Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1917 — FORMER GILLAM MAN IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

FORMER GILLAM MAN IS DEAD

Albert G. Robb of Washington, Oklahoma, and a former resident of Gillan township, passed away at his home February 19. Mr. Robb formerly farmed the farm now owned by John P. Ryan, and is the father of Mrs. Perry Defip] TTIR Albert G. Robb was born at West Union, Ohio, April 8, 1825, and when 8 years of age moved with his parents to Martinsville, Morgan county, Indiana, where his father, yvith the help of him and an older brother, cleared a farm in the heavily timbered country. As soon as this was accomplished and his parents were in a position to live in comfort, he bought his time from his father and at the age of 18 went into the world to forge for himself a career of usefuluness. He went to Chicago in— 1844, which at that time was little more than a village, and from there to Genoa, Illinois, where he bought a

farm from the government, paying $1.25 an acre for it. Here he remained until the gold excitement in California attracted the attention of the country, and taking his consumptive brother he started for the el dorado. They left Independence, Missouri, with an ox team the first of May. 1849, and reached Hangtown, (Stutter’s Mill) on September 6 of that year. The following year his brother died and he remained in the mines until the spring of 1853, when be sailed for home, crossing the Isthmus of Panama at the place where the Great Panama Canal spans the isthmus and has become the great artery of commerce between the Atlantic and Pacific, going to Chicago from there by way of New York and the Great Lakes. He was united in marriage to Amy E. Williams July 18, 1853, returning shortly afterward to his former home at Martinsville, Indiana, where he enterea into business as a cabinet-maker. I When the country’s call for defenders came in 1861, he locked his shop, walked to Indianapolis and enlisted as a private in Co. E, 26th Ind. Vol. Infantry, and was mustered out of service as 2nd lieutenant in January, 1866. j Following the war and during the reconstruction period he took a very active part, lending all his energy and ability to the upbuilding of his ruined country. In 1888 he moved his family to Kansas, where they lived in comfort until age forced them to go to the children for the care that only a child can give. They settled in Washington, Oklahoma, where his son resided, remaining there until his death which occurred on the 19 th. —Medaryville Advertiser. -