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BAGBY, ROBERT B., (deceased); was born at Richmond, Va., 1808; his father died when he was four years old, and his mother seven years afterward. At 17 he went to Cincinnati and learned carpentering; went to Louisville, Ky., and soon after to St. Louis, Mo., where he became a practical millwright; he built the first railroad west of the Mississippi river, a circular track at one of the city parks; he went to Green county, Ill., 1835, and to Quincy, 1837. He built several mills on the river from Quincy to St. Paul, and had been in that business and in milling up to the time of his death. He married Miss Graves, daughter of James O. Graves; their children living are James R., Charles H., Lucy, and Mrs. Lizzie Heitz. He was a prominent member in the Baptist church, deacon and moderator twelve years. He was loved and respected by all who knew him, for his sterling qualities and Christian virtues as a man.