Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of L Robinson

Robinson, Eugene Leslie Grant (b. 9 Dec 1895, d. 25 Jul 1975)

Note: !BIRTH: Birth Cert; 1895, in possession.

!MARRIAGE: Marriage Cert; 1924; in possession of photocopy; Married by Pastor ff Porter of the First Christian Church; WITNESS A.C. Tapscott.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Death Cert; 1975; in possession of certified copy; Died of broncio Pneumonia.

OCCUPATION: Rancher; Plasterer; then in retirement years, property management.

MILITARY: WWI for one year in Army - served in Germany and France.

SSN: ROBINSON EUGENE 549-10-6499, b 09 Dec 1895, d Jul 1975 California, last zip 92653; Social Security Master Death Index; http://emh.everton.com/cgi-shl/ssmdinon.exe ; 4/98.

RESIDENCES:
Laguna Hills, Orange, CA 1972 till death
Helendale, San Bernardino, CA ~1946 - 1972
Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA 1924-26, ~1942-46
Ontario, San Bernadino, CA ~1973-197?
Niece, Lake, CA ~1930-1942 (or Clear Lake, CA)
Roseville (Citrus Heights), CA ~1926-1930 (lost home during depression)
Friend, Nebraska; Long Beach, California, prior to marriage.

BIOGRAPHY: Raised as a Seventh Day Adventist; Probably had up to an Eighth Grade education.

1900 CENSUS: Address;
1910 CENSUS, California, Lake Co, Lakeport, vol028, enumerator dist 0039, visitation# 0142; enumerated with parents and siblings;
Leslie G Robinson, single, white, age 14, b NE.
1920 CENSUS; Address;

Note: !BIRTH: Birth cert; 1906; in possession of certified copy.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Death cert copy; 4 Sep 1989; deid of cerebral hemmorage due to hypertension; age 83 years; Burial in El Toro Memorial Park, 25751 Trabuco, El Toro, CA.

BIOGRAPHY:
Notes from Helen M'liss Whitcomb Robinson in 1981- b in Friend, Nebraska. Moved at 15 to Long Beach, CA. There until 1926, then moved to Citrus Heights, CA. Family had an almond grove. They lived there 4 years, but lost the property during the depression because they couldn't pay to mortgage. Moved to Lake County (Niece) where they owned property, and lived there for 11-12 years. They then moved to Long Beach for 4 years or so. After marriage (some time), Helen and Leslie moved to a guest ranch in Helendale, CA, and lived there for about 17 years. Then moved to an appt. house they bought in Ontario, CA. Stayed there a few years and eventually moved to Leisure World in Laguna Hills, CA. (Both Helen and Leslie lived there till their deaths.)
Helen graduated from high school in Long Beach. The only church she attended was the Seventh Day Adventist Church. That was for a few years after she was married. Married in Santa Ana courthouse March 7, 1924. Jobs: During WWII she was a paint inspector for Douglas Aircraft for 2 years. She ran the guest ranch by herself for 17 years. Parents: Father James Edward Whitcomb b Friend, Neb. A vetrinarian. Schooled in Chicago. (the family lived in Chicago while he went to Vetrinary school.) Mother: Lucy Maude Miller b McCook, Nebraska. Her mother was Mary Harrison, one of eight children of John Harrison.

MIDDLE NAME: Middle name is spelled "M'Liss" not "Miliss".
1910 CENSUS: Address;
1920 CENSUS: Address.

Note: !DEATH-CREMATION: Death Cert; 1979; Lisa in possession of certified copy; CREMATED at Harbor Lawn Crematory, Costa Mesa, CA.

MARRIAGE: Married 3 Jul 1922 by the county clerk, in the Los Angeles County court house.

MILITARY: WWI - France infantry. Inducted 6 Sep 1917 in Los Angeles, CA; discharged either 29 Apr 1919 or 10 Nov 1919. He earned a Bronze Victory button, and served in the USA 91st Div, 364th Infantry.

OCCUPATIONS: Accountant, Real Estate broker, appraiser of real estate, investments, camera shop owner; Became independently wealthy.

RESIDENCES:
Hungtinton Beach, Orange, CA: ? to 1979 (death).
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
Twin Falls, Idaho: After graduation from high school, joined his parents farm there. (Previous to this he'd lived in a boarding house while attending high school.)
Indiana: age 10
San Pedro, CA: age 5 (reputation of being a very rough sea port town. They lived above a saloon. He lived there at the same time as the guy wrote "The Island of the Blue Dolphins".
Indiana: (age 2) while his mother was caring for her mother.
Los Angeles, CA, Numerous locations: birth - ?
Summer home in Whidbey Island, WA in 1942 (he couldn't fight local politics, and lost his water.)
Cabin at Rock Creek Lake, CA (by Bishop) which he built, which passed on to his daughters after his death.

SSN: YOCHEM, ORVILLE 563-66-5962, b 16 Aug 1894, d Mar 1979, California, last zip 92649; Social Security Master Death Index; http://emh.everton.com/cgi-shl/ssmdinon.exe ; 4/98.

NOTES:
Notes from daughter P Yochem - Orville was an only child. He lived in Indiana at age 2 (so his mother could take care of her mother who was blind), San Pedro when he was 5, Indiana when he was 10 years old. He learned to speak German before learning English, and had fond memories of the time spent in Indiana as a youth. He figures he lived in 21 different places in Los Angeles alone while growing up. Orville recalled a camping trip his family went on when he was about 10 years old, to Klamath Falls, OR, where he walked the entire distance beside the family wagon.
Notes from grand daughter Lisa:
Oriville met Lena at the ship yards at Teminal Island, where Lena was a secretary and Orville was her boss before they were married.
Orville proved to be a very successful businessman. He had success in real estate, as well as the stock market, where he studied the companies and their products out, investing in the ones he thought would go someplace.
Even though independently wealthy, in retirement, Orville and Lena lived in an unpretentious mobile home community. Orville and Lena enjoyed foreign travel, visiting Europe and South America, amongst others.
Orville was of sound mind in old age, though he suffered from emphezima, chronic bronchitis, and congestive heart failure.

We need to add more stories and information!

Note: !DEATH-CREMATION: Death Cert; 1971; Lisa in possession of certified copy; died of pulmonary m? due to metasticised cancer of the breast; CREMATED in Roosevelt Crematory; informant Orville E. Yochem.

OCCUPATIONS: She taught piano, played piano in an old time theater, and was a secretary at the SouthWest ship yards at Teminal Island, CA, where Orville was her boss before they were married. Hobby: oil painting.

RESIDENCES:
Huntington Beach, Orange, CA: Retirement till death
Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA: 1904 - ?(retirement)
Nogales, AZ
Lompoc, CA: 1st Grade
Ontario, California: birth - .

Note: !DEATH: Death cert; 1956; in possesion of photocopy; cause of death Arterioscleister Disease due to senitity (old age); informant Guy Robinson.

MARRIAGE-CONFLICT: Donna has date of 11 Nov 1881; Marianne had 24 Nov 1881.

SS: None, D.C.
1870 CENSUS: Address;
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar, Boone Co., NE.
Age 18 in 1880. Single. At Home. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents. Lives next door to
future wife, Ida Mae Minkler.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 6, LN 36.
1900 CENSUS: Address;
1910 CENSUS, California, Lake Co, Lakeport, vol028, enumerator dist 0039, visitation# 0142;
John T/F? head wt 48 bp WI plasterer
Ida M W wt 49 PA
Leslie G S wt 14 NE
Elsie D D wt 07 CO
Guy L S wt 20 NE plasterer
Anna Buckman neighbor, etc.
1920 CENSUS: Address;

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
TOM ROBINSON FAMILY
by Rebecca Robinson Purcell
from- In The Shadow of the Butte
A History of Oelrichs and Surrounding Area
Oelrichs Historical Society, Oelrichs, South Dakota
copyright 1984
printed by State Publishing Company Pierre, S.D.
page 578
"Clark Robiinson was the first to settle Oelrichs, South Dakota, followed by an older brother, Tom, who wrote to the third brother, Grant, to 'pack up, come to Oelrichs, as it is a very promising country of farm land.'"
"While Tom was looking over the land and choosing some to rent with a house and proper buildings, his wife, Ida, and youngest son, Leslie, were traveling by wagon with their possessions and furniture from Belgrade, Nebraska to Oelrichs."
"In one year they were settled in their new home, so sent for their daughter, Elsie, sho was attending school in Tennesee, living with her aunt and uncle, Guy Robinson, their third son, was still living in Belgrade, Nebraska with his wife, Pearl, and two little daughters, Eleanor and Irene."
"In the meantime, after Elsie arrived to be with her parents, they traveled to Hot Springs by horse and buggy to the 'Adoption Welfare Department', and brought home thier choice of a younger sister for Elsie, a three and a half-year-old girs, named Rebecca Marie."
"Before long, World War I hit the States and we were involved in war. Leslie was drafted into the Army and had to leave the United States in June, 1918 to go to Paris, France to do duty on a big ammunitions train. He was gone until May 19, 1919, returning home to Oelrighs safely."
"During the horrors of World War I, a terrible influenza epidemic hit and many people died. Guy's wife, Pearl, was one of these. leaving him alone to care for and raise their two little daughters. Guy brought his daughters to Grandpa and Grandma Robinson's home from Belgrade for care, love and to live on the Robinson farm while helping his 'paw' do the work."
"After harvest time in 1920, Leslie left Oelrichs and went to California to follow his trained professional trade of house plastering. This left Tom and Guy to carry on the farm chores alone."
"The local school board needed a school teaher for the Homestead School, which was in district number 4. The district advertised and Miss Madge Cooper from Sturgis responded."
"The Tom Robinson home was selected for boarding and rooming Miss Cooper for two school year terms, 1918 and 1919."
"During 1920, Guy and Miss Cooper were married. What a happy wedding day, and what a chairvari celebration was given them."
"Uncle Clark felt sorry for them and turned one of his bedrooms over to them for privacy on their wedding night."
"Many neighbors, friends and relatives presented them with gifts."
"Soon the patter of baby feet echoed through the Robinson home and farm. Their first son, James C. Robinson, was born in August of 1921."
"Times became hard on the farm, so an auction was planned before the arrival of their second son, Tom K., expected in April, 1923. The Tom Robinson family had received glowing letters from Leslie and other relatives to come to California to live. Plenty of work and jobs to be had and no freezing weather."
"Clark Robinson had two sons, Vincent and Dale, who are still in Oelrichs.
Tom and Ida Robinson had six children. The surviving two are their daughters, Elsie and Rebecca Marie."
"They had eighteen grandchildren before Ida's death in 1936. Tom saw sixteen great-grandchildren before his death in 1956."

NOTES on back of family photo: The father was a plasterer and farmer by trade, was a 7th Day Adventist and vegetarian after 21 years old, was deeply religious and a good man. He lived to be in his late 80's (really 90's) and made his home with Guy and family 25 or 30 years.

OCCUPATION: Seventh Day Adventist Evangelist; Plasterer (source daughter-in-law, Helen Whitcomb Robinson) .

RESIDENCES:
Wisconsin (birth-)
Cedar, Boone, NE (~1880)
Oelrichs, , SD (bef WWI - 1906)
Lake County, CA 1906-? (moved here the day after the San Francisco Earthquake)
Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA
(Family moved a lot)

Note: !DEATH: Death Cert; 1936; in possession of certified copy; cause of death Cerebral Hemorage due to cerebral arterioscerosis; informant Mrs Wm Robinson, RFD, Folsom, CA; BURIAL: Sylvan; Funeral Director - Oscar Miller, Folsom, CA.

NOTES: She had two sisters.

1860 CENSUS: Address;
1870 CENSUS: Address;
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar District, Boone Co., NE.
Age 19 in 1880. Single. At Home.
Enumerated with mother & step-father.
Lives next door to future husband, John Thomas Robinson.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 6, LN 28.
1900 CENSUS: Address;
1910 CENSUS: Address;
1920 CENSUS: Address;
1927-1936 : Address; Caldwell Colony, Sacramento Co., CA.

BIRTH: Marianne lists birthplace of IA, rather than PA.

Note: !MARRIAGE: Marriage Cert; 1904; Marrianne; in possession of;
License issued 8 Dec 1904
both were listed as 20 years old
Parents of James - E. Whitcomb and Hannah Fletcher
Parents of Lucy - John Miller and Mary Harrison
Witnesses - E. Whitcomb and Mrs. E. Whitcomb.

!SOURCE-CENSUS: 1910 24 Apr Census in Friend, Saline, Nebraska;
b fb mb
Whitcomb, James head NE PA IL
? wife NE OH IL
H? dau NE NE NE
Lola dau NE NE NE.

OCCUPATION: Plasterer (based on birth certificate of daughter, Helen M'liss Whitcomb); Also a vetrinarian; and in resturant business.
RESIDENCES: See notes under daughter, Helen; also in 1938 lived at 1416 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA.
NOTES:
From gdau-in-law, P Yochem on Helen's siblings;
Lola Rudbach lived in Sierra Madre
Nona m Don Q. Smith - Crilly; Lives in Long, Beach, CA
Jack (John) m Patty; 3 daughtes by Betty; Lived Tustim, CA; John (?) died during WWII;
Also, the Whitcomb's were in the resturant business on 4th (st?) in Long Beach.

No known church affiliation.

1880 CENSUS: Address;
1900 CENSUS: Address;
1910 CENSUS: Address;
1920 CENSUS: Address;
1938 : Address; 1416 East 4th Street, Long Beach, CA.

Note: BIRTH: Brith place of Red Willow county, Nebraska, derived from Marriage certificate of daughter Helen M'liss Whitcomb; Other notes say may have been born in McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska.

!MARRIAGE: Marriage Cert; 1904; Donna has a certified copy; photocopy by Lisa.

DEATH: Other notes say may have died ~1977 (Long Beach, CA) or 7 Feb 1978, Long Beach, CA, and
BURIAL: buried in Peak Cemetary.
RESIDENCES:
Friend, Saline, Nebraska ~1921
Chicago, Cook, IL 2 years
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California ~1921 - death.

DEATH: dates came from Donna's info.

1938 : Address; 1416 East 4th Street, Long Beach, CA.

US Social Security Act Application for Account Number (Marianne).

Note: BIRTH: birth date was 19 Apr 1860, based on death certificate and date of Apr 1860 based on 1900 census. His granddaughters are certain these dates are accurate, and 1865 would have been way too late. Found infant baptism records for a John Nicholas, born 31 March 1865, but didn't find a John Mathias...? Here's the info on John Nicholas:
BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Catholic Church, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana, baptisims 1857-1893, copied by LDS Church, film #1888199, item 3-11; item 3, p 13, line 1;
Joannis Nicolaui, born 31 Mar 1865, christened 7 May 1865, parents Mathia Jochum and Helena Rosenback of Germany, of parish St. Mariae, Godparents Mathias Krings and Barbara Tilmann of Germany, of parish St. Mariae, performed by Vicar Julius Becks.

!MARRIAGE: Marriage Cert; 24 Oct 1893; Lisa C.Robinson Lindow in possession of photocoy; John M Yochem, Michigan City, IN and Eliza A Gimple, Michigan City, IN, married by W C Gordon, Pastor First Congregational Church.
County Clerks Office, La Porte, IN and marriage application supplement, lists - Jochen, John M to Eliza A Gemple received a marriage license on 21 Oct 1893; marriage date 24 Oct 1893; filed 17 Nov 1893; RL-P 197.

!DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE-PARENTS-OCCUPATION: Death Cert; 1943; Lisa Carol Robinson Lindow in possession of photocopy; Died of Paralysis Anginus; BURIAL: Angeles Abbey Mausoleum, Compton, CA, crypt 501 or 508, corridor Four, Building "F".

CENSUS:
1860 Census, Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana; 4 Jun 1860; film 0803275, p 391, ln 26; listed with parents under Max Gochum;
ln 30; John , age 2/12, M, b ".

1880 Census, Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana;FHL Film 1254291 National Archives Film T9-0291 Page 38C; listed with under mother, Ellen Yochum, and 5 siblings;
John YOCHUM Son M Single White age20 b IN
Occ: Laborer Fa: PRUSSIA Mo: PRUSSIA.

CENSUS: 1900 Census Vol 13 ED 65 S1 Line 36 Los Angeles county, CA;
Yochem, John M head M wt b Apr 1859 m 7 yrs b IN parents b Germany, owns a resturant, read, write English;
Eliza A. wife F wt b 1868/9 (31) m 7 yrs b IN parents b Germany read, writes;
Orville E. son M wt b Aug 1894 (5) b CA parents b IN at school;
Gimple, Mary mother-in-law F wt b Nov 1834 (65) m b Germany parent b Germany read, write English, immigrated in 1865 - 35 years in the US, Naturalized. CENSUS: 1910 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA; 22 Apr 1910; film #1374095, v 040, Enum Dist 0171, visitation 0020, LA Precinct 126, ln 73-75;
73) Yochem, John M., head, M, W, age 50, 1st marriage, 16 yrs, b Indiana, father & mother b Germany, speaks English, occupation Agent of Real Estate, 10 mo. working on own, yes able to work, rents home, 11 farm schedule, 0 working in military, 2 or 8 for whether blind (both eyes), X for whether deaf;
74) Eliza A, wife, F, W, age 41, 1st marriage, m 16 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, b Indiana, parents b Germany, speaks English, no occupation, yes able to work;
75) Orville E, son, M, W, age 15, single, b California, parents b Indiana, no occupation, yes able to work.

BIOGRAPHY:
Occupation: Ran away from home at 14, at age 17 owned 40 acres in what is now the heart of Spokane, WA where he also bought horses and broke them, furniture store in San Pedro, house movers, resturant owner, candy store, etc., Real Estate and Investments (as noted on death certificate).
Occupational notes from Grand-daughter, Jean, 22 Jan 1979: He left home when he was about 11 years old and claimed he learned to read off railroad box cars. He traded horses with Indians, had a candy store, furniture store in San Pedro, a house moving business, started restaurants and then sold them -- (had one of the first after the San Francisco fire, tried raising potatoes near Idaho Falls, Idaho, also invested in real estate. He did many things during his life, but didn't stick to any one for long.
Notes from grand daughter Pat - The family was probably Catholic. John Yochem's father died when he was 10. John Mathias had no schooling. He left home at 11 or 14, as he bore the bulk of responsibility for the family, even though he wasn't the oldest brother. At age 17 John had 40 acres in Spokan, WA. It was during this time that he bought horses from the Indians. He would buy horses to break, then sell them. One time he was captured by the Indians when his horses looked liked some that had been stolen from them, but they released him when the horses wouldn't respond to Indian commands. He had a candy store in Salt Lake City, Utah, which he considered his only failure, which he pulled out of due to feuding between the Mormon and non-Mormon employees. Furniture stores may have been a specialty; he had one at the time Orville was born, he had one in Red Mountain, Randsburg, CA, a small mining town. He was a land speculator in Coos Bay, OR, and elsewhere. He was an entrepuer who opened new business, then sold out. Upon hearing about the San Fransisco earthquake, he took a load of wagon supplies and sold it out. He was in the Yukon, Canada, during the gold rush. He did business on a hand shake, and considered himself a good judge of character.
He was a carpenter at one time. Orville tells of a camping trip vacation his family went on to Klamath Falls, OR, when he was 10 (abt 1904). Orville walked the entire distance along side the family wagon. When they arrived, John wanted to go fishing, so he built a rowboat. John prided himself on being a good judge of character, and would lend money on a handshake. Around 1931 he received a Walnut Grove in El Monte, CA in payment of a loan. They stayed in a little apartment with no electricty, over the irrigation pumps. The roars of lions could be heard from a nearby lion farm. Orville recalls living in 21 to 25 places in Los Angeles alone while growing up. John couldn't stand to live in a house for more than six months and would move, even if it was just across the street. He had many fascinating stories to tell of his varied adventures. In his later years, he had Parkinson's.
Notes from ggdaughter Marianne:
A family story is that he was the first one to open up a restaurant in San Francisco immediately after the earthquake (1906), and sold it at a profit when a 2nd resturant opened. He had a premonition that something had happened to his father. At that exact time, his father was accidentally killed while chopping wood, when his ax came off its handle striking him in the chest. (1870 Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana.)
Note from Pat: At age ten, John had a vision (not a premoniton). When returning home he learned it was true.
In Pat V's version, Mathias was killed while working in a basement, where an object, hurled through the air, struck and killed him. They traveled extesnively overseas and abroad.
One time while he and Eliza were visiting his sister Mary on Hawaii, he sudenly had the urge to leave immediately, and wanted to take the next boat off the island. Eliza convinced him to wait till the next day when a boat was leaving for the states.
They enjoyed camping at O'dell Lake, OR.
Notes from ggdaughter Lisa:
Grandpa Yochem, told that his father, John Mathias, held a great many different kinds of jobs. He started working at a very young age. When applying for a job, he always told the employers he had the desired experience (even if he did not), and he usually got the job. He was smart, and picked up quickly on how to do the new job, so no one ever caught on.
Also recalls the ax story.

RESIDENCES:
Long Beach, LA, CA -1943
Idaho Falls, ID
San Francisco, CA 1906
San Pedro, CA 1899
Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana 1893-1896 (at least)
Spokane, WA ~1877.

SIBLINGS: Had a large Catholic family.

Note: !DEATH-BURIAL: Death Cert; 1964; Lisa in possession of certified copy; died of cerebral thrombosis (stroke) due to generalized hardening of the arteries; BURIAL: Angeles Abbey Mausoleum, Compton, CA, Crypt 501 or 508, Corridor 4, Bldg F.

IMMIGRATION: From a book on German imigrants Marianne looked up: Came over 1865 (based on 1900 Census of John Mathias Yochem) Maria Meese came from Ger Electric from St. Thomas to NY and landed 15 Nov 1865. She had Ernistine Meese age 23 with her.

CENSUS:
1880 Census Michigan, La Porte, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254291 National Archives Film T9-0291 Page 4D;
listed with parents and 2 siblings;
Eliza GIMPEL Dau F S W 12 IN
Occ: At Home Fa: SAXAN Mo: MACKLENBURG.

CHURCH: She entered the First Congregational Church, Michigan, on 31 Dec 1890 (Eliza Gimple) from Church records. She was dropped from the church 25 Jan 1922 (Mrs. Eliza Yocum) becuase she moved to CA.

BIOGRAPHY:
Nickname "Alice", per father's will.
Occupational Notes from Grand-Daughter, Jean, 22 Jan 1979: The only things I remember is she helped in the furniture store, and when John was gone off running all over she took in sewing.
Note from Grand-Daughter Pat - Took up sewing when John was land speculating. She sewed for Florance (Florance Ave., Long Beach, CA).
She lived in IN without John two times. She stayed with her mother. She had a brother and a sister. Her husband spoke high German, though she spoke low German. When they visited Europe for the Passion Play in Oberamagod (sp?), they could only understand her.
Related to Roesky family of Michigan City (uncle?) In 1935 thier mill was still there, probably had a township named after them; Mill Owner, was politically well known in Michigan City.

Note: !DEATH-BIRTH: Death Cert; 26 Oct 1927; Lisa in possession of certified copy; died of Myocarditis; BIRTH: Some notes place birth date at 5 Jun 1857, Death certificate states birth date of 10 Jun 1857, in Fort Wayne, Indiana - This is the date used; father William Thomas Tritch of PA, mother Mary Hatfield of Dayton, OH; length of residence 22 years in Long Beach, CA; 36 years in CA, witnessed by Mrs. Mary Charlotte Tritch; BURIAL: date of burial 28 Oct 1927 in Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach, CA; 26 Oct 1927 purchased crypts at Abbey Mausoleum, Palm Cemetery at the junction of Cherry Ave and an Antonio Dr, tier I 408, row I, family suite for $300.

CENSUS:
1850 Census, Indiana p 32 Root twp Adams Co., IN Indiana Census p290, 146 Washington twp, Allen Co., Ind. 18th day of Sept;
1860 Census, 8 Jun Census p 21, Washington twp, Allen Co. , Indiana;
1880; Fairview Twp, Livingston, MO; 7 Jun 1880, enum dist 174, p 8, ln 3-4, dwelling 75, family 77; film 1254700; living next door to his father, William Tritch, and in same town as Mary's family;
Tritch, Joseph, white male, age 23, married, Farmer, b IN, fb PA, mb OH;
Mary, white female, age 19, wife, married, Keeping house, b MO, fb PA, mb OH.
1900 - where? (look this up!);
Joseph G. Tritch, head wm born Jun 1857 age 52 mar 21 yrs bp Indiana; bp of father PA, bp of mother OH; Reads, writes, speaks English; Rents house;
Mary C. Tritch wife b Feb 1861 age 49 m 21 yrs 6 children - 5 living. bp Missouri, bp of father PA, bp of mother OH; MARRIAGE: Before Jun 1880 (derived from Census).
1910: (need to look up the actual census!);
Tritch - Soundex, Arizona census 1910, T632 Vol4 ED49 W.M. SE 23 L 93 Pima Co; Pet No: Twp
Tucsan City Franklin St;
TRITCH, Mary C W FEB 1861 49 MO ;
Carl M S JUN 1881 19 MO ;
Barton H S APR 1886 14 KS ;
Mont V S MAR 1888 12 KS ;
Max M S AUG 1893 6 CA ;
Lena S D JUL 1897 3 CA .

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes from Grand-Daughter, Jean, 22 Jan 1979: He was in the building trade, a plasterer. They moved to Arizona the first couple of years after Lena was born, and then moved to Long Beach and lived on 7th Street the rest of the time, until the last few years of Mary's life, when the house was sold and she moved up to live with Carl in Washington. All of Lena's brothers were in the building trade. Lena said they went to church "twice on Sundays".
Notes from Grand-Daughter, Pat: Joseph Tritch born in Ft. Wayne, IN m Mary C. Cronister. Max Tritch and wife Elizabeth are related - Elizabeth's mother was Lena Tritch's cousin & Olive Robertson was Mollie Cronister's neice.. Elizabeth died at age 61, 1 to 2 weeks before Orville Yochem's death. Joseph was a plasterer; a railroad man in Nogales, Ariz. Moved to Lompoc, not Long Beach - Grandma had her early schooling there.

RESIDENCES:
0) Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana 1857 -
1) Fairview, Livingstong, MO abt 1881
2) Kansas abt 1886/1888
3) Ontario, San Bernadino, CA ~1893
4) Nogalee, Arizona
5) Lompoc, San Luis Obispo, CA
6) Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA 1904 - death (1927).

Note: !DEATH-BIRTH: Death Cert; 1951; Lisa in possession of certified copy; Died of natural causes without a doctor's attention; BURIAL: Cyperss Lawn Cemetery, Everett, Snohomish, WA on 3 Jan 1951 (day is illegible, and may be 3 or 8, but it's likely 3 since 3 Jan 1951 is the date the record was received by the local registrar, then the certificate was stamped 9 Jan 1951; BIRTH: Birth date of 23 Feb 1861 derived from Death Certificate; informant Carl Tritch (son).

!BURIAL: Cypress Lawn Cemetery (Mary Tritch).

BIRTH-CONFLICT: Death certificate has b 23 Feb 1861, whereas other sources show 24 Feb 1861, such as IGI records; Also conflict on place of birth - according to death cert, Quincy, IL according to IGI.

NOTES: went by "Molly", she pronounced Charlotte (Shar lot);
Her family moved from MO to KS when she was 5 years old, in a covered wagon. She had six kids, one died at age 2 (boy named Orville). Pat has seen a picture of Orville. She was very pretty when young.
Chilicoth, MO has no record of her birth there. So she was probably an unrecorded birth. Marianne Robinson Busher personally went through many volumes of huge old record books looking for her record.

RESIDENCES:
Chillicothe, Missouri 1860-1861
Kansas, just after it was opened up, ~1866 Moved to Kansas when she was 5 years old, New Territory
Fairview Township, Livingston, MO ~1880
Ontario, San Bernadino, CA ~1896
Nogales, , AZ
Lompoc, San Luis Obispo, CA
Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA 1904 - 1943
WA 1943 - 1951.

ANCESTRY: Scotish, Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Yankee.

Note: !MARRIAGE: Marriage Cert; in possession of ;
State of Wisconsin;
Richland County;
Contents of Marriage Certificate -
I HereBy Certify That on the Twenty-Ninth day of April AD 1858, house of Levia L Leslie in the said county Mr John S Robinson and Miss Mary Ann Leslie Residence of Wisconsin were joined in Matrimony By me in presence of Mr Wm Robinson and Martin McClintick;
I Further Certify That Previious to joining said persons in Marriage there were examined on oath and that I found no legal impediment to said Mariage; Given under my hand at the village of Orion this Thirtyeth day of April 1858;
A D Langhlin Minister of the Gospel

!DEATH:!BURIAL: Death Cert., compliments of Brett Robinson;
Place of Death, county of Antelope, Twonship of Elgin, or Village of Near Elgin; Registerd No. 2902; Full Name: John Samuel Robinson, R-152; Sex: Male, Color: White, Date of Birth: Nov 15 1837, Age: 68 years 9 months 11 days; Married; Birthplace: Indiana; Name of Father: Henry Robinson; Birthplace of father: Kentucky; Maiden Name of Mother: Johnson, Birthplace of Mother: \; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Death: Aug 26 1906; ...death occurred on the date stated above at 12 P.M.; The cause of death was as follows: Apoplaxa[?], Contributory: Artimis Sohlerosis[?], signed: W.A. Peterson, M.D., Aug 31, 1905, Elgin, Nebr.; Informant: Grant Robinson, Elgin, Neb.; Filed: Sep 2, 1905, Francis Coltron, Registrar; Place of Burial or Removal: West Cedar Valley, Date of Burial: Aug [30], 1905, Undertaker: W.E.Books, Elgin, Neb.

1840 CENSUS: Address;
1850 CENSUS: Address;
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 19 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents & siblings.
Roll ?, PG 122, LN 11; or p 6, ln 34.
1870 CENSUS: Address; Not listed with family. To be researched.
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar District, Boone Co., NE.
Age 43 in 1880. Married. Farmer.
Enumerated with wife & children.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 6, LN 34.
34) John S. Robinson, W, M, 43, married, Farmer, b IN, parents b KY;
35) Mary A. " W, F, 40, wife, married, keeping house, b OH, F b PA, M b OH;
36) John T. " W, M, 18, son, single, at-home, attended school, b WI, F b IN, M b OH;
37) Grant " W, M, 16, son, single, at-home, attended school, b WI, F b IN, M b OH;
38) Mary J. W, F, 13, daughter, single, at-home, attended school, b WI, F b IN, M b OH;
39) Clarkson " W, M, 11, son, single, at-home, attended school, b WI, F b IN, M b OH;
40) Lucy " W, F, 8, daughter, single, attended school, b NE, F b IN, M b OH;
41) Lilly " W, F, 3, daughter, single, b NE, F b IN, M b OH; living next door to Hugh & Louise McClintick family, and two door away from Lewis Leslie, and close by to other Robinson's.
CENSUS 1890, Cedar Rapids, Boone, NE, Union Veterans, Jun 1890.

MILITARY: 1890 Union Veterans, Cedar Pct, Boone Co., NE, Roll 37, ED 27, #8-9; Robinson, John S., Private, Co. D, 11 WI Inf., 15 Sep 1861-17 Nov 1862, 1y1m1d, Lung trouble hemorrhage; Private, Co. F, 44 WI Inf, 1 Mar 1865-1 Sep 1865, 7 m.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1. "History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin"
Publisher: Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1884.
Pages 1018-1019. SLC FHC US/CAN BOOK AREA - 977.57 H2g. BIBLIOGRAPHY: 2 "History of Richland County"; p 510;
"Mary [Leslie], who became the wife of John Robinson, both being residents of Cedar Rapids, Neb., at the time of their death." .

BIOGRAPHY: Cedar Rapids, Nebraska 1884-1984, 978.251/C1 H2C;
p 71, listed as attending the first service of the Methodist Church, in the dugout of Mr. Robinson, along with James, R.T, Beecher, and Arthur Robinson, Jim & Morton McClintick, etc. After the meeting in the dugout, services were held in the Robinson schoolhouse, a sod building located east of the town of Dayton. The Robinson's are listed as members of the congregation who helped the building committee.
p 85, Sunset Cemetery, "The first owners were given a paten by the United States Government April 29, 1882. John S. and Mary A. Robinson received the NE 1/4 of Section 6, Township 18, Range 7, west of the 6th P.M. in Boone County. The next owners were J.D. and Helen Stires. Mr. and Mrs. Stires sold a fraction of the quarter section to Francis M. and Carrie M. Stewart for $500 on July 19, 1887..."
p 98, Civil War Vetrans, in 1881, a G.A.R. Post was organized, listed as a member of the post in 1887, along with J.H. and R.T. Robinson, G.A. Robinson, Edward & W.O. Dufoe, H.M. McClintick, etc.
p 153, under Memories of Ione Robinson Milburn, she writes, "I don't remember the elder Mr. Robinson, but I do remember their four sons. That family was one of the first to come to Cedar Valley. The sons were Robert, John, James, and Will." (she probably meant Beecher, rather than Will).

OBITUARY: Elgin Review, 1 Sep 1905, compliments of Brett Robinson;
John Samuel Robinson
Sunday morning brought to the people of this vicinity the sad news of the sudden death during the night of J.S. Robinson, at his home four and a quarter miles north of Elgin, from stomach trouble and heart failure. Mrs. Robinson was absent at the time and had been for a couple of weeks, visiting in Tennessee, and she was at once telegraphed for, arriving on Tuesday. Mr. Robinson had not been in very rugged health for several years past, having had two or three rather severe sick spells. Of late, however, he had seemed as well as usual, being able to be up and around and come to town occasionally. His death, therefor, which came so suddenly and practically without warning, was a distinct surprise and shock to the community.
John Samuel Robinson was born in the state of Indiana, about sixty-eight years ago. At the age of sixteen he moved with his father's family to the then new state of Wisconsisn. In Richland county, Wisconsin, he was married about forty-eight years ago to Mary Ann Leslie. To this union nine children were born. Of these, four were girls and five boys. Two girls and four boys still survive, as follows: Mrs. Lena Gollman, of Tennessee: Mrs. Lucia Patchen, of Fullerton, Nebraska: Thos. S. Robinson, of California; and Grant, Clark, and Roy Robinson of Elgin. Deceased came to Boone County, Nebraska, in 1871, settling near Cedar Rapids. His good wife died in 1896. He was married to Mrs. Clark Finch, of Tennessee, in 1900, and shortly afterward moved to the vicinity of Elgin, Nebraska, where he has resided on his farm. He was a man of mild and gentle disposition, and exemplary habits, upright and honorable in all his dealings with his fellow men. For about twenty years past he has been a member of the Seventh Day Advent Church, and Rev. Beems, of Wayne, a minister of that denomination officiated at his funeral which was held from the West Cedar Valley Congregational church on Wednesday. The interment took place in Elgin Cemetery.
Card of Thanks
We desire hereby to express our deep appreciation of the many kindnesses of friends and neighbors during our recent bereavement, the loss of husband and father.
MRS. J. S. ROBINSON, GRANT ROBINSON, CLARK ROBINSON, LUCIA E. PATCHEN, IDA ROBINSON, ROY ROBINSON

Note: !INFO SOURCES:
1850 CENSUS: Address;
1860 CENSUS: Address;
1870 CENSUS: Address;
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar District, Boone Co., NE.
Age 43 in 1880. Keeping house.
Enumerated with husband & children.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 6, LN 35.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 2 "History of Richland County"; p 510;
"Mary [Leslie], who became the wife of John Robinson, both being residents of Cedar Rapids, Neb., at the time of their death".

OBITUARY; 18 Sep 1896, Boone County Outlook; compliments of Brett Robinson;
Died - At Fremont, Nebraska, of malarial fever, Monday morning, September 14, 1896, Mrs. Mary Ann Robinson, aged about fifty six years.
Mary Ann Robinson was born in Monroe county, Ohio, in the year 1840. Her mother died when she was about ten years of age. When twelve years of age she moved with her father to Wisconsisn. Soon after this her older sister left home and upon her was placed the burden and responsibility of caring for her father's house. She was married to her now bereaved husband in 1858, when about 18 years of age. Nine children were born to her. Seven are living and two are dead. Filena Eulain, the eldest, is the wife of C.P. Bollman, and lives in Tennessee; Thomas lives in Cedar Rapids and Grant in Kansas; Jennia died when fourteen years of age; Clark B. is still at home; Lucy is married to Wm. Patchen: Roscoe died in infancy; Lillie Grace is now a missionary in Jamacia; Roy, the youngest, is with us. In 1871, about twenty-five years ago, Mrs. Robinson came with her husband and family to Nebraska and became one of the first settlers in the Cedar Valley. From childhood she had been accustomed to pioneer life. It was so even in Ohio, her native state. It was so in Wisconsin, and much of the time during her stay in Nebraska. She inherited a strong religious nature, and her inclination to peity was encouraged by her christian father. Early in life she followed the example of her parents and became a student of the Bible, and through all her life this book was her companion and guide. She was converted when but a girl, and joined the United Brethren church. Soon after her marriage she united with the New School Presbyterian church. After this when there was no society of that denomination convenient, she with her husband joined the Methodist church, and remained a member of that denomination until about sixteen years ago. She has become a zealous member of the Seventh day Adventist church, and died an ardent believer in the faith of that denomination. She was noted for her conscientious devotion to duty, whether to her home or to her church. She had her full share of the sorrows and sufferings of this life, but her christian faith never failed her and her patience was allowed to have its perfect work.
On the 30th of August they started from their home to attend the annual camp meeting of their church at Fremont, Nebraska. Soon after arriving at Fremont she was seized with the sickness which after ten days in spite of all that medical aid and expert nursing could do, terminated in her death. The body was brought home on the evening train last Monday. The funeral services were conducted at the house by the writer on the Tenth day afternoon, and the remains were laid to rest at six o'clock in the North cemetery.
IN MEMORIAM
Whereas it has pleased the Supreme Ruler of us all to receive to death the beloved wife of her Comrade John S. Robinson, and whereas we realize the great loss Comrade Robinson and his family have sustained by the death by of a loving wife and mother, Therefore be it Resolved by the members of Caddell Post, No. 74 G.A.R. express and extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolence in this their hour of deep suffering
Resolved that this resolution be published to the public.

Note: BIRTH-CONFLICT: There are varying years and places, depending on the source. 1783-4 based on tombstone; 1782 in Ireland, from Silas and Amanda Ellen (Richards) Robinson biography; 1778 in Virginia, from William and Nancy (Miller) Robinson biography by Lee Etta Ellen Ogorek; Kentucky, from Alvin Robinson biography.

!MARRIAGE: Info from Marianne; 1790-1849 section IV, Ch 23.
Note: Several IGI entries with different places: Franklin Co., KY; Frankfort, Franklin, KY; Franklin, Simpson, KY.

!BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 79, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 20, Row 6;
William Robinson died 1847 age 63 years, Father; buried next to wife.

CENSUS:
1830 Perry Twp, Tippecanoe, IN, p 240; next door to Henry;
Robinson, William male 1 -5 1 5-10 2 10-15 1 15-20 2 20-30 1 50-60
female 1 -5 2 10-15 1 15-20 1 40-50

1840, (Franklin), Kosciusko Co, Indiana, p 22, ln 21;
Robbinson, William, 1 M 60-70, 1 F 50-60, 1 M 20-30, 1 F 20-30, 2 M 15-20, 1 M 5-10;
this is probably William, Nancy, George, Sarah, James, Samuel, and Andrew.

also ANF #4KW3-GW;
submitter: Rhoda Robinson Edwards, 31 West Road, Fayetteville, TN 37334; microfilm: 1394214; submission: AF83-048407; Work not submitted, waiting verification of dates; b 1780, KY; d 3 Jan 1847 in , Kosciusko, Indiana.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1. "History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin"
Publisher: Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1884.
Pages 1018-1019. SLC FHC US/CAN BOOK AREA - 977.57 H2g.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: "Kosciusko County, Indiana, 1836-1986"
Kosciusko County Historical Society
Publishd in Dallas, Texas
Page 252, SLC FHC US/CAN BOOK AREA - 977.282 H2kc.

Silas and Amanda Ellen (Richards) Robinson:
"Silas Robinson was the son of Andrew Robinson and Rebecca Robinson. Andrew was the youngest of ten children born to William Robinson and Nancy Miller Robinson.
"William was born in Ireland in 1782 and came to America as a young man. He settled in Pennsylvania and married Nancy in 1800. They then moved to Kentucky where they started their family of ten children. He was a farmer and raised cattle. Because of slavery found there he moved his family to Tippecanoe County in Indiana in 1820. In 1837, he sold his farm there and moved onto a farm in Kosciusko County in Seward Township. He lived in 160 acres until his death."

William and Nancy (Miller) Robinson, by Lee Etta Ellen Ogorek, Santa Ana, Calif.
"Carrie and I often talked of the old unpainted house on the rise at the end of the lane that was called "home", where we both were born.
"Carrie Robinson was born September 5, 1902 on the old Robinson homeplace on Section 9 of Seward Township, on which four generations of Robinsons had lived. She prized a parchment deed, signed by President Van Buren, attesting to the fact that 160 acres was purchased from the Government in 1837 by her great-grandfather, William Robinson (1778-1847), whose sons purchased adjoining land.
"William, born in Virginia, and Nancy Miller (1781-1857), born in North Carolina, were married in Franklin County, Kentucky in 1804. William was a breeder of horses. Their sons, Henry, William, Robert, John, James, George, and daughters, Ann and Sarah, were born there. Opposing slavery, William and Nancy left for Indiana in 1820 where Samuel and Andrew were born in Tippecanoe County.
When Kosciusko County opened, William and his sons were early landowners in 1837. The whole Robinson clan traveled the Wabash River to Akron and cut through the woods, braving wild animals, to their land in the old Franklin (Seward) Township and built log cabins. The first orchard, bankbarn, school, and church in the township was on their land. After William's death, Nancy continued to live on the homeplace with her youngest son, Andrew (1829-1883).
"...All of the Robinsons were buried in the old Franklin Cemetery on Road 14, near where Carrie had gone to school."

BIBLIOGRAPHY: "Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana"
Published: 1887, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL.
pages 205-206, SLC FHC US/CAN BOOk AREA - 977.282 D3bi.
Alvin Robinson:
"...The grandparents of our subject, William and Nancy (Miller) Robinson, were born, reared and married in the State of Kentucky, and were the parents of eleven children, nine being natives of the same State -- Henry, William, Ann, Sarah, Robert, John, James, Samuel, George and Andrew. The grandparents came from near Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1829 to Indiana, when they located in Tippecanoe County, and in 1837 removed to Seward Township, Kosciusko County, and settled on the farm which is now owned and occupied by the widow and children of his youngest son, Andrew...".

NOTES: Don't know if this is our Wm Robinson, Marianne found this in; "Here They Sleep",
Dayton Corners Cemetery in Dayton Twp., Richland, WI (an old Presbyterian cemetery):
Robinson, Wm. died 4 March 1867, age 70 yrs, 8 mos. (page 2)
(note: this would be b July 1796)
Lemen-son died 2 May 1873, age 33 yrs, 3 mos, 9 days Milton-son died 9 April 1865 age 26 yrs Co. D, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, Civil War.

NOTE: Dan Wright <dhwright@dnvr.uswest.net>; 26 Sep 2001;
Moved to Indiana where they purchased timberland in Tippecanoe CO. ANDClinton Co., Indiana. They may have moved to Silver Lake about 60 miles fromClinton Co. (from John A. Magil's book of Miller Family Records.)

Note: !DEATH-BURIAL-PARENTS: Death Cert; 1921; in possession of certified copy; cause of death Labor Pnemonia; widowed; informant Mrs Eva Bulach, 1333 Holman, Long Beach.

BIRTH: Other sources show birth place Silver Lake PA, rather than Binghamton, Broome, NY. Possibly lived in Binghampton, NY, or parents.

BIRTH: Date of birth from her D.C.
Place of birth from Ida Mae Wilber Robinson's D.C., her daughter.
DEATH: Death Certificate received on May 13, 1994.
Informant - Eva Estella Minkler Bulach, daughter.
1333 Helman, Long Beach, CA.
Cause of Death; Labor Pneumonia.
BURIAL: Sunnyside
Undertaker - Patterson & McQuilkin,
555 Locust Ave, Long Beach, CA.
1840 CENSUS: Address;
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar District, Boone Co., NE.
Age 41 in 1880. Married. Keeping house.
Enumerated with husband Hugh McClintick, children & step-children.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 6, LN 26.
1900 CENSUS: Cedar Rapids, Boone, NE, #1240917, ED 17, family 143; living with daughter Cora J., son-in-law Charles W. Broadbent and their two children; 7 kids, 3 living, parents b NY, landlady.
1910 CENSUS: Address;
1920 CENSUS: Address;
1901-1921 : Address; 1333 Helman, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA LAST UPDATE: 29 July 1994.

Note: MARRIAGE: married by A.E.Vansant, witnessed by Libbie Whitcomb Family.

!WILL: Marianne will send a copy; Will was contested. d 1824 in Broomton, rather than 1823 in Ithica; has a 2nd wife; dau Nellie was adopted.

CENSUS:
1850 Census address;
1880 Friend, Nebraska, Saline Co, Johnson Creek pct, Jun 19, p17, #50 on 5th Street - next door to Lewis and Emma Fletcher;
Whitcomb, Edward M 36 General Merchandise b PA fb England mb NJ
Heonnah F 36 wife keeping house b PA fb England mb NJ
Jessie E F 1 daughter b NE fb PA mb PA
Dona A M brother, clerk b IL fb PA mb PA.
1880 Census; Johnson Creek, Saline, Nebraska
Source: FHL Film 1254755 National Archives Film T9-0755 Page 54A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Edward WHITCOMB Self M M W 36 PA
Occ: General Merchandise Fa: ENG Mo: NJ
Hannah WHITCOMB Wife F M W 36 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: ENG Mo: NJ
Jessie E. WHITCOMB Dau F S W 1 NE
Fa: PA Mo: PA
Dana A. WHITCOMB Brother M S W 21 IL
Occ: Clerk Fa: PA Mo: PA.

NAME: Middle initial 'A' comes from death certificate of Edward's wife, Hannah, who preceeded him in death, and is believed to be the witness, E.A.Whitcomb.


RESIDENCES: Ill.; Wyoming Co., PA; Palmyra, Lee Co., IL.

OCCUPATION: Owner of Friend Telegraph 1877, editor of a newspaper, politican (Nebraska Legislator 2 years, County Rep. Commission 6 years), postmaster of Friend 1875-1885, publisher.

MILITARY: Company 'A', 34th Regiment Illinois volunteers Aug 25 1861 to close of war, Private to 2nd Lt. Regimental quartermaster, toured part in Battle of Sailoh, Pittsburg Landing, Clayville, Perryville KY, Stone River, Tullahoma, and Misson Ridge, TN; Resaca Mountain and Jonesboro and marched with Sherman to the sea. His regiment never made a days march, nor was in an engagement, but that he was with them. He was never wounded nor was he ever sick enough to miss a days duty.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A pioneer family to Nebraska. "He lived at the time of his first marriage in what is now Wyoming County, PA. The nearest grist mill was 60 miles away. At Wilkes-Barre, he went to mill by river in a skiff, and at one time because of a fresket? had to wait six weeks for his grist, then poled his skiff up river to his home. His family subsisted all the time on shad and parsley. He was abnormally muscular and his nerves were under such perfect control that he was able to climb great heights and maintain his balance. At 'raisings' he 'walked the rafters' from eaves to ridge pole, up one side and down the other, and would then stand on the peak of the front gable and drink from a bottle."

BIBLIOGRAPHY: John Whitcomb and Frances Coggin, 350 Years Later, vol 2, p 957;
"Served in Co. A, 34th Reg. IL Vol. during the Civil War. He was a postmaster at Friend, Nebraska, served in the State Legislature, and bought, edited and published the Friend Telegraph... Res. Friend, Nebraska."

Note: !DEATH: photocopy of death certificate issued from Lincoln. NE, reg.#7777, b 11 Sep 1843, PA; d 5 Jun 1917, Friend, Saline, NE, of Chronic valvular heard, tesious with arterioschlerosis, secondary contributor Dropsy., witnessed by E.A.Whitcomb (probably spouse); BURIAL: 9 Jun 1917, Andrews Cemetery, Friend, Saline, NE (note: old cemetery 3 miles out of town) .

1850 CENSUS; Address; Washington Twp., Wyoming Co., PA.
age 6 in 1850. Enumerated with parents.
Roll M432 #838, pg. 22.
1880 CENSUS; Johnson Creek ptc, Friend, Saline Co, Nebraska,
ln 51, Jun 19, p17, on 5th Street
enumerated with spouse, daughter Jessie E., and bro-in-law Dana A.
Heonnah (Whitcomb) F 36 wife keeping house b PA fb England mb NJ
(next door to Lewis and Emma Fletcher;

OCCUPATION: First woman postmaster in Nebraska?? 21 Dec 1881, housewife.

NOTES:
Father emigranted from England
Pioneer family in Nebraska
Libbie Whitcomb was witness at the marriage.

Note: !DEATH-BURIAL: 1938; Death Certificate; Lisa in possession of photocopy; cause of death Senelity (old age); informant Mrs James E Whitcomb, 1416 E 4th St, Long Beach.

!MARRIAGE: John F Miller, a farmer, resides in Moccasin, Effingham Co, IL. He will be 23 on his next birthday, b in Knox Co, OH, his parents are John H Miller and Lib Sabine. This is his first marriage, and his parents consented; Mary Huldah Harrison, she was not asked an occupation, but resides in Moccason, Effingham Co, IL, she will be 21 on her next birthday (and 20 now), her parents are Ira H Harrison and Margaret J Irwin, this is her first marriage, and her parents consented; they were married at the Methodist Episcopal Parsinage, Effingham, Effingham, IL on 25 July 1883, no witnesses listed but the Minister of the Gospel.

!SOURCE-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIRTH: 1900 Census Nebraska, vol 34, ed 154, sheet 3, line 7 - Red Willow Co., Box Elder Twp;
Lists John F Miller, wife, and the three children, with age, and birth date month and year. John F. parents both born in OH., Mary H. father b in Ohio, Mother b in IN. Had a farm, owned it with mortgage. #46 on schedule. Neighbors: James Oakely, Ira Harrison.

DEATH: Death Certificate received on May 16, 1994.
Informant; Lucy Maude Miller Whitcomb, daughter.
1416 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA.
Cause of death: Chronic Myocarditis.
BURIAL: Westminister Memorial Park
1938 : Address; 1183 East 12th Street, Long Beach, CA.

BIOGRAPHY: Occupation: Carpenter.

Note: !DEATH: 1937; Death Certificate; Lisa in possession of photocopy; BURIAL: Peek Family Cemetary, Westminister, CA; died ofChronic Myocarditis due to Senility; informant John F Miller (husband), 1183 E 12th, Long Beach, CA.; BURIAL: Westminister Memorial Park.

NOTES: Went by "Mattie".

1880 CENSUS: Moccasin, Effingham, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254205 National Archives Film T9-0205 Page 303C
listed with parents and 7 siblings;
Madie HARRISON Dau Female Single White age 16 b IL
Occ: Keeping House Fa: OH Mo: OH.

!INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: D.C.
MARRIAGE: D.C.

1921-1937 : Address; 1183 East 12th Street, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA. LAST UPDATE: 21 May 1994.