Obit of John Ransom Robbins (r152) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Robbins, Ostrander, Parker, Gambill Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4848 John Ransom Robbins, was born February 28, 1879 in Lee County, Virginia and died January 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. He spent his childhood in Virginia and came to Oklahoma territory while a young man, taught school in Eastern Oklahoma for a number of years and came to Western Oklahoma and filed on his homestead nine miles southwest of Cheyenne, where he resided and raised a family in 1937 when he went to California. He raised three daughters and one son who preceded him in death. He was well known all over the county, having served as county commissioner in 1913. He was also well known for his very active work in the Farmers Union. He leaves his three daughters, Lillie Ostrander, Pearl Parker and Ruth Gambill, all of Los Angeles and five grandchildren. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 30-Jan-1947