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OE COUNTY, lOW A. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909. Offic !r 

NoWGJ . lilt it. A Good FrieD. I u} ~ 

The report has been current fn the 

Sallna, Kas., Jan. 9, '09. 

city the past week thn.t A. R. DArnes Editor Rcpub!lcan: 

had been protrered, ana accepted a Find enclosed order !or One Dollar I 1 

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position fn the government service as for whkh give m" cr·edlt for nnothcr -u 

Inspector oC forests or rwmctblng of year on tho· good old Albia Republ!can.j 'flnlr v T" 

Tells that sort ana that ho would 11oon go Veteran and Sfatesmlln An11wers the Our winter haR been warm and dry, . ·- ·i,-'Mt· · 

to tho siate of Washington to assume Call of Death Very Unexpectedly only twice below zero thlll winter, and ell ,~ 'i 

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the dutlell o! the poolt.lon. Tho report Last Saturday Morning. today 111 drizzling and may snow. Ali i -· . 

! and was further given ont tbnt the ap- The people o! Albin. and vicinity well with uH here. Ktncl regardK to 'fho I 111 "Y J~< 

final polntmcnt wa.a made through tho ln- j wero shocked to learn or tho death Republican a.nd all the old !rlcndll In i at Bu x 1": 

1 late fluence o! Gov. CummlnA. There Is o r l-r on .. r ames ". •t R o b b 11111t Saturday Albia. The latch string Is alwo.ys out lllegrJI ·- J" : 

e o!- nothing to tho report. Mr. TJarnPI! morn I ng. T .. "e 11rcv 1 onR TI IUrllc 1 ay b e to Albia people who may call. bi;,ne thai. 

court han ot aeked nor been given any po- hncl been at hfs ofllce nncl had fallon YourK truly, . 

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hand Rltlon under the government. Ho de- upon the floor and rPcelvcd such an T . H. Luca11 and !amlly. tell you 1 

::! on cl::.rcg he w!!l not ~~copt any such I I n_ j ury as to r racturc · hi 11 hlo. F or , . Buxton a , 

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pro- position If It Is pro1Iercd him, but three hours he lay upon tho floor and 1t Is funny bow things move nrouncl : Ker!m to '' 

ne is will remain In Albia and eventually heat UjlOn It In an endeavor to ar- In this world. When Dcrt Porter wnH ! or lWl:dn J; 

vldes get Into the newspaper huRiness. He trnc.t the attention or thoHe nt work here !rom Wyoming a couple or weekH ., raid. A r. 

B her looks upon the rumor 1111 emnnntln~ In the bank beneath him. Ho tinnily ago he 1mld hn ba.c.l been at Omaha !l lxt c: •:n ,. ,, 

mel 7 from sources unfrleoclly to hlmsBlr nltrnctrrl their nttentlorr and wllllng 1 for severn! days where he hac.l en- ! clc!!:l1roy• ·d 

prop- and by tho11e who Vlould lnJuro his ru- l!nnus carefully nnc.l tcnc.lerly rem.ovec!l dcn.vorcd to sell t110 crop or potatocfj j hy thr.· 1 :'· 

~ the ture mo\·ements. Mr. Dnrnes IH too I tlm to II 1 K ) 10me w h ere h c Willi g l von of the Monroe county peo)tlc wbo arc , "Th•· 

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real full of Hcrap to go way out among the t.he beRt or medical nttcntlon and ali i now located In Wyoming. He was for C:l'\1 ·!, 

nong blg trees and report OJ! to what the wna tone I that could b c, I JUt . )t he l unn!Jlo to do this and came to Alhln o'cloc:k i11 

Nye, J lowly Insects are doing to them. Tl!c Ahoc k to his system had been great Whllo hero he met s. M. Grunt, tl!e Iff I'lr•r;·, . 

l lfv- ' life o! a government IJH1pectnr ha8 no n ncl clenth followed clo11ely. Early proclttce man, and they tal keel potato !Jeer k.: · 

ittraetlons-lt Is the life that 111 

too Saturclny morning the girl who wa~ I and Grant told hlm he wns In the i thin! H!ll r 

!hare I tame. Klcepln1th or night. r!J c II ('(~!" hu(l 

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rustccs 1 will bo held Saturday, .January 16i.h, 1\lr. H.obb waR on1! of the long-tlmc II ; ·;, " ·,~ l·;i· !,.: · ·~~·/·.•:; ·,·! · ·;·!~·.. ;!! ; ;~·l~u ·~ ~ d ~~t : ~"I'H of 11 

He!en'B • at 2 p. m., In the city hall, A'bla, !or cltlzenR or Alhla and the news or his ovf' r the country from th!e point. Af- 1 IlllglttY v. 

to se!J tho c JectJo~ O! ofYlcers and other !m- death CflUSCd !t gcnPrnl Wt!.Vfl Of 1!01'- ter t1JC den! hn~ been made nert j 1·d a gal 

essary, portant business. tow over the community. For two dropJtcd the remark that "this Ia not I Burns. ·: 

become W. A. Rowles, Sccy. terms he rC'prescntcd 1\!onroc county the flame old Albia I used to know." brewery : 

· closea In the leglslntlve halls at DeR Molnoa I erty to 

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1t they The discouraging word has been and for three tcrmH !: c wall sheriff of Jud JenklnR, of MlaKourl, Is a young the eir ~rrt• 

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A ( rece1vcd tho past week that Mrs. Arch I tho county. He was one or tho big mnn who ha!l .como to Albia to make tho lJilrl 

Edwards, who went to Roswell, New and brnlny men of the community, hill home. He Js a jl!weler and hllll glunct!H : 

it any, Mexico, has failed 

1 nlry greatly In' and tho old soldiers who followed the employment .at t~e store or J. B.l 1 t run ° 

teld by 'health and It is now necessary that remains to the graYe Sunday after- Johnson. About tho flrBt thing he did the ofll t' 

V. Nye she be conveyed to · the doctor'o or- noon were In deepeH t Horrow for they on arriving fn Albia was to meet with rnust 1 "' 

a held flee In a cab, ·abe not having the had lost more than a comrade-they a misfortune to one of his feet and went un 

1um or atreugtb to make th.o trip. Albia bad loHt a. loyal and true friend. blood polsolhg has developed to such left. Tl 

H. W. fr!ends will have the greatest 11ym- The funeral services were held an extent tJ1at he has been confined that th e 

to the pathy for the husband who is with her from tho United Presbyterian church to hiR room at the hotel. 

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i ahare and caring for her every,.want. ~fonday ·afternoon, tho servlccfl being I demned : 

l, their conducted by the pastor, Rev. T. R. 

sposed Aiken, and the remains were later fr R. H. 

' ~aw the time or the funeral:- u u lber and 

of the laid to rest In Oak VIew cemetery. \lJ 1 tlon ln 

The following obituary was read at 

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fi James M. Ro!Jb wns born March 10, when tl 

p,ubllc 18:!6, n.t Service, Beaver county, Penn. th "Ta 

r. Gm- Doclslon of the Conrtl! I!; that Liquor I!e r emoved to thiH county w ith h!fl Whole Car l ,oad of Beer Ilnrncd at callc~ ehlldran ·.ware .born dreds o( .thirs. tY, .. mino~.s_, sto,od abo!tt ~ e aste rn 

e wtst. o·lcga! sa!~ or liquor a~ the Appan- only on~ o! ~!ch l!.~rviv?~ him, Mra. and watched ~lle cars be!n i('c~nsumed · west at 

to h 8 0080 county attorney has ·. taken the .Jennie Cox, .or J .. tncoJn, Ne.o. but the officers · prevented them !rom short t: 

same vlow aa that · given by Judge Mr. Robb, on Nov. 2, 1898, was un'M:- secutln~ any o.! the liquor, und all the I Hugh 

Preston. Concemlng th.() ca.scn that ed In marriage with 1\IIHs TJaura Peters contents of the car were dest!oyed amonR 

ia real have been tr'!ed the Centerville .lowe· of this city, who sul"VlveH hlm. Mr. The ot;iy lnsur~nce In a c~ge · o! th!~ , ,, ,.,. , .. , 

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rooms glan has the to! lowing . to say: Robb died ·last Suturd11y morning, Jan. kind Is that the Iiqour wlll not r~ach 1 w. A. 

d now "Tho point raised when H. Chapman 9, 1909, 73 years and 10 months or age t'he miners and -cause them to get on I them In 

and D. Bromberg were arrested about lacking one day. 

another of their rampages where mur- others 

a month ago for soliciting liquor or- He united with the Unt~ed Presby- der and cain In general are raised. t hat f'( 

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ders baR been decided by Judge Pres- terlan church or service in youth, and 

been on 

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to at Wn.shlugton In a. similar case transferred bis membership to the Mrs. Martha Skean cntcrtaitied at who ,.,. 

to !the brougbt there by tbe county attorney church in Albia In Aprll, 1883, re- Blx o'clock dinner Monday evening In farm fc 

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with other assistance. It was 

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t~at malning a moAt Interested, faithful honor of Mrs. Bert Buck, of Durango, go trJ 

health. soliciting orders ill contrary to the and active member till ca'led !rom t'!Je Colo. Covers were laid for an even ~n nn t.v 

Wiley, prohibitory law, even if It ls for firms church .militant to lhe church trlum- dozen ladles and a most enjoyable time\ ;l~O Jl 1 ; . 

·ned to outRide of the state. The soliciting phant. He was an n.ttorney-at-lnw. was 'had by alL J and rtl l 

has been done for years under cover he!ng admltletl to the bar in the '80s. , 

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parents a recent dec!alon o! the U. S. Rllpremt\ roe county and was a representative Alula and Hlteman, has been making I ou t tit" 

court In a Dakota case reverAcs thr. from thL!! county to tho state legis- lee W'hile the freeze held on. The 1 mst 

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You searched for James M. Robbin Iowa 

Name: 

Residence: 

James M Robb 

Albia, Iowa 

Age at Enlistment: 25 

Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1861 

Rank at 

enlistment: 

State SetTed: 

Sunived the 

War?: 

Senice Record: 

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Enlisted in Company H, Iowa 13th Infantry Regiment on 

02Nov1861. 

Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 17 Sep 1862. 

Promoted to Full Sergeant on 12 Jun 1862. 

Mustered out on 20 Aug 1864 at Chattanooga, TN. 

Birth Date: abt 1836 

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THE 

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ANNALS OF ·. lOWA. 

A HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 

VOLUME NINE-THIRD SERIES ' 

E.liiTBD BY 

EDGARR: HARLAN . 

Curator of the Historical Department ofiowa; Member of th~ American Historical 

Association; Corresponding Member of the Minnesota Historical Society; Corresponding 

Member of the Nebraska State Historical Society; Corresponding 

Member Missouri State Historical Society; and one of the 

Founders of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. 

PUBLISHED BY THE 

HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT OF IOWA ~ 

DEB MOINES 

1909-1910 


80 ANNALS OF IOWA 

He was appointed to the ministry by the Annual Conference of the 

Methodist Episcopal church in 1851 and continued in church pastorates 

throughout Iowa for nearly 40 years. He was a member 

of the first Methodist Conference in Iowa and when that was divided, 

was appointed to the Iowa Conference. · Among his charges 

were the churches at Burlington, Washington, Mt. Pleasant, Albia, 

Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and Knoxville. He was one of the oldest members 

of the Methodist Conference when he retired from the ministry 

in 1890, removing permanently to Des Moines to become a lecturer 

for rthe Odd Fellows Lodge, which he served as Grand Chaplain. He 

also lectured on Masonry and on temperance subjects. He served 

as Chaplain of the 35th Iowa for two years during the civil war. 

He was a forceful and eloquent speaker. 

LEMUEL KINKEAD was bor.n in Guernsey county, Ohio, May 10, 

1846; he died at his residence, 415 Center Street, Des Moines, December 

11, 1908. · He immigrated when a boy to Knoxville, Iowa, 

with his father's family. At sixteen he enlisted in Company E, 8th 

Iowa Infantry, the youngest enlisted man in his regiment. He was 

shot through the left lung at Shiloh, lying in the enemies' territory 

all the night of April 6, 1862, escaping the capture of his regiment. 

After his recovery he rejoined the army in the Union Brigade, participating 

in the siege of Vicksburg. He was mustered out in 1864 

as a corporal. He was a painter•.by trade, but being possessed of a 

voice and presence suited adm.irab1Y to the stage, he became an actor 

and pursued that calling .for sorrie five years, studying law iri the 

meantime. He was admitted to· the bar in 1880, and attained success. 

Through his legal praCtice and . upon the platform in the delivery of 

his thrilling lecture· on the Battle of Shiloh, he was widely known 

throughout the State: As a member of the staff of Governor Drake 

he acquired the honorar_YJitle of:Colonel. 

GEORGE S.>..r~r was born. in Highland county, Ohio, April 22, 1814; 

he died at the residence · of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Johnson, at 

Anamosa, Iowa, July 2, 1908. He. r emoved to Lee county, Iowa, in 

1839, and to Jones count)i"in 1840. He acquired 320 acres of land 

at the Dubu.que land 5ales· of the·. same year, residing on that land 

until 1878, by which time he had acquired 2,000 acres. In 1842 

he brought from Richmond, Ill;diana, the first apple, pear and cherry 

trees planted in Jones county. He introduced three Short Horn 

cows and the bull Locomotive, an animal imported from England, 

these being the first in Jones comity. He purchased the first McCormick 

reaper introduced into that county in 1844. H e introduced 

metal moldboard plows. He had ·his first log cabin used as the first 

school in his township in 1842, and two years later erected a new 

schoolhouse with the labor of his own hands and men. He introduced 

Poland China hogs into his section of the State. He lived 

to see rthe land he acqufn!d at $1.25 per acre reach a value of 

$150,000. 

JAMES M. Ronn was born March 10, 1836, at Service, Beaver 

county, Pa.; he died at Albia, Iowa, January 9, 1909. He removed 

to Monroe county, Iowa, in 1853, settling in Bluff Creek township. 

He enlisted in the 13th Iowa Infantry, serving three years and being 

severely wounded. He was admitted to the bar about 1882. He 

served three terms as sheriff of Monroe county and as a Representative 

in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth General Assemblies . 

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OF THE 

STATE OF IOWA 

WHICH CONVENED AT THE CAPITOL AT DES MOINES, 

JANUARY 11, A. D. 1909, AND ADJOURNED 

SINE DIE APRIL 9, A. D. 1909. 

DES MOINES 

EMORY H. ENGHISH, STATE PRINTER 

E. D. CHASSELL, STATE BINDER 

1909 


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RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORIAM. 

Adopted by the House of H.epresentatives of the Thiety-third 

General -A~semhly. 

no:-;. J .ur;cs )f. TIOH!l. 

Mr.. SPE.\ Kt:n-Your commitee appointed to prepare and present suitable 

r e solutions respec-ting the life, character and public service of the 

~ Honcrablc> James l\l. Tiobb, late a member of this Hou~e in the 13th and 

19th G€neral Assemblies, beg leave to" report the following: 

1\' n r:m-: .\S. The Honorable James ~I. Robb, one of the pioneer citizens of 

Iowa; '·was born in B eaver county, PPilllsylvania on the ·10th day of Match, 

1836. an r1 remoYec! to :-.:01:roe co;mty, Iowa, at a!1 early age, residing in 

l\Ionroe r ounty l!'ltil the elate of his death, January 9, 190(), with the exceptim't 

of the time sp2nt in the spryice of his country during the Civil 

war. He voluntperecl in defense of his country's flag at the outbreak of 

the \\·ar of the Rebellion, enlisting· r..s a private in the 13th Iowa Volunt 

eer I n fantry, and served until the end of the war. being mustered out 

of serYice '': ith the rank of first l ieutenant.. 

He s en·ed the people of his county in an effic ient manner as sheriff 

of the coun-ty for three consecutive terms, and served as representative 

in tho JSth and lflth General AEsemblies. I _n al l his rmblie services he 

proved to be a public servant of unimpeachable integrity, and one who always 

hac! 1c1Jp2rmost in his mind, the welfare of the people. 

ThE' life, character and public service of the deceased, commend him 

to tlw respect, CO!lfidenc\' and high esteem of a!! \\·ho !wew him, therefore 

be it 

Rrsolrctl: That in his death the county and state have lost a citizen 

and pu!ic servant, ,,·hose life was aboYe reproach , and whose jJUblic service 

was one cf fidelity and devotion to duty, and v.-e extend to his bereaved 

relath·es and friends our sincere sympathy in their sorrow; and be it 

further 

I~r s olt'ecl: That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Journal 

of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to send an enrolled 

cop~ - o f the same to the family of the deceased. 

Adopted, January 28, 1909. 

T-HOS. HICKE'\I.OOPI'R, 

P.u·r. E. STILDH'\. 

Gr:o. IV. Cnozrr:n, 

Committee. 


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Name: James M . Robb 

Spouse: Kate D. Presley 

Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1864 

County: Louisa 

State: IA 

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Name: 

Spouse: 

James M. Robb 

Laura E. Peters 

:;vrarriagc Date: 2 Nov 1898 

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1910 Census (Monroe County, Iowa): LauraP. Robb, 60, 

born Indiana, widowed, no children. She was in the same 

place in 1930. 

Civil War records said he enlisted as a private, age 25, on 

November 21, 1861; mustered in September 17, 1862. 

General Affidavit -1891- Monroe Co., Iowa: "James M. 

Robb, 55 years old, a resident of Albia, Monroe Co. Iowa, 

in the matter of Joseph Robb, father of Thomas R. Robb, 

Sgt. Co. "I", 8th Iowa Reg't., req. pension under Act of27 

Jun 1890, states on 27 Apr 1891 that he is a Justice ofthe 

Peace in the City of Albia, Iowa and is personally 

acquainted with Joseph Robb and his son the soldier, 

before and at the time of the soldier's enlistment in about 

Aug 1861 in Monroe Co., Iowa. Claimant is about 80 

years old. The soldier, Thomas R. Robb, was about 26 

years old at the time of his enlistment in Co. "I", 8th Iowa 

Inft. He (Thomas) was killed in battle of Shiloh, Tenn. 6 

Apr 1862, left no widow, child or children under 16 years, 

or of any other age, at his death. He (Thomas) was the son 

of claimant by his wife Mary A. who died, some years 

before the war of the rebellion, in the State of Ohio. 

Claimant is my Uncle, and the soldier was my cousin. I 

testifY from personal knowledge. Signed, James M. 

Robb." 

General Affidavit-22 Apr 1891, Monroe Co., Iowa, James 

M. ROBB, age 55 a resident of Albia, Monroe County, 

Iowa a Justice of the Peace, uncle of Joseph ROBB (?), 

states that he personally knows Joseph Robb, that Joseph 

is about 80 years of age, & the father of Thomas R. Rob b. 

Obituary from the Annals oflowa, Vol. 9, No. 1, Third 

Edition, April 1909: 

"James M. Robb was born March 10, 1836, at Service, 

Beaver county Pa.; he died at Albia, Iowa, January 9, 

1909. He removed to Monroe county, Iowa, in 1853, 

settling in Bluff Creek township. He enlisted in the 13th 

Iowa Infantry, serving three years and being severely 

wounded. He was admitted to the bar about 1882. He 

served three terms as sheriff of Monroe county and as a 

representative the the Eighteenth and Nineteenth General 

Assemblies." 

According to the Monroe County (Iowa) Genealogical 

Society a business in 1889 was Robb & Hobson which 

included J. M. Robb and Joseph Hobson, dealers in 

lumber, lath, shingles, paint, etc. They were brothers-inlaw. 

James' will bequeathed everything to his wife, Laura, and 

daughter, Jennie Cox (Will Book C, 197, Monroe County 

Clerk's Office). 

Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. 

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Father: William M. Robb b: ABT 1806 in Beaver County, 

Pennsylvania 

Mother: MargaxetNelson b: 9 MAY 1812 in Pennsylvania 

Marriage 1 J11lia W. [ --?--1 b: 1842 

• Married: BET 1860 AND 1864 in Iowa 4 

Marriage 2 KateD.Presley b: 16 SEP 1839 in Rush County, Indiana 

• Married: 13 APR 1864 in Louisa County, Iowa 

• Note: A book on the Service Chapel Cemetery in Bluff Creek, 

Monroe County has a Willie Robb, child of J.N. and K.D. Robb, 

died July 6, 1855. It also had Hattie and Harry as children of 

J.N., so that was mis-typed. The gravestone definitely has "J.M." 

and has all three children on it, one on each side. A family 

member visited the cemetery and took pictures of the stone 

which looks like it says Willie died in 1863, but it has to be 

1865. They are in Row 4, #222. Margaret Robb (b. May 9, 1812 

d. Nov. 17, 1881) is also in Row 4. 

Children 

1. Willie_Rphb b: 1865 in Monroe County, Iowa 

2. Harry _Eg~_h;jpn JSpQ_l:J b: FEB 1867 in Monroe County, Iowa 

3. Hattie CordeliaRobb b: 26 OCT 1868 in Monroe County, 


4. • Jennie Margaretta Robb b: 20 JAN 1871 in Monroe County, 


Marriage 3 Laura Peters b: 31 MAR 1850 in Greensburg, Decatur 

County, Indiana 

• Married: 2 NOV 1898 in Monroe County, Iowa 56 

• Note: Laura filed for James' Civil War Pension, but the date on 

the record cannot be read. 

Sources: 

I. Title: Cemetery Records 

Repository: 

Media: Official Document 

Text: Oakview Cemetery, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa 

2. Title: Annals oflowa 

Repository: 

Media: Book 

Text: by Iowa Division of Historical Museum and Archives 

3. Title: Cemetery Records 

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