Dubois County IN Archives Obituaries.....Robinson, James July 25, 1921
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Carmen Centennial Edition dated Apr. 24, 1993
Reprint from Carmen Headlight Newspaper July 21, 1921
 
JAMES ROBINSON, SOLDIER OF CIVIL WAS IS DEAD>  Succumbed After Illness of 
Seven Months, Aged 87-Burial at Pleasant Ridge.  July 21, 1921:  Following an 
illness of seven months, James Robinson soldier of the Union, died at his home 
near Carmen (OK) Saturday, June 25, at the age of nearly 87 years.  Funeral 
services were held from the home Sunday afternoon and the remains were 
tenderly layed to rest in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, north of Carmen.  The 
services were conducted by Rev. F.L. Farrington and the body was borne to its 
last testing place by the American Legion Post of Carmen.
   James Robinson was born Oct. 31, 1834, in Dubois County, Ind.  He served as 
a regular in the U.S. Army five years, received his discharge during the Civil 
War and then re-enlisted and served three years.
   Sept. 23, 1866, he was married to Rosanna McMahon in Washington Co., IN.  
To whom he as a devoted husband throughout the remaining fifty five years of 
his life.
   They moved to Barber Co., Kansas, in 1883 where he took a homestead.  They 
came to Oklahoma in 1894 and he took a soldiers claim west of Carmen.  In 
1902  they then moved to their present home south of Carmen where he departed 
this life June 25, 1921, aged 86 years, seven months and 25 days.
   To this union eleven children were born, five having preceded him to the 
heavenly home.  He is survived by his faithful wife and six children: William 
B. Robinson of Miami Texas; Elizabeth Hunbmphries (sp?) of Miami Texas, John 
Robinson of Longdale, Harvey Robinson of Carmen, Floyd Robinson of Carmen and 
Edna Devereaux of Carmen; also eighteen Grandchildren and seven Great 
Grandchildren and a host of friends.
   He was a loving devoted husband and father and his home and family were his 
first thought he was loved and respected by all who knew him.
   He suffered patiently for seven months, passing peacefully away in his 
chair.
   The sorrowing wife and children, through the columns of the Headlight, wish 
to thank the neighbors and friends and the American Legion Post for their 
sympathy and kind ministrations in the sad hours of their affliction.


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