Crawford-Clark County IL Archives Biographies.....Robb, Franklin 1817 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JUDGE FRANKLIN ROBB, attorney at law, Robinson, is a native of Gibson County,
Ind., where he was born February 15, 1817. When sixteen years of age, he removed
with his parents to Laporte, Ind. After remaining there for a time, he entered
Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, which he attended for five years, taking a
classical course and graduating in 1840. He then engaged in the study of law at
Princeton, Ind., under Judge Embree, and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He
practiced law for a short time at Princeton, and then abandoned it and began the
study of medicine, which he followed for about three years, attending lectures
at Louisville, Ky., and at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1845, he removed to Robinson,
Ill., and engaged in the practice of medicine-except one year, 1847-48, which he
spent in York, Ill., then returned to Robinson, where he has since resided. He
finally abandoned medicine on account of his health, and resumed the practice of
law, which he has since continued to follow to the present time. Politically,
Judge Robb is a Republican. He has held the office of County Superintendent of
Schools, Justice of the Peace, a member of the school board, etc. He was elected
County Judge in 1879, and served one term ably and to the satisfaction of his
constituency, and declined a nomination for a second term. Judge Robb was
married June 13, 1844, to Miss Martha J. E. Ing, a daughter of Thomas Ing, Esq.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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