George Maxwell ROBESON

Birth:
16 Mar 1829
Oxford Furnace, Warren, New Jersey
Death:
27 Sep 1897
Trenton, New Jersey
Burial:
Belvidere, Warren, New Jersey
Marriage:
23 Jan 1872
Sources:
Family Tree
Obituary
Census
Notes:
                   Secretary of the Navy, graduated from Princeton in 1847.In the Civil war he took an active part. Appointed Attorney General of N.J. in 1867 and Secretary of the Navy June 1869, by President Grant. He held the position until the end of Pres. Grant's term in 1877. He was sent to Congress in 1879 and re-elected in 1881.
He died at his home.
New York Herald Tribune 9-28-1897.
George M. Robeson Dead.  (I have this in my archives)
Mary Isbelle Ogston AUGUSTUS
Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland
Death:
9 Apr 1910
Washington, District of Columbia
Burial:
Greenmount Cemetery
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
Family Tree
Obituary
Census
Notes:
                   Origially I had Mary Isabelle Ogston, but her Obituary is different.  I am not even sure of her first names. The obituary only had Mrs. George M. Robeson, and had the daughter named.
There is another obituary, that states her name as Mary Ogston Robeson. - Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Apr 1910. So, I don't know what her name was.
Children
Marriage
1
Ethel Maxwell ROBESON
Birth:
15 Jan 1874
Death:
William STERLING 
Marr:
22 Nov 1910
Christ Church Mayfair, England 
Notes:
                   1915 - lived in London and sailed back due to the death of her aunt.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 10page 77 Miss Ethel Maxwell Robeson.DAR ID Number: 9204 Born in Washington, D. C. Descendant of Capt. John Maxwell, of New Jersey. Daughter of Hon. George Maxwell Robeson and Mary Isabel Ogston (Aulick), his wife. Granddaughter of William P. Robeson and Anna Maria Maxwell, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of George Clifford Maxwell and Rachel Bryan, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Maxwell and Mary Anna Clifford, his wife. John Maxwell, who was born in Ireland, entered the service as lieutenant of Sussex county volunteers. He was captain of a company of the Jersey Line, commanded by his brother William, and was engaged at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Springfield. He died in 1828, at the age of eighty-nine. Also Nos. 3555, 8604.
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George Maxwell Robeson - Mary Isbelle Ogston Augustus

George Maxwell Robeson was born at Oxford Furnace, Warren, New Jersey 16 Mar 1829. His parents were William Penn Robeson and Anna Maria Maxwell.

He married Mary Isbelle Ogston Augustus 23 Jan 1872 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Ethel Maxwell Robeson born 15 Jan 1874.

George Maxwell Robeson died 27 Sep 1897 at Trenton, New Jersey .

Mary Isbelle Ogston Augustus died 9 Apr 1910 at Washington, District of Columbia .