Robert G. ROBB

                   Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa : containing biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent citizens of to-day and also of the past.Chicago: Hobart Pub. Co., 1905, 1101 pgs.
pp. 247-8, ROBERT G. ROBB
       Among the highly honored and respected farmers who claim Washington county, Pennsylvania, as their birthplace, one who has carefully noted all the vast changes in Burlington for over forty years, and now is quietly enjoying some of the results of the many hardships he was obliged to undergo in his younger days, is Robert G. Robb, whose life record we are pleased to place before the many readers of this review.
       Robert G. Robb is a son of George and Jane (George) Robb, and was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14, 1832.   He received a good, substantial education in the district schools of his native township, after which he entered upon the farm duties that generally fall to the lot of a farmer's son.  He was a very industrious boy, and very handy with the saw and hammer; between times with his farm work he would practice using them, and soon became a carpenter of much ability.  He worked at both farming and building for many years.
       In 1874 he located in Des Moines county, and his earnings of the past enabled him to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of land, which is the farm he now resides on, and was formerly owned by Joseph McElhiney.  He later sold forty acres of this place to his son.  Besides engaging in general farming, with the best of results, he raises a number of pure Short Horn cattle.  He had one animal of this breed at the World's Fair, which took the fourth prize.  When Mr. Robb moved onto this farm it was in need of many improvements, and he at once began the erection of several necessary buildings.  He has also repaired and remodeled the house, and now his farm, with its substantial improvements, is considered one of the finest in the township.
       Oct. 13, 1859, Mr. Robb joined heart and hand with Miss Mary S. McLoughlin, who was a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (May) McLoughlin.  This union was blessed with six children, as follows:  George M., formerly located in New York, is a minister, now residing in Philadelphia, where he works with much success;  Samuel Edmund, a bright young man with many friends, departed this life at the early age of twenty-five years;  John J. is a prosperous farmer of Yellow Springs township;  Thomas C., also tills the soil to a large extent, in the same township with his brother John;  Jennie E., the beloved widow of Robert Edgar, married Robert M. McFarland, and will live on Mr. Robb's home place;  Margaret May is employed in one of the large millinery stores in the city of Des Moines.  After sharing the joys and sorrows of married life for some seventeen years, Mrs. Robb was called to the home beyond the skies July 30, 1876.
       Nov. 8, 1878, Mr. Robb married Miss Susan K. Kilpatrick, a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kilpatrick, and they are the parents of one son, William M., who has taken a theological course in Allegheny City, Pa., in preparation for the ministry, and is now at home.  Mrs. Robb was born in Monroe county, Indiana, March 2, 1845, and moved to Yellow Springs township with her parents many years ago. a sketch of John Kilpatrick will be found on another page in this review, which will speak more at length of Mrs. Robb's father.
       Mr. and Mrs. Robb are devoted and influential members of the Reform Presbyterian church, where he has been elder for many years; they also belong to the Reform Association.  Mr. Robb has led a busy life, his strenuous nature being utterly opposed to indolence and idleness, and through his perseverance and diligence, and his careful management of business affairs, he has won creditable success, being now one of the substantial and valued citizens of Yellow Springs township, where his family is accorded an enviable position in social circles.



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ID: I09723 Name: George ROBB 1 Sex: M Birth: 1796  Death: WFT Est. 1845-1888
1  Father: James ROBB
   b: WFT Est. 1751-1776
Mother: Elizabeth KELSO
   b: WFT Est. 1754-1777
Marriage 1 Jane KELSO
   b: WFT Est. 1792-1812
Married: WFT Est. 1813-1846
Marriage 2 Jane GEORGE  b: WFT Est. 1791-1818
Married: WFT Est. 1814-1850
Children  Christiana G. ROBB b: 1830
James K. ROBB  b: 1832
Robert G. ROBB  b: 1833
Elizabeth K. ROBB  b: 1835
John C. ROBB b: 1838
Margaret S. ROBB  b: 1841
Thomas P. ROBB  b: 1843
Sources:   Title: Wilson-hill.ftw Repository:  Call Number:  Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Apr 26, 2002



1850 census
84, 84,
George Robb, 55, male, farmer, Pa
Jane        "      , 57, female, Pa
Christiana   "   , 20, female, Pa
James        "    , 18, male, Pa
Robert      "      , 17, male, Pa
Elizabeth   "      , 15, female, Pa
John         "       , 13, male, Pa
Margaret   "       ,  9, female, Pa
Thomas    "       ,  7, male, Pa
previous page:
74, Ebenezer Robb (40) and wife Elizabeth(34) and 2 children
75, James Robb (50) and wife Ellenor (35) and 5 children


1860 census:  Pennsylvania  WASHINGTON  CECIL TWP