Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

(Thomas H.*Robinson) A father has finished hia task] and a family circle has been broken for the first time. It comes to but ; few men to live beyond 78 years of age, with his family circle still unbroken. ! Having been born Feb. 23, 1842, ion a farm in Gillam township, Jasj per county, Indiana, where he spent i hia early life, he showed a keen ; interest in public affairs and a love • for his country by helping to organize the first company of soldiers ’from his community to defend the i Union. Enlisting in Co. D, 9th Ind. } Vol. Infantry ,he spent three years |in the service of his country. He ! was wounded in the forehead, at the battle of Shiloh, and his regiment was in many other severe battles and became known as, the “Bloody (Ninth.” After the war he made his home in Gillam township. . . 1 iHe loved the better things jb£ ; life and always tried to advance ;the welfare of the community in | which he lived. | He united with the Methodist i church in early manhood and all ! through his life was deeply inter-, j ested in all its activities. I In 1866 he married Frances M. j I Rockwell and to this union was I born five children, as follows: Emma R. Smith, now of Hollywood, | Calif.; Lois R. Hinshaw, of Ridge- ; farm, III.; Gertrude R. Francis, of j Charleston, Ill.; Sylvia R. Overton, of Farmington, Mo., and Schuyler C. Robinson, of Rensselaer," Ind.. air of whom together, with the mother, still live to cherish 'his memory. Services held from the Methodist church, Medaryville* Sunday, May 15, at 2:00 p. m., conducted by the pastor, F. J. Beisel and assisted by Rev. John Sebring.