grandfathers in those homes had served in his command during the war between
the States. He was President of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry and Sixteenth
Kentucky Infantry Association which held its annual re-unions at Beech
wood Park this city and at those annual gatherings the love of the few
remaining veterans for their old commander as displayed was beautiful.
These annual gatherings in the future will lack much of their
attractiveness because of the absence of the old Colonel.
Colonel Ralph Robinson Maltby had been a resident of this state
for over half a century. Few have resided in this portion of the
country so long and his labors have been directed to those channels
which have proved of marked benefit to the community, for while
promoting individuals success, he has also contributed to the general
prosperity.
Colonel Maltby was born in Oswego county, N.Y., in 1830, on the
18th day of April, the son of Timothy and Huldah Maltby, who were
natives of Connecticut and Vermont, respectively. They reared a family
of twelve children and gave them all good educations."
In 1850, when the Colonel was twenty years old, he came to Kentucky,
having learned the manufacturing of paper, but did not follow
the business, as he was without capital to start an industry as expensive
as that would be, so he engaged himself in a smaller manner
until 1852 when he entered into merchandising and was successful. He
was for 25 years a salesman of the firm of McAlpin and Co., of Cincinnati,
and conducted a store at Washington from 1852 until the war
between the states broke out, when he closed his store and enlisted
in October, 1861, as adjutant of the Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry,
under command of Colonel Charles A. Marshall.
Colonel Maltby served in this position until August, 1862, when
he organized the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry of Maysville and was colonel
of the same during the term of service. The regiment was mustered out
in 1863, after its twelve months of service, after which Colonel Maltby
resumed business until 1866 when he built a woolen factory at Murphysville.
This was destroyed by fire in 1872 and he engaged in the
wholesale business in Cincinnati.
The Colonel was a remarkable man in more than one way. Although
he was quite advanced in age, he had never been incapacitated by illness,
other than accident, from moving about and pursuing an active
avocation until recent years.
In 1855 he married Mary Tittia Goggin, daughter of Colonel L.B.
Goggin, of this county. Mrs. Maltby died June 13, 1893, at Washington.
Their marriage was performed in the home at Washington which was built
by Governor John Chambers about 1810, and now owned by his only son,
Mr. Lucien G. Maltby.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from
the Washington Presbyterian church and burial will be made in the
Washington cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted."
"It is with profound sorrow that I have learned of the death of Col.
R.R.Maltby. His long and stainless life spent for the most part in
Mason county, has closed, and his record is on high. He moved among
us with such regularity and composure that it seemed fitting that his
departure should be long delayed. How steadily he kept 'the even
tenor of his way'. How gently he descended the declivity of time!
How peacefully he sank to his rest! We shall not lament him for his
work was done!
Col. Maltby was a man of pleasing address, there was no fawning or
truculency in his manner, but on the contrary an easy dignity which
impressed all who met him. His approach to a stranger was natural and
pleasing, not gushing, but cordial, one felt that he was in the
presence of a man of high character; no stranger would suspect him of
insincerity. There was an open expression on his face that would disarm
anyone of any danger in giving him his confidence. In commercial
life this is a great asset. It was the secret of his success as a
business man. Strangers trusted him and they were never betrayed. Col.
Maltby had a judicial mind. He would have made a wise, discriminating
and just judge. As an attorney he would have been a wise counselor.
He would not have led his client into litigation for his own personal
benefit, but would have advised him for his good. When his cause was
just no man would have fought more fiercely or persistently for his
rights.
In the social circle Col. Maltby was a prince. His easy manners,
his versatile knowledge, his ready speech, his convivial nature all
combined to make him a favorite in every circle.
But his crowning virtue was his high sense of right. The Golden
Rule was his code of honor. His conscious integrity enabled him to
look every man squarely in the face, for there was no deception there.
He treated every man as a brother, and so pure were his motives and
so fair were his dealings that every man recognized him as a friend.
He gave the highest proof of his patriotism. At his country's
call he promptly laid down his pursuits as a citizen, left his family
and enlisted in the ranks of the Union Army. His soldierly bearing
marked him as one capable of commanding, and he was given the position
of adjutant of the Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry. Before he had served
a year he was commissioned Colonel and given the privilege of raising
a regiment of cavalry. This he soon accomplished and commanded the
regiment until the term of his enlistment expired.
He was a gallant officer and a brave soldier. He was human in
the treatment of his men and bound them to him with 'hoops of steel'
As a private citizen he adorned the ranks of society, and gathered
about him an army of friends. Most of them have proceeded him to
the Great Beyond, though many are left to appreciate his virtues and
mourn his loss.
For forty-three years he was my personal friend. I have enjoyed
his hospitality, and have been honored by an intimate friendship. I
never learned his faults. Like all mortals I presume he had them, but
his virtues were so refulgent that they were hidden from my view. To
those who loved and admired him more than I would assume, I offer my
sympathy, and commend them to Him who loved him more than we all, for
He gave his life to redeem him.
("War of Rebellion, Official Record of the Union and Confederate
Armies. Series I, Vol. XXIII(?) Part II, p. 358")
"Cincinnati. May 23, 1863. Letter from A.E.Burnside, Major-Gen'll.
"I have ordered a telegraph line to be built from Paris to Mount Sterling.
Col. (R.R.) Maltby is in Maysville by this time with about 300
of the Tenth and Fourteenth Kentucky Cavalry, and will be at Mount
Sterling in two or three days."
(p.566) Burnside to Gen. Hartsuff; July 28, 1863.
"Colonel Maltby left Mount Stirling at 3:30 this afternoon."
Three companies of my regiment are still in the mountains. Shall
I order them to remain at Mount Sterling when they come in? There is
a large amount of stores at that point. They can protect them at
present.
I, the general commanding tenders his hearty thanks and
congratulations to Col. John (F) DeCourcy and the officers and men under
his command, namely the Eighth and Ninth Regiments Michigan Cavalry
under Colonel Stockton, the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, under Lieutenant
Colonel Maltby, etc.
(p.838) Scotts Raid in Eastern Kentucky.
Letter from Thos. L. Young, Lieutenant-Colonel. 118th Ohio Vol.
Infantry.
"During the night following, Colonel Maltby and Ross arrived from
Winchester bringing with them some prisoners taken at that place."
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Col. Ralph Robinson and Mary Letitia (GOGGIN) MALTBY
Child:
CGB-EBB-HA. Lucien Goggin Maltby, b. Aug. 18, 1857.
Obituary.
"Colonel of Old Tenth Kentucky
Died This Morning."
"Col. R.R.Maltby, Organizer of the Famous Old 10th Kentucky in
Civil War, Dies at early Hour This Morning--Funeral Sunday."
"An Appreciation."
"Know ye not there is a prince and a great man
fallen this day in Israel. 2-Sam. 3:38."
J. J. Dickey
Maysville, Ky. January 17, 1920."
(Vol. XXIII Part I, p. 699)
Lexington.
July 6, 1863.
General Hartsuft.
R.R.Maltby
Lieut-Col. Tenth Kentucky Cavalry
(p.382) General Orders.
(Time in the library did not permit study of further references.)
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