Columbia-Clearfield County PA Archives Biographies.....ROBBINS, Cortez B. 1858 - living in 1899
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  CORTEZ B. ROBBINS, a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Greenwood
  township, Columbia County, late the proprietor of a large wholesale liquor house
  of Bloomsburg, being an enterprising and progressive citizen of that town. He is
  a son of Daniel W. and Harriet (Ager) Robbins, and was born in Greenwood
  township, Columbia County, September 4, 1858.
  
    Daniel W. Robbins, father of our subject, was a surveyor during his younger
  days having learned the profession from his father who also followed that
  occupation. Later he became a teacher in the public schools in different
  sections of the county. In the early 50’s he moved to Lumber City, Clearfield
  County, Pa., where he erected the first building in that town. Wishing to locate
  permanently he came to Bloomsburg in 1860, and established a wholesale liquor
  house which he conducted the remainder of his life. He was a man of noble
  impulses, kind and charitable, and no man stood higher in public esteem. He
  folded his hands in final rest May 20, 1880, in the fifty-ninth year of his age.
  He was a man of high educational attainments and was thoroughly abreast of the
  times on matters of current interest. He was united in hymeneal bonds to Harriet
  Ager and they became the happy parents of two children: Lizzie M., and Cortez B.
  Although Mr. Robbins took an active interest in matters of a political nature he
  never aspired to office being content to live the life of a private citizen. He
  always voted uniformly and conscientiously for the Democratic party. He was an
  Odd Fellow.
  
    Cortez B. Robbins, in whom the interest of this sketch centers, obtained his
  primary education from private tutors, attended the Bloomsburg State Normal
  School for a time and completed his study at Clinton Seminary. He then began
  clerking in a drug store at Danville, Montour County, but owing to failing
  health he was compelled to relinquish that occupation for one which afforded
  more out-of-door exercise. After his father's demise he succeeded him as
  proprietor of the wholesale liquor business and conducted it from that time to
  August, 1898, when he sold the business to J. S. Bachman. He had enlarged the
  establishment to some extent and carried a comprehensive line of fine wines and
  liquors. He has always been an active and energetic citizen and the promoter of
  various industrial enterprises. A somewhat remarkable and a highly commendable
  characteristic of Mr. Robbins is that he has never tasted tobacco or used it in
  any form, nor liquors, to which excellent habits he undoubtedly owes his present
  excellent health. He has erected a fine brick residence at No. 352 East Second
  street, which is fitted with all modern improvements and is a very desirable
  piece of property. His mother resided with him at the time of her death, May 17,
  1898. Mr. Robbins being a single man, since his mother's death his only sister,
  Lizzie M., has had charge of the household.
  
     Mr. Robbins is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M. of
  Bloomsburg; Bloomsburg Chapter, No. 218, R. A. M.; is P. E. C. of Mount Moriah
  Council No. 10, of Bloomsburg; a member of Crusade Commandery, No. 12, K. T.;
  and a member of the Mystic Shrine.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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