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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ISAAC ROBBINS, born in Butler county, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1838. Going to Indiana in 1839 with his father, he settled in Miami county, where he was raised. When a young man he sought the West, and in 1867 took up his abode in Vermillion county, Illinois, remaining until 1871, when he came to Alba, Jasper county, Mo. He was married in Oct., 1862, to Sarah Hubbard, at Centerville, Wayne county, Ind., where she was born Nov. 3, 1842. The names of the children are William E., Anna M., and Florence M. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robbins are members of the Quaker Church near Alba. On the 19th of March, 1881, he engaged in the mercantile business at Alba, Mo., though formerly a locomotive engineer on the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad.

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