BIO:  ROBBINS, Franklin, s/o John & Eliza (Purcell) Robbins

ROBBINS,   PURCELL,   CANARY,   CREAGER

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
HAMILTON TWP.
PAGE 737
FRANKLIN ROBBINS is a native of this county and a son of John
and Eliza (Purcell) Robbins, natives respectively of Kentucky and
Indiana, the latter being, it is said, the first white child born in
Sullivan County.  Our subject was born December 8, 1838, and was raised
on a farm, securing meager education at the subscription schools.
When he was twenty-two years old, his father gave him seventy-five
acres of land in Haddon Township, which he improved and occupied
about two years and then sold it.  He next bought his present far,
which he has since increased to 160 acres.  In 1878, he built a fine
dwelling, two stories high, containing six rooms, which is one of the
handsomest country residences of the county.  His wife, to whom
he was married February 23,1860, was Miss Letita, daughter of
Thomas J. and Barbara Ann (Canary) Creager.   She was born in
this county March 30, 1839, and has borne her husband this family:
Annie B., Louisa E., Thomas J., William C., Noah O., Frank L.
and Glessie G., living, and John G., deceased.  The parents are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Robbins
is a Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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