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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. 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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JOHN Y. ROBBINS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29; P. O. Ithaca. Is one of the oldest continuous residents of Darke Co. that we have had the pleasure of meeting with; he was born in Ithaca Sept. 28, 1820, and has lived within one mile of his birth place for nearly threescore years; he has seen the dense forests of Darke County melt away before the woodman’s ax and the onward march of improvement and civilization; he has seen the dismal and gloomy swamps, which bred malaria and death, robbed of their deadly poisons, subdued, renovated and improved, and today, owing to the vast quantities of decayed vegetable matter, these quagmires are the most productive lands to be found in Darke County. His parents emigrated from North Carolina to the Stillwater, in Miami County, in 1800, afterward to Darke County in 1815, and to Richard and Rebecca Robbins belong the honor of being the first actual settlers in Twin Township. The subject of our sketch celebrated his marriage with Susan, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Rhidenour, June 11, 1840, and were natives of Maryland, and removed to Darke County in 1836 or 1837; children— Martha A., Adam, Sarah, Ellen, Malinda, Daniel, Melzena, Ella, William and Alberta; Martha and Ellen, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and bearers of the Cross for many years.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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