A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . Revolutionary stock. His pater-nal grandfather was one of the minute menwho watched for the coming of the Britishat Lexington. He participated in the firstengagement of the war that brought inde-pendence to the nation and on many occa-sions loyally fought for the cause of lib-erty. The family was also represented war of 1812 by Captain Nathan Rob-bins. The father of our subject was Jo-seph J. Robbins, a native of Massachusetts,born in the year 1803. When about eight-een or twenty years of age he cast his lotwith the pioneers o
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . Revolutionary stock. His pater-nal grandfather was one of the minute menwho watched for the coming of the Britishat Lexington. He participated in the firstengagement of the war that brought inde-pendence to the nation and on many occa-sions loyally fought for the cause of lib-erty. The family was also represented war of 1812 by Captain Nathan Rob-bins. The father of our subject was Jo-seph J. Robbins, a native of Massachusetts,born in the year 1803. When about eight-een or twenty years of age he cast his lotwith the pioneers of Ohio and was em-ployed by the month for a time^ but after-ward successfully engaged in merchandis-ing in Athens county, that state. He wasmarried on the 31st of May, 1828, to MissHarriet Coe, who was born in Connecticutand died in Athens county, Ohio, afterpassing the eighty-ninth milestone on lifesjourney. The father of our subject alsodied in the same county, on the 20th ofDecember, 1873, and is survived by fiveof his eleven children. PUBLIC llp-^^^ f. (g^^^^/f
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