Benjamin Jackson Robbins Individual Detail
Father: Benjamin Robbins
Mother: Susannah Chaney
Birth: May 30, 1845 in Paris Crossing, Jennings County, Indiana
Census: Sep 11, 1850 in Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana,; Living
with family
Residence: 1855 in Iowa with Amos Burton and Charles, Aaron, & Emily Robbins
Census: 1856 in Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa; Living with Amos Burton
Residence: Bet. 1856–1860 in Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa; Living with
Amos Burton family
Census: Jul 21, 1860 in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa; listed as Jackson
Burton; living with Amos Burton
Residence: July 1865 - Came to Nebraska with Amos Burton family
Census: July 31, 1870 in Ashland Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska; Farmer,
living with Charles Robbins family
Marriage License: Apr 16, 1874 - 1st marriage license issued after Wahoo became
the county seat
Marriage: Apr 17, 1874 - Married to J. Amelia Ernstine Beyer by Rev. D. C. Clark
at Ellis Church near Amelia's home
Property: Jun 16, 1874 - Purchased NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35 from UP in Wahoo
Precinct, Saunders Co., Nebr.
Benjamin and Amelia's first home was 12' x 18', two rooms, furnshed with 2 chairs, 1 table and a few drygoods boxes.
Crops: July 1 1874 - Had roasting ears but crop ruined by drought
Crops: July 1875 - Crops ruined by grasshoppers
Child: July 16, 1875 - Dora Mae Robbins born at Memphis, Nebraska
Child: October 30, 1876 - Lillie (Lily) Bell Robbins born at Ithaca, Nebraska
Child: May 1, 1878 - Albert Allen Robbins born at Ithaca,
Nebraska
Child: April 27, 1880 - Henry Nelson Robbins born at Ithaca, Nebraska
Census: Jun 28, 1880 in Green Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska; Farmer
Child: August 19, 1882 - Charles Louis Robbins born at Ithaca, Nebraska
Child: March 3, 1889 - Edith Belle Robbins born at Ithaca, Nebraska
Property: March 20, 1890 - Purchased N 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec. 35 from UP
Property: October 19, 1893 - Purchased home place 80 acres in Sec. 28
Census: Jun 16, 1900 in Green Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska; Farmer
Residence: 1904 - Moved from the farm to Wahoo
Census: Apr 29, 1910 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; Living on own income
Death: Jul 27, 1915 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Burial: Jul 29, 1915 in Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska; Buried in Indian
Mound Cemetery
Sources
1850 Federal Census, Benj. Robbins household, Sept. 11, 1850, Jennings Co, Indiana at ancestry.com
1856 Iowa State Census, Robins, B J & Amos Burton household, 1856 at ancestry.com
1860 Federal Census, Amos Burton household, July 21. 1860, Bloomfield, Iowa at ancestory.com
1870 Federal Census, Charles Robbins residence, Saunders C., NE, 1870 at ancestry.com
1880 Federal Census, B. J Robbins residence, June 28, 1880, Saunders Co., Nebraska at ancestry.com
1900 Federal Census, B. J. Robbins residence, June 16,
1900, Saunders Co. Nebraska at ancestry.com
1910 Federal Census, Benjamin J Robbins residence, April 29, 1910, Wahoo,
Nebraska at ancestry.com
Indian Mound Cemetery, read in 1978, updated in 2002, Ithaca, Nebraska at
rootsweb.ancestry.com/nesaunde/cemeyert/cemetert.html
Register of Deeds Office, (Wahoo, Nebraska, Saunders County, Various dates)
Robbins, Amelia Beyer, The Wasp newspaper, "Got First Marriage License
in Wahoo," (undated), Wahoo, Nebraska
Robbins, Amelia, The Wasp newspaper, "Saunders County Pioneer
Is Called," Amelia Robbins, (undated clipping), Wahoo, Nebraska
Robbins, Lanny, The Benjamin Robbins Family, (self published), (4101 Old Pine
Trail, Midland MI), Nov. 20, 1998.