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ROBB -LANTERMAN
FAMILY RECORD
EHENRIETI A55 0133
W hat W i l l i t m at terB y and b y ,
W he ther our p a th b e low “
was b right ;W he ther i t shone through dark or l igh tU nder a g ray or g o ld en sky ,
W ha t w i l l i t m a t ter ,
B y and b y? ”
Published by
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER
Springfield, I llinois
1 902
Introduction and Dedication
Robb-Lanterm an”
fam ilyHistory
m ainlvl
thedescendants)of
John RobbandPeterLanterm anM H 5 8/
Data Coneem incj Those til l/whee Hllied Them selves
These Two“
i i m iines t oeerind the Period f rom
”00 to I 9OZ.
Com piled Bv
HENRIETTA ROBB
oi the Third Generation of John Robb and Peter Lanterm an,
Dedicated in Lov ing m em orv'
to HerParents
George Robb and Harriet Lanterm an-Robb
and their Brothers and Sisters.
HE NRI E TTA ROB B
W AYNE SV I L L E , I L L I NO I S
1 902
PREFACE.
Thi s l i t t l e h i st ory wa s commenced s implya s a per sona l and fami ly matte r . Othe r re l at iv es became in te res ted and thereby I havebeen led t o make a grea ter e ff or t
,and am
under ob l iga t ions to a numbe r who havegiven u se fu l s ugge s t ions and help , especi a l lys o t o my unc le
,E l i Hugh Robb .
As fo r myse l f,th i s l i tt le work i s now sub
m i t t ed with a d ifl‘iden c e and he s it at ion,pro
port ioned to the nove l ty of the eff e ct i t rep resent s .
Thi s i s the fir s t h i s to ry eve r wr i tten forthese fami l ies
,and wh i le i t i s far from being
complete,I have done the bes t I cou ld , and
now chee r fu l ly l ay down my pen with thehope th at more ab l e per s ons c arry on th i sh i s tory wh ich I have been ab le t o bu t brieflycommence .
“ The mo st del i cate,the mos t sen
s ib l e of‘
al l p lea sure s,c on s i s t s in promoting
the p le a sure s of o ther s .
” May each one ofu s “ have j u s t c l oud s enough to make the sunset beaut ifu l .May the God of pea ce have u s al l in His holy
keeping , and e ach one s t r ive to mee t our pa s t ,present and future generat i on s a t the feet ofJe su s , and spend a happy l ife wi th Him ,
wh osays ,
“ The Lord watch be tween me and theewhen we are absen t one from another .
Mizpah . H . R .
H E NR I E TTA ROB B ,
W aynes v il le,D e W i t t Co.
I l l inois .
JOHN ROBB AND BARBARA ROBISON.
BIRTHS.
JOHN ROBB was born Oct . 29 1 79 1 .
BARBARA ROBISON was born Ju ly 20 1 790.
1 . Jame s Rit chie Robb was born Ju ly 24,
1 81 4 .
2 . E l izabeth Gri ffith Robb was born De c . 1 4,
1 81 5 .
Samuel Harr i s Robb was born Mar ch 1 6,
1 81 7 .
Ann Co lwe l l Robb wa s born March 4
1 81 9 .
TVi l l iam Robi s on Robb was born Oct . 28,
1 820.
Isabel l Loui sa Robb was born Feb . 20,
Mary Jane Robb was born May 30,1 823 .
E l i Hugh Robb was born Ju ly 27,1 825 .
Thomas Cam pbel l Robb wa s born Dec . 1 5,
1 826 .
Larim na Caro l ine Robb was born March
Joseph R obb was born May 2,1 83 0.
George Robb was born Feb . 1 5,1 83 2 .
John Robb wa s born March 28,1 83 4 .
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MARR IAGES.
JOHN ROBB and BARBARA ROB I SONwere married Oct . 1 9
,1 81 3 .
Jame s Robb and Nancy Cantra l l were marr ied March 26
,1 840.
E liz abeth Robb and Levi Cantra l l were -marr ied Oct . 1 7
,1 83 9 .
Samue l Robb and Dinah C l ifton we re marriedAug . 1 3
,1 840.
Ann Robb and John Mabary we re marriedO c t . 8
,1 85 7 .
( W'i l l iam Robb and Sa l l i e D ru ly were mar
4’ r ied in 1 841 .
XV i l l iam Robb and Zuri lda Lanterman were
L marr ied March 4,1 847 .
Mary Jane Robb and Jo shua Cantra l l weremarried Apr i l 29
,1 841 .
E l i Hugh Robb and Cl ar i s s a B . Lantermanwere married March 23
,1 848.
Thomas C . R obb and Margare t Sprague weremarr ied Nov . 1 4
,1 849 .
Lar im na Robb and James W att s were marr iedOct . 9
,1 850.
Jo seph Robb - and Rhoda B aker were marr iedNov . 4
,1 85 2 .
George Robb and Harr iet Lanterman we remarr ied De c . 5
,1 85 4 .
John Robb and Char l o t t Davi s were marriedMarch 1 1
,1 858.
DEATHS.
JOHN ROBB died June 2 , 1 866 .
BARBARA (ROB ISON) RO BB died Apri l 5 ,1 870.
James Robb d ied Nov . 1 4,1 847 .
Samue l Robb d ied Dec . 4,1 846 .
Ann C . Mabary died Sept . 1 1,1 870.
“ f il l iam R . R obb d ie d Dec . 4,1 847 .
Isabe l l Robb died O c t . 1 8,1 838.
Mary Jane Ca nt r al l died Sept . 20,1 85 5 .
Thoma s C . Robb died J an . 28, 1 87 7 .
Lurinna W’
att s died Aug . 3,1 89 6 .
E l izabeth Can tral l d ied Nov . 29,1 898.
DEATHS OF CHILDREN - IN-LAW .
Sa l l ie (B ru ly) Robb , fir s t w ife of W i l l iamRobb died Au g . 7 . 1 84 4 .
Zuril-da (Lanterman ) (Robb ) Cantral l , secondwife of W i l l iam Robb
,died De c . 1 1
,1 874.
John Mabary (Ann Robb’ s hu sband ) , died May
Nancy (Cantra l l ) R obb , wife of James Robb ,died De c . 1 5
,1 894 .
Margaret (Lee per ) Cantra l l , second wife ofJo sh ua Cantra l l
,died Oct . 1
,1 893 .
Margare t (Sprague ) Robb ,wife of Thomas
Robb . died Mar ch 30,1 89 5 .
Joshua C . Can t ral l (hu sband of Mary JaneRobb ) , died March 3 1 , 1 897 .
Rh oda A nn (Baker ) Robb , wife of JosephRobb
,d ied Ju ly 1 1
,1 897 .
The ran som ed o f t he L ord shal l c o m e t o Z ion w iths ong s —I sa .
1 0
JOHN ROBB AND BARBARA ROBISON.
JOHN
was born nea r th e c i t y of Char les ton , SouthCarol ina
,O c t . 29
,1 7 9 1 . He had two brothers ,
Joseph and E l i and two s i s te r s , Sarah andIsabe l l . His fa ther was of Ir i sh des cen t , andwa s born in I re l and . His mother was ofW'el ch and S cotch ance s try .
His parent s were marr ie d in Ire l and , wheretwo ch i ldren were born to t hem ; then theyemigra ted to Ameri ca when the o lde s t ch i ldwas two years of age . They were the parent so f five ch i ldren—Joseph
,E l i
,Sarah
,Isabe l l
and John—the subj ect of thi s sketch.
Upon c oming t o Am e r ica,they l ocate d near
Char lest on,South Caro l ina
,where their other
ch i ldren were born . Later removing to Lexingt on ,
Ky,where thei r son John—the sub
jec t of th i s sketch—wa s marr i ed,Oct . 1 19 ,
181 3 , t o Barbara R obi son , j u s t a s h i s parent swere preparing to move to Murry county
,
Tenne s see,John and wife accompanying them
to Tennes see , where the rem a inder o f h i s p arents ’ l ives was spent Afte r the i r death
,
John sett led a l l the e state c l a ims,when j u s t
apiece was l eft for each of the five ch i ldren . John gave hi s t o h i s brothe rJo seph , who was a c r ippl e , having fa l len inthe fire when a sma l l boy
,re ce iving such ser i
ou s in j u rie s from h is burn s that hi s speechwa s pe rmanent l y inj u red one side and arm
l l
was so badly bu rned tha t the a rm grew fa stt o the s ide from the shou lder to the elbow .
E l i Robb and fami ly were res ident s of Shelb v county , Il l inoi s .
D ur ing John and Barba ra Robb's re s idence
in Murry coun ty,Tennes see
,t o them were
born James,E l izabe th
,Samuel
,Ann
,W
’
i l l i am ,
Isabel l,Mar v Jane
,E l i Hugh
,Thomas and
Lurinn a . W hen,in March
,1 829
,they de c i ded
to l eave the s ou th,owing to the unplea sant
s tate of fee l ing th at exi s ted at th at t ime between a l l s outhern s l ave and an t i - s l ave ad
v oc at es,he being one of th e lat te r
,they moved
to Sangamon coun ty in the spr ing ofUpon leaving T ennes see for Il l inoi s
,in the
ea r ly times a s was the cu s tom then—fr iendsand neighbors a ccompanied depart ing fr iendsthe fir s t day ’ s j ourne y, camping and sp endingthe firs t n igh t ou t with them . The mode oftravel was over l and , with the pro v e rbia l oxteam and l og wagon
,most ly . IVhen the
Robbs w ere le aving Tenne s see,a l a rge com
pany of fr iends a ccompan ied them the fir s tday ’ s j ourney
,c am p ing with them over n igh t
on th e bank s of the Tombigbee r i v e r . D ur
ing the n i gh t a hea v y ra in fe l l,ra is ing th e
r iver t o a s udden overflow . No l ives werel o s t
,bu t many of the Robbs ’ pos se s s i on s
were sw ept away . Of what was rescued,
mu ch was badly damaged . Among the art ic les saved wa s a box con ta in ing $200 ingold .
Apr i l 1 0,1 830
,th e Robb s made thei r next
move,l o cat ing two and three -four th s mi les
ea s t of XVaynes v i l le ,Dew i t t county
,I l l ino i s ,
where thei r s ons,Joseph
,G eorge and John ,
were born . Here Robb entered 460 a cres ofland . They camped by a l og unt i l a rudeshe l te r c ou ld be provided and un ti l thei r hou secould be bu i l t
,they moving in to i t when one
s ide was s t i l l open ; hang ing bed c l o the s up toprovide shel ter fr om the s torms unti l the tworooms cou ld be enc l o sed . At that t ime thefami ly numbered twe lve per son s . About thi st ime the S trange fami ly came to Dew i t tcounty
,Mrs . Katie Strange being -
a n iece o fMrs . Barbara Robb . They had
,at tha t t ime
,
one ch i ld —John . The fami ly l ived with theRobb s unt i l they cou ld bui ld thei r own house .
The Robb daughters spun and wove thegre ate r par t of the c l o th u sed by the fami ly .
A l i t t le l a te r Mr . Robb employ-ed the l ateJudge John J . Mc Graw t o teach a threemonth s ’ term of s chool
,furni sh ing him one
room of hi s house in wh ich to ho ld the s choo l,
a l so fu rn i sh ing fire wood .
The remainder of John Robb ’ s l i fe was spen ton th i s farm
,where he d ied June 2 1 866
,and
was interred in the “Un ion ceme te ry ’ a t“ f laynesv il le , Il l . His origina l church memher sh ip was p laced in the Buck Creek
,Ohio
,
Pre sbyte ri an chu r ch . He wa s one of theor igina l member s of the VVaynes v il le Pre sbyt erian church , uni t ing there b y l etter June
1 3
I n h i s home the re was ne v er any l a ck ofho sp ita l i ty
,the “ l a t ch - s tring wa s a lways ou t
there , and a k ind w el come extended t o a l l .The changes tha t have taken pla ce duringth i s l ong pe r iod are many ; something ofremin is cen ce and pe rs ona l recol l ec t i on i ssu rely pe rmi s sib le . Certa in ly the one greata im in the l ive s of John Robb and w ife was t oset a pe rfec t example in da i ly Chr i s t ian l i feone wh i ch would interes t and di re c t t he at
tent ion of those ar ound the m t o the beau tie sof Ch r is t ian chara c ter
,and the impor tance of
indu s try and uprigh t l iving . The pe ri od was,
c ompara t ive ly,
one of l i terary pove rty .
Books were few and very expens ive . Eachsucceeding gene rat i on seems to be born toh igher l itera ry de s t in i e s than their father s .
Thei r minds are form ed,hea rt s prepared and
chara cte r s moulded for s c enes and dut ies ofa br igh ter day
,wh i ch promote a s t imu lu s to
cou rage,pa t ience
,hero i sm and devoti on to
duty .
1 4
BARBARA ROBISON
Was born Ju ly 20, 1 790, near Lexington , Ky.
,
near the Cumberland R idge .
“
She was m ar
r ie d at th at p l a ce t o John Robb , Oct . 1 9 , 1 81 3 .
They immediately removed to Murry county ,
Tenne ssee,
‘where they re sided sixteen years ,coming then t o I l l ino i s .
George Robi son,th e father of Barbara Rob
i son Robb,was born in Bu ck s county , Penn
sylvania,a s was a l s o he r mother
,E ll izabet h
Griffi th . Barbara ’ s parent s were marr ied atthat p l ace . Aft er marr i age they l ived six
year s in Louden county Virginia,moving to
Ne l s on coun ty—known then as Co lwel l county—Kentucky . Theyr loc at ed near Lexington ,where h i s wife died
,he dying after moving to
Mu r ry county,Tennes see . Both died in about
the year o f 1 81 3 . Barbara ’ s brother s and
s i s te rs are John , Ma rgare t , Jane , KinseyGeorge
,Po l ly
,E nd-ward
,W i l l i am ,
E l izabe th,
Jame s,Joseph
,Hugh and Grifi‘i t h.
Her or ig ina l chur ch mem bersh ip was p l acedwith the Pre sbyter ian church a t Buck Cre ek
,
Ohio,the same as her hu sband ’ s
,th at being
the neares t avai lab le organi zat i on o f thechu rch of thei r cho i ce .
Afte r coming to Il l ino i s she,with her hus
band , un ited by letter with t he Pre sbyter ianchurc h at W aynesvi l le , D eW i t t county which
1 5
was organ ized J une 25,1 83 6 . Th is chur ch
was organ ized in a l og barn about one and
one -ha l f mi le s wes t o f W’
ayne svi l l e on thefarm now oc cupied b y Mr . Walker Atchi son
,
wo rsh ip being he l d In private houses unti lthe spr ing of 1 83 9
,when a c hurch .was erect
ed,whi ch l a te r wa s repl aced by the chur ch
whi ch now s tands on t he s ame l o t .
They were among th i s church ’ s or ig inalmember s
,and held continuou s m ember sh ip
th ere the remainde r of their l ive s .
She was one of tho se p le asant,sweet
,peace
fu l,se l f-sac rifi c ing l adi es , one a lways ready
to cheer , comfor t or lend a helping hand whenever she cou ld . Always p lea sant and afi ab le
t o a l l who came in contact w i th he r,and as a
consequence h igh ly esteemed by a l l wh o knewher ; e spec ia l ly so b y her own
,and a l l who
a l l ied themsel ves with her fami ly,which was
no smal l number of per sons .
Few indeed can command a s h igh a tribu tein that respect a s she . Afte r the death ofher h usband
,she made her home wi th he r
chi l dren dying Apr i l 5,1 870
,one mi le south
of W'aynesvi l l e
,at the home of her daughter
,
E l izabe th Cantra l l . She was interred by thes ide o f her hu sband in the Union cemetery atW'aynesvi l l e
,D eW it t county
,I l l .
She cam e of a l arge fami ly . There i s butl i tt le h i s tory ob ta inab le concerning her brothe r s and s i s ter s , except a par t of the h i s toryof her brothe r Edward ’ s fami ly . Her brother
,
1 6
near Farmingda le,at 1 0 p . In . May 1 6
,1 901 .
Her s i s ter E l sey marr ied Sam Ray,of Sanga
mon county,I l l inoi s . Owing to the great
n umber of Mrs . Robb ’ s re lati ve s,i t i s im possi
b le to trace the genealogy of her relatives anyfu r ther in th i s l it t l e h i s tory
,a s ide fr om that
of her own fam i ly .
1 JOHN ROBB AND BARBARA ROBISON.
James Rit ch ie Robb and Nan cy Cantra l l .
Joshua C . Robb .
Franc i s Mar ion Robb andAlvi r a Br idges .
(a) Maud A . Robb andEdward H . Mc F arland .
1 Jame s Mc F arland .
Hugh Robb and Jos ie S . Scr oggy .
(a) Ear l R obb (de cea sed )(b ) Lan i er Robb .
(B) E l izabeth Gri ffi th Robb and Lev i Cantral l .
1 Lou isa Jane Cantra l l .
2 John Robb Cantra l l and Je nnie Love .
(a) Alva Love Cantral l andBert ha B . Garrett .
(b ) Edna E ’l izabeth Cantra l l .
(c) Mert i e Maud Cantra l l (deceased)3 Nancy A . Cantral l .
1 8
Samuel Harri s Robb and Dinah C li fton .
1 J ohn R ob b .
2 Josiah Robb .
3 James Robb .
4 George S . Robb .
D ) Ann Colwe l l Robb and John Mabary .
1 John Mabary and Marv Roberts .
(a) Johnnie Mabary .
(b ) Lulu Mabary .
(c) Mabary .
2 George W . Mabary and Mahala Col l in s .
(a) Mamie Mabary and
W i l l Mc Grew .
3 Martha Mab ary and James IV . Adams .
(E ) W i l l iam Robi son R iobb and Sal l ie B ru ly .
1 S tephen D ru ly Robb .
(E ) W i l l iam Rob ison R obb andZurilda Lanterm an .
1 W i l l i am Thomas Robb andW ea l thy Loury .
(a) Harry Robb and Ann Cheek .
(b) Bennie Robb .
(c) Johnnie Robb .
(d ) Ral ph Robb .
(F) Isabe l l Loui sa Robb .
1 9
Mary Jane Robb and J oshua C "
. Cantral l .James Cantra l l and Mary J . L anham .
(a) Farrel Cantra l l .
(b) Ernest Cantra l l .
(c) Nel l i e M . Cantra l l .
(d) Mabel C . Cantra l l .Jame s Cantra l l andChri stina H . Stewart .
Infant Son (deceased )Nancy Jane (de ceased )Martha Ann (de ceased )Rache l Cantra l l and Alva C . Ingham .
(a) George Pau l Ingham .
(b) Mabel C la ire Ingham andJ ohn Brown .
(c) Anna Ingham .
E l i Hugh Robb andClari s sa Ben j amine Lanterman .
1 James Hen ry R iob b andMargare t Jane Mart in .
(a) Earl Robb .
(b ) Bessie R obb .
(c) Owen Robb .
Charle s E . Robb andHarrie tt Da l ia Lyn ch .
(a) He l en Marie R obb .
(b) Irene Robb .
Pete r Lanterm an Robb andIsadora Bradl ey .
(a) Al i ce Le ol ine Robb .
(b ) George Le ster R obb .
(c ) Th om as Bradl ey Rob -b .
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Perry Robb and Mary Boyce .
(a) Albert R obb and Rouie Harmon .
1 Lela Lenor .
(b) Cha rl e s Farrel Rob b and
Bertha Short .
C lar i s sa L . R obb and
George Graham .
1 Opal Marie Graham .
(d) Luel la Martha Robb .
(e) Ruby D zel l Robb .
Pearl Lester Robb .
5 Ju l ia Be l l Rob b .
Ida May Robb and Hen ry Martial Teal .
(a) Mant le Maud Tea l andClin ton Bowen .
1 Ida E l izabeth B owen .
2 George Henry Bowen .
(b ) Li l l ian May Teal .
(c) Chester Mauri ce Teal .
(d) Joseph Martia l Teal .
(e) Floren ce Mabel Teal .
(f) Nel l ie Myrt le T'eal .
Samue l P . Robb and Lena C larie t Mo rse .
1 Mi ldred Robb (deceased )2 Roger E l i Hugh Robb .
Luel la Franc is Robb andC harl es Bri tt in .
1 Lori I ’ aro lee Bri ttin .
2 1
Thomas Campbe l l Robb and
Margare t S‘
prague .
1 Barbara Robb and Fran c i s Brock .
(a) Inez Brock and Oran Mi l l er .
1 Frank Mi l le r .
29O
2 John Thomas Robb .
3 Merriba Robb and Me l vin Ross .
(a) Jo seph Ross .
(b ) Nel l ie Ross .
(c ) E'ar l Thom as R oss .
(d) Mabel Ross .
4 Hattie Robb and Amaziah Pol lock .
(a ) Harry Robb Pol l ock .
(b ) Gran t E l l i s Po l lock .
(c) Edward Artz Pol lock .
Lurinna Carol ine Robb andJame s W atts .
1 James XV'at t s (deceased )2 Mary W atts and Thomas Al len .
(a ) J im m ie Al len . (deceased )(b) Johnnie Al len .
(c) Lottie Al len .
(d) Etta Al len .
(e ) Liz z i e A l l en . (deceased )3 E lizabeth IVa t t s and Lant Bel l .
(a ) Harv y Bel l .
(b ) Carrie Bel l .
(c) Edna Be l l .(d) Adda Bel l
Joseph Robb and Rhoda Ann Baker .
Mary Louisa Robb and Char les L . Morse .
E l i zabeth Ann Robb andChar les M . F infrock .
(a) Ev a Cass Finfro ck . (de ceased )(b) Harry Robb Finfro ck .
(c) Ada Louisa F infrock .
(d) Edna Finfrock .
E l izabe th A nn (Robb ) F infrock and
Char le s F . Finfro ck .
(e) Alva David F infrock .
(f) Les l ie Bake r Finfrock .
(g) W'i l bu r Finf rock .
(L) George Robb and Harr ie t Lant erman .
1 Ann E l iza Robb and
Bowen Cass F infro ck .
(a) Lina Et he l Finfrock .,
(b ) George W i l l i s Fi nfrock .
(c) Pau l Henry F infrock .
(d) Ernest Les ter Finfro ck .
2 Henr ietta Robb .
3 Infan t son . (de ceased )
John Robb and C'harlott Davi s .
Infant son . (de ceased )Me tti e Robb .
Emma J . Robb and Lee Orr .
(a ) Kenneth Orr .
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JAME S RITCHIE ROB B AND NANCY
CANTRALL .
Joshua Robb (deceased )Marion Robb and E lvi ra Bridges .
Edward H . M c F arland andMaud Robb .
James M c F arland
Hugh Robb and Jo s ie S . Scroggy .
Earl (decea sed )Lanier .
James Robb was b orn July 24,1 81 4
,in Mur
ry county,Tennessee . Came to Il l inoi s in
March,1 829 , was married near YVaynesv il le ,
March 26 1 840,to Nancy Cantral l ; to whom
three sons were born . He was a farmer,eu
t ered 1 20 a c res of l and two mi le s eas t of\Vaynesv il le , on the south of Maple GroveS choo l hou se
,bu i l ding hi s house before h is
marriage . He was an earnest working elderin the Presbyt erian church , beingele c ted under the pastorate of the Re v . JosiahPorter . He was one of the ear ly day staun chand rel iab le men : died November 1 4
,1 847
,and
was laid in t he“Un ion Cemete ry” at W
'aynes
vi l l e . H is wi fe,Nan cy (Cantra l l ) Robb , was
born June 1 8, 1 81 6 , I n Clark county,Oh i0 °
cam e to Il l inoi s with her parent s in 1 83 5,lo
catin g nea r VV'ayne sv il le , where she was m ar
ri ed,and l ived on their Mapl e Grove farm uh
t i l a fter the death of her hu sband . Du ring the
24
3was born a son , J ames , Oc tob er/$ 89 7 . They re
s ide i n Chi cago , Mrs . El vi ra Robb making herhome w ith he r daughter , Mrs . M c F arland .
Hugh Robb t he th i rd and v o unges t son ofJam e s and Nancy Robb ,
was born on t he farmeast o f M
'aynes v i l le ,
Septembe r 3,1 846
,where
he spent mo st of h is l ife with h i s mother , un
ti l 1 87 1,when they sold the farm , and he and
hi s mother l o cated in H-eyw ort h,M c Lean Co .
,
I l l . Hugh engaged in the grocery bu sines s fora number of years , then changed to the dru gbus iness ; and has continued in that l ine o f
w ork ever sin ce . February he married Josie S f H e v w orth, w ho 7as
born at “T ’d iana , November 29,
1 85 9 . To them we rn two sons , Ear l . bo rnDec . 5 ,
1 881 , and died No v . 25 , 1 887 ; Lan ier ,b orn January 30. 1 886 . Hugh ’ s mother im adet e r hom e w i th him the grea ter part of he r l i fe ,
d v in e‘ in He v w o rth , Saturday ,
De c . 1 5 . 1 89 4 .
She w as in terred in t he Un ion Cem e t erv . at"
Wa i r e s v i l l e . I l l ,
ELIZABETH GRIFFIN ROBB .
El izabeth G . Robb and Le v i Cantral l .L ou isa J ane (de ceased )J ohn R . Robb and Jenn ie Lo v e .
Yan cy A . (de cea sed )A l v a L . and Bertha B . Gal l e t tE dna E .
Mertie M . (deceased )
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E l izabeth G . Robb was born December 1 4 ,1 81 5
,in Murry county
,Tennessee ; moved to
Il l inois in her 1 4 t h ye ar , with her parents . Sheunited with the W
'ayne svi l le Presbyteri an
c hurc h,May 2 3 , 1 83 9 , and l ived a devoted Chr i s
t ian l ife . She,being the fi rs t daughter in a
large family,the managemen t of early home
life duties fe l l unon her for a number of years .
She proved hersel f fu l ly capab le o f fi l l ing su chan important pos iti on ; and was marr ied at herhome
,2% m i l e s ea st of W
’
aynesvi l l e,Oct . 1 7
,
1 83 9,t o Lev i Cantral l . They l ived a long and
rem arkab ly devoted m arr ied l i fe,and to al l
were fam il iarl v known as “Aunt Be t sy” and“Uncle Levi .
They re s ided on a farm,114 miles southeas t
of W’
ayne svi l le,unti l 1 87 5
,when they moved
into XVaynesv il le , where they spent the re
m ainder of thei r l ives .
To them were bo rn one s on and two daughters , Lou isa Jane, born Oct .27
,1 840; died Ap r i l
1 5,1 896 . John Rob b
,born January 2 1
,1842 .
Nan c v Ann,born Apri l 29
,1 844 ; died March 1 5 ,
Aunt Betsy” dep arted thi s l i fe , Nov . 29,
1 898, l a ck ing bu t a few days of being 83 yearso l d . A mother in Israel . “ She i s not dead ,
bu ts leepeth .
”She was a k ind and sympatheti c
friend and loving companion . She had anabiding fa i th in a heaven ly heri tage
,upon
whi ch she wou l d en ter at her Master ’ s ca l l.
and when the sum mons came y i e lded up her
2 9
spir i t j oyfu l ly and trustingly . She left m anyloving friends
,who mourned for her
,not as
one los t,bu t on ly gone a l i t tl e in advance to
w e lcome her friends , as they come“ One by
one .
” Her husband,Levi Cantra l l
,was born
May 6 ,1 81 4
,in Ohio . In hi s 1 7 t h year
,he
un i ted with the Presbyterian church . Came toI l l ino is in 1 83 5
,l ocat ing on a farm j ust so uth
of IVaynesv il le . After his marriage,he se tt led
on an adj oin ing farm , where he l ived unti l h i sremova l to IVaynesv i l le . He was one of theorigina l W‘ayne svi l l e Pre sbyteri an c hurchm embe rs
,being a fa ithfu l attendant
,and ln
t erest ed member,serving many years as e lder
in that church . His death oc curred Nov . 5 ,
1 900. He was laid by hi s wife,in the W ayne s
vi l l e Union Cem et erv .
1 Lou isa Jane,born O c t . 27
,1 840
,died Apr .
2 John R .,born Jan . 2 1
,1 842
,married Jen
nie Love,Oct . 6
,1 870.
(a ) Alva L .
,born Aug . 2
,1 87 1
,m ar
r ied Bertha B . Garre tt,June 9 ,
1 901 .
(b ) Edna E .
,born March 1 1
,1 873 .
(c) Mertie M . ,born Dec . 1 2
,1 87 9
,
died Nov . 8,1 897 .
3 Nancy A born Apri l 29,1 844
,died Mar .
1 Louisa Jane Cantral l .Louisa Jane Cantral l , known as
“Jennie ,
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was born on her father ’ s farm , j us t south ofWaynesvi l le, Oct . 27 , 1 840. She un i ted w i ththe W aynesvi l l e Presbyter ian church in 1 85 6,pass ing al l her l i fe am ong her own peop le .
She was in de l i cate heal th the las t year s ofher l ife . During her l i fe , by her act ive interest in the work of t he church,
she did much tobenefit the community in whi ch she l ived . Sheal so took a l ively interes t in those soc ia l functi ons
,whi ch do so much to make l ife worth
l iving,and create a oneness of sympathy
am ong the p eop le . She m ain ta ined a Chr i st ian character unti l her death . Her l ove for herSavior was the main-sp ring o f her l i fe . A member of the VVom an ’
s Mi ss ionary Society, theSunday s choo l
,the Chri s t ian Endeavor , and
the Ladies ’ Aid Soc iety,she gladly gave her
l i fe to the work of the church,and t o every
good work of the communi ty . Always in herplace at chu rch
,a lways interes ted in i t s pros
p eri ty, praying and work ing a lways for i tsp eace , she has l ived a l ife
,whose fru its are
on ly to be fu l ly known in etern i ty,but whose
influence w i l l abi de for l ong years . Her deathoccurred Apri l 1 5
,1 896 . She was interred in
the Union Cemetery at W aynesv i l le , I I I .2 John R . Cantral l married Jennie Love .
John R . Cantra l l was born J an . 2 1,1 842 . He
grew to manhood on t he home farm . He en
l i s ted in Company D ,l 07 t h I l l inois Vol unteer
Infantry, Aug . 6,1 862
,serving three years
,and
was muste red out at the c l o se of the war. Re
3 1
turn ing t hen t o t he home o f his youth , he wasmarried at “ f layi i esv i l le , O c t . 6 , 1 870, to Mis sJ enn ie Love , of \Vaynesv i l le . They moved toa farm near Hammond , I I I . In 1 873 moved toB loomington
,Il l .
,retu rning to the farm . in
1 87 6,w here they l ived unti l 1 889 : They then
moved to Tuscol a,I l l .
,where he has s ince eu
gaged in the rea l es tate business .
Their chi l dren are Alva L .
,born Aug . 2
,1 87 1
marri ed Bert ha B . Garrett,June 9
,1 901 ; Edna
E l izabeth,who i s a nu rse born March 1 1
,1 873 ;
Merti e M .,born Dec . 1 2 1 87 5 . died No v ember
8, 1 89 7 .
3 Nanc v A . Cantra l l
“as born Apri l 29 , 1 844 . died March 1 5 .
1 87 5 .
“Nannie,
as she was fami l iarly known,
was a confirmed invali d for many years , beinga great su ffer er ; her l ife - l i ght was gradua l l ycon sum ed , un t i l i t was extingu i shed here , toburn afresh in her fu ture hom e where pain andsu ffering are unknown .
SAML E L HARRIS ROBB .
Samue l Harri s Robb and Dinah Cl i fton .
1 John Robb (de ceased )2 Jo siah C . Robb (de ceased )3 James Robb .
4 George S . Robb .
Samuel H . R obb was born Mar ch 1 6 , 1 81 7
in.
Mu rry county . Tenn . He came to Il l inoisW i th h i s pa ren t s . A ug . 1 3 . 1 840, he was un i ted
3 4
in marriage with Dinah Cli fton,who was born
May 29 , 1 820. They were married near AgencyCi ty
,1 6 mi les west of Ft . Madison , Iowa . Sam
uel died December 1 4,1 846
,in Iowa
,l eaving a
wife and four sons , as fo l lows : John , bornAug . 24 . 1 84 1 ; J
losiah C .
,Sept . 22
,1 842 ; Jam es ,
Dec . 1 4,1 843 ; and, George S .
,b orn Oct . 8
,1 846 .
John marri ed,and then l a te r
,as did hi s
brother Jos iah,ente red the service of t hei r
country,where both los t their l ive s .
Dinah , Samuel’ s widow
,and James Scott
we re married June 2,1 848. He was born Mar.
7,1 81 7
,and died March 7
,1 87 2 . She was uni ted
in marriage the th ird time,t o Martin Sc o t t ,
Aug . 1 6 , 1 87 3 , He was born March 1 4,1 807 ,
and di ed Ju ly 29 , 1 886 . The th i rd husband wasan uncl e o f her second husband . She was a.
mo s t amiab le character,one who had many
care s and bore them plat ien t l v .
“Fear not,neither be discouraged .
” Deut .
“The ransomed of the Lord sha l l come toZ ion w i th songs . Isa .
(D ) ANN COLYVE LL ROBB .
Ann Co lwe l l Robb and John M'abarv .
1' John Mabary married Marv Ro berts .
John Mabary .
Frank Mabarv .
Lu lu Mabary .
Lo l a Mabarv .
2 G eorge Mabary married Maha la Co ll ins .
Mamie Mabary married W'
i l l McG rew .
Martha Mabarv m arried James \V Ad
Deceased infan t .
Ann Oolw e l l Robb,was born March 4 , 1 81 9 ,
in Murry Co .
,Tenn
,remo v ed to I l l ino i s wi th
her parents,and was the chief housekeeper
and home manager for many years . She wasma rried O c t . 8
,1 85 7
,to Mr . John Mabary
,by
the Re v . Thomas M . Newal l . The marriage oc
c u rred at he r father ’ s home,
mile s east of‘Wav nesv i l le . She died Sept . 1 1
,1 870
,Mr . Ma
bary ha v ing died Ma v 2 1 86 7 . John and AnnMabarv w ere the paren t s of three chi l drenname l y , John , George and Mart ha. T'hey re
s ided on thei r Rando lph Gro v e , M c Lean Co .
farm , wh i ch l ie s abou t fou r mi les eas t of Heyworth . Near th i s farm . stands the Shi l ohchu r c h , which i s ne ar the Sh i l oh cemetery
,in
wh i ch cemetery . Mr . and Mrs . Mabary were int erred . Mrs . Mabary w as an exceptional lyeven -tempered wom an . one who pos sessedm any grace s . and was dearl y be l oved b y everyone . Her l as t day s on earth were fi l led wi thintense suffering , wh i c h was borne with a re
markab le forti tude , she ha v ing died o f cance rof t he breast . fte r her death
,
‘
her son John,
and daughter Mattie . made thei r home for at ime , with thei r aunt Betsy Can tra l l , of
38
“ faynesv i l le . A fter reaching manhood , John
started out in l ife for himsel f ; was united inmarriage with Miss Mary Roberts , of KumlerI l l .
,later removing to Wymore , Gag e Co .
, Neb .
They are the parents o f four c hidren,W i l l ie ,
Frank ,Lu lu and Lo la. John is empl oyed in the
v ards of the W 'y'more round house . (R . R . Co .)Mattie Mabary l ived with her Aunt B etsy
Cantra l l some years,then went to Ch i cago to
make her home with her hal f si s ter,from
whose home she was m arried to Mr. James I V.
A dams,of W ebste r City
,Hami l ton Co .
,Iowa
remov ing to W eb ster C i ty,where she m ade her
hom e the remainde r of her l i fe . They werethe parents of one ch i ld whi ch d ied in infahc y. Matt ie d ied F ridav 9 P . M .
,A pri l 22
,1 89 8.
She was a lo v i ng wife,and a kind—hearted"and
exemplary woman . George Mab ary made hi shome after hi s m other ’ s death
,with hi s Unc le
Thomas R-obb , eas t of W aynesvi l l e , unti l hecou ld do for himse l f . John , George and Mattie ;al l three marr ied earl in l i fe . G dMiss Mahal a Co l l ins
yof L-eroyk‘
lfilfig$1 (I
on a farm near Heyworth . I I for om e l i tt let ime ; then m oved from there to Fa rm er City ;from there to YVym 'ore , Nebraska, where theyl ive d unti l the spring of 1 899
,when they re
turned to Leroy , Il l . They are the parents o f
one daughter , Mrs . Mamie Mc Grew , of S t . Joe ,Missouri , who was born Jan . 2 1 , 1 880.
3 9
I V I LL I AM ROBISON ROBB .
W'i l l iam Robb m arr ie d Sa l l ie D ru ly.
Stephen D ru ly Ro bb , (deceased )
YVil l iam Robb marri edZuri lda Lanterm an .
W'i l l iaim l Thomas Robb m arried
\Veal thy LouryHarry .
Bennie (deceased )J ohn .
Ralph .
Harry Robb marr ied Ann Cheek .
Five heirs .
YVil l iam R . Robb,son of John and Barbara
Ro bb , was born in Murry Co .
,Tenn
,Oot . 28,
1 820. came to Il l inoi s in 1 829 . He worked on
h i s fathe r's farm unti l h i s marri age . In the
spring of 1 84 1 he was un i ted in marriage withMi ss Sa l l i e D ru ly . of New Castle
,Logan Co .
I l l b y the Re v . Jos iah Porter . She died Aug .
7 , 1 844 . l eaving one son . Stephen D ru ly Robb ,
who upon rea ch ing manhood—having madeh i s home with h is grand father Robb ,
—enl istedin Company E . 20t h Il l Infantry , was woundedat Ft . Donel son . Feb . 1 4
,1 862
,and l ost h i s l i fe
in the batt le o f Sh i l oh,Apri l 6
,W i l l iam
Robb was espe c ia l l y known for hi s carefu l. andstri ct adherence to church work , and a pureChri stian l i fe . He was a member o f theWayne svi l le P resbyterian church . W i l l iamwas married a se cond time
,to Zurilda Lanter
42
man,of Sp ring C reek , Sangamon Co .
, Il l ino is .
by t he Rev .
'1 no m as C am pb e l l . She was born
September 1 3,
1 825 . They l o cated near
W ayne svi l le , where t he greater part of the re
m ainder of the ir l ives was spent . He died D e c .
1 1,1 846
,and was in terre d in the Rock Creek
ceme tery,by the s ide of hi s firs t wi fe . To
W i l l iam and Zuri lda Robb , was b orn one son ,Wi l l iam Thom as Robb
,who was engaged
princ ip al ly in farm ing . He was married to MissW ea l t hy Lo ury ,
of C lin ton,Il l . To them were
born four sons,Harry
,Be nn ie
,John and Ralph .
Harry marr ied Miss Ann Cheek,and t hey now
( 1 902 ) re side at Chestnut, Il l . They have afami ly of five chi ldren .
Bennie ’ s was a beaut ifu l character ; he wasborn A ug . 1 9
,1 87 1 , died Oct . 20
,1 883
,being
1 3 years,2 months and 1 day old . Hi s l i fe was
ended in a. very sad way, caused from the horrible inj ury he re ceived by being k icked in theforehead
,by a playfu l ho rse
,which he was
t rying to dr ive int-o the barn lot .
'
He re tainedhi s chil d i sh candor and innocen ce to the day ofh is death
,leaving many marked and beautifu l
evidences of hi s ab iding trus t in a heavenlyfai th for a happy etern ity .
In the fa l l of 1 901,John Rob b
,th ird son of
‘
W i l l iam and l Veal thy R obb , entered upon h isfi rst experi ence as a s choo l teacher . He hasim proved al l his opportuni tie s and secured a
fai r edu cation ; earned a n ice l itt l e home forhims e l f , in whi ch hi s parent s and l i ttl e bro t herRalph are l iv ing
,in Che stnut , Il l .
4 3
Robb’
s fa m i ly have experi encedmany of the sorrows and ups and downs ofth is l ife
,but they are a Chri s t ian fami ly
,and
one who can command,and ho ld the highest
re spect and es teem of a l l,and fu l ly verify
fo l l owing quotation :“
The j oys of l ife are heightened by a fr iend ;The woes of l ife a re le ssened by a friend ;In al l the cares of l i fe
,we by a friend
as s istan ce find—I Vho ’d be without a.
friend ? ”
(F) IA
S'AB E LL LOUISA ROBB .
Isabel l L . Robb,known as "d b-by,
”was born
in Murry Co .
,Tenn
,February 20
,1822
,came
to I l l inoi s wi th her parents, and di ed at the
home farm,October 1 8
,of scarlet fever ;
she was laid in the R oc k Creek cemete ry . Herl i fe - l i ght was early extingui shed
,but she l eft
a l l proof of en tering upon a brighter and happier one .
Beauty cons i s ts not in the Spark l ing eye,
The damask cheek and l ip,or forehead h igh ;
Not in t he gracefu l form,or gl istening hair .
Or m e lod v of v oi ce"ah no"not there .
Bu t in the sou l , whi ch every glan c e d isp lays ,Basking fore v er in affection ’ s ravs ,Speaking in l ove ’ s so ft tones
,with sun l i t
smile,
“Wh i ch can an a ch ing heart form n o be gu i l e"It dwe l le t h the re in maj esty serene .
Sweeter than musi c ’ s voi ce,or seraph dream .
—Mrs . H . J . IV oodm an .
4 6
1 84 7 ; died J uly 1 9 , 1 849 . A son who died in infancy . J ame s , born June 1 9
,1 845
,(m arr ied ,
November 24,1 870
,t o Miss Mary J . Lanham ,
who was born January 1 0,1 843 ' died March
30,1 889 . To James and Mary Cantral l were
bo rn Farre l,born Jan . 1 6 , 1 872 ; died Oct . 7
,
1 872 . E rnest,bo rn Ju ly 1 6
,1 874 ; died Sept . 28
,
1 874 . Nel l ie M born Aug . 8,1 875 ; married
I Vi l l iam Summ i tt,of I I ’ aynes v il le , Il l . , Jan . 23
1 902,and Mabel C .
,born March 1 2
,1 879 .
James and Mary reside d at IVaynesv il le a number of years , then located near Decatu r , whereshe died . Late r
,Nov . 28, 1 889 , near Decatur ,
l l l .,James was marri ed to Mrs . Chri st ina H .
Stewart,whos e m aiden name was Huckel
berry They removed to Ind iana,where they
l ived unt i l coming to I Vav nesv i l le,i n 1 893
,to
care for h is aged father .
Rachel , the other surviving he ir of Joshuaand Mary J . Cantral l , was born on the homefarm at the south side of W aynesvi l le
,Dec . 1 3 ,
1 85 0,recei v ing a fai r s choo l ing
,and mus i ca l
educa t ion ; she engaged in teaching for a whi l e ,and was m arried to Alva C . Ingham
,of near
“ Waynesvi l l e , March 2 1,1 872 . They l ived in
and near I Vaynesv il le for some l itt l e time , thenl ocated on a, farm near I V
arrensb urg , Maconc oun t v . I l l inoi s , whe re they have made thei rhome since . Their ch i l dren are George Pau l ,born March 1 6
,1 87 5 ; Mabe l C laire , born May
1 9,1 87 7
,and in the fal l of 1 89 7 m arried Mr .
John Brown,of VVarrensburg ,
Mr . Brown b e
50
ing engaged in farming ; and A nna Mary Ingham ,
born J une 3,1 881 . She re ceived her
ear ly edu cat ion in the country s choo l , fin ishing in t he I I
'a v nesv i l le Academy in: 1 900.
Mary (Robb ) Cantral l , the firs t wife ofJ oshua Cant ra l l , die d Se pt . 20
,1 85 5 ; her hus
band was born Sept . 20,1 81 8. After Mary ’ s
death,Jo shua was again married to Mis s Mar
garet Leeper, March 4,1 85 6 . She was born
May 28,1 828
,i n C lear-mont county , Oh io ; died
Oct . 1,1 893 .
Joshua Cantra l l,the husband of Mary Ro bb
and Margaret Leeper,was born in Clark
c ount v ,Ohio ; c am -e to Il l ino is in 1 83 5
,and
made hi s home near by and in Wayne svi l lethe remainder of hi s l i fe . His fi rst wife diedon his bi rthday
No chi ldren were born to h is se cond union ,but Mrs . Cantral l devoted he r t ime t o he r huband ’ s two chi ldren
,and took in othe r or
phans and cared for them a s an own mother ,training them for usefu ln ess in church work .
She was fami l iarl y known t o the who le community as “Aunt Mag .
” She p receded her
husband to the better home,he surviving un
t i l March 3 1,1 897 . B e
,a s we re h i s tw o wives .
w as laid in the Un i on cem etery a t W aynesv i l l e
,Il l .
Jo shua Cantral l was a good reader,and a
deep thinker,and kept himsel f info rmed of
the new s of importan ce up to within a few
5 1
d ays o f his death . He un i ted with the Pre s
byt erian church at I I iayn-esv i l le i n 1 840; served
as Sabbath s choo l s uperintenden t fo r th i rty
fi v e v ears,was an e lder in that church for a
n umber of years . H is funera l was conduc ted
b y hi s pastor,Rev . A . S . I V'right . The same
pastor condu cted the funera l of h is secondw ife .
(H) E L I HUGH ROBB .
E l i Hugh Robb marr ied
C lar i s s a Ben j amine Lan terman .
1 James Hen ry Robb married
Margaret Jane Martin .
E'arl .’
Bessi e .
Ow en .
Charles Edwin Robb married
Harrie t Da l i a Lynch .
Helen Mar ie .
Irene (de ceased )
Peter Lan term an Robb marr iedIsadora B rad le v .
Ali ce (de ceased )G eorge L e s ter .
Thomas B rad le v .
v
WPerry Robb m arri ed Marv Boy ce .
Albert .
Farrel .C lara .
R uby .
Luel l a .
Pearl .Albert Robb m arried Rouie Harmon .
Le la Lenor Rob b .
Farre l Robb married Bertha Short .
Clari ssa L ev ena R obb marriedGeorge Graham .
Opal Mar ie Graham .
Jul ia Be l l R obb (deceased )
Ida May Robb marr iedHenry Martial Teal .Maud .
Li l l ie .
Chester .
Jos eph .
Florence .
Ne l l ie .
Maud Teal married C linton Bowen .
Ida .
George .
Samuel P . Robb m arried Lena Morse .
Mi ldred (de ceased )R oger E l i Hugh Robb .
(daughter . )8 Luel l a F . Robb married Char les Brittin .
Lori Parolee Brittin .
5 5
E l i Hugh Robb was born J u ly 2 7,1 82 5
,in
Murry county,Tennessee . Came to I l l inoi s in
1 829 and spen t his ea rly l i fe on his father’
shome stead up t o the t ime of h is marriage .
l iving mu ch the u sua l l ife of the early day sett le r . I n August
,184 7
,he was stri cken down
w i th typhoid fever,that being the first case
of that d is ease eve r known in Dew i tt county .
D uring that fa l l hi s bro the rs,James
,I /Vi l l iam
,
Thomas,Jo seph
,George and John
,and h i s
s i sters,Ann
,Lurinna and Mary
,were a l l si ck
w i th the same feve r,whi ch came in an unusu
al ly severe form,and
,s trange to say
,a l l rec ov
ered with the exception of W i l l iam and James .
He was 1m arr ied March 23,1 848
,to Mi ss Clar
i s sa B . Lanter-man,of Spring Creek
,Sangamon
co unty,I l l in
’
oi s . They united with the Waynesvi l le Pre sbyterian church
,he on profess ion
,
she by le tte r . Upon the organizat ion of theE lm Grove Pre sbyterian church—fi v e mile ssoutheast of II ’ av nesv i l le—they transferredthe i r membersh ip May s ince whenthey have held a continuous membersh ip atthat p lace .
He ent ered l and in Barnett tow nship,four
mi l es southeast of I I'ayn esv i l le , where he im
proved a fine fa rm . Mr . R obb has always hada fas c ination for col le ct ing rel i cs
,e spe c ia l ly of
an ancient origin , not leas t among them b e
ing a pitch fork,made of soft i ron
,brought to
Ameri ca from Ire land by h i s grandfatherRobb , and i t i s over 200 v ears old . He a lso
5 6
Margare t J . Martin,who was born June 28
,
1 860,in I Vest m -ore land Co .
,Pa . They
reside in Ad ams county,Il l inoi s
,and are the ,
parent s of Samue l Earl,born Oct . 3
,1 886 ,
Maud E l iz abeth (known as Be ss ie) , born Nov .
"3 . 1 888,and Jam -os Owen
,born Ju ly 6
,1 892 .
2 Char les Edwin Robb marri edHarriet Da l ia Lyn c h .
(a ) Helen Mari e Rob b .
(b ) Irene Robb (de ceased )Charles E . Robb was born near W’
aynesvi l le,
I l l .
,Sept . 1 4
,1 850. He grew up on the home
farm,and was marr ied Dec . 1 5
,1881
,to Dal ia
Lynch . of Mari-oh county,Il l inoi s
,who was
born March 28,1 860. The i r home is on North
Madi son street,Cl inton
,Il l . They are the
parents of Helen Mar ie,born Feb . 1 4
,1 890; and
Irene,born Aug . 24
,1 892
,died Marc h 9
,1 89 7
,
of typhoid fe v e r,and was la id in th e Cl inton
I I'
oo d law n c em et erv .
3 Pe te r Lanterman Robb m arriedIsadora Brad ley .
(a ) Alice Leol ine Robb .
(b ) George Lester Ro bb .
(c ) Thoma s B rad lev Robb .
Peter L . R obb was born in Barnet t township
,D eIV it t c oun t v Il l inois
,Nov . 27 ,
1 85 1 .
He was rai sed on the home farm ,and marrie d
to a near neighbor's daughte r
,Mis s Isadora
Brad ley . at her home , by the R ev . B . EdwardMayo . Dec . 24
,1 873 . Dora was born May 1 7 ,
5 8
1 85 5,in Goshen townsh ip
,C‘hampaign county ,
Ohio,removed early in l ife to I l l inois , where
she has made her hom e sinc e .
Peter and Dora have been prosp erous , andl ive on thei r beau tifu l home farm near Hal l svi l le
,Dew i t t county . They are m embers of
the E lm Grove Presbyterian church , of whi chhe is an ac t ive e lde r . To them were bornAl i ce Leo l ine
,Oct . 1 7
,1 87 5
,died Sept . 28
,1 878.
George Lester,bo rn De c . 5
,1 879
,who is one.
o f the neble young Christ ians, p os se ssi ng that
rare gift of being ab le to forget sel f and conider the pl easures of others ; especial ly tho sewho are l e s s favored1 in l i fe than hims elf . He
is a bright and p leasant gent leman,one
’
who
c omm ands respect and admirat ion from al l .He rece ived a good educat i on in h i s countryhome school
,then attended co l lege at Dixon
,
Il l . , a l s o cou nty norma ls , devoting some timeto teach ing
,then turned hi s at tention to
photography , at whi ch he worked unti l hi smarriage . when he turned hi s attention to farmwork again. He was marri ed W ednesdaye ven ing , Ju ly 24 , 1 901 , to Miss Be l l Gideon , ather home in C l inton . Hi s wife was one ofD eI Vi t t county ’ s succe ssfu l teache rs
,and i s a
very sweet and a ccompl ished lady . Leste rhas a lways been a. p rime favori te throughoutthe c onnec t ion , and to do withou t him wou ldbe much l ike the play of Hamle t with Hamle tleft ou t . Extens ive or further com ment on
5 9
h im,who is so favorably known. among a large,
c i rc l e of re lat ives and friends,wou l d be super
huons .
Tho m as Bradley Robb,th ird son of Pe ter
and Do ra Robb,was born Se pt . 1 3
,1 889
,and is
a sturdy youth , who , when he 1 eac hes m an
hood , w i l l b e amply ab le to defend the ru les o fr igh t and m ake h i s way upward in l ife .
4 Pe rry Robb m arri ed Mary Boyce .
A l bert Robb married Rou ie Harmon .
Lela Le nor .
Farre l Ro bb marri ed Bertha Short .
C l ara L . Robb marri ed Geo . Graham .
Opa l Marie .
R uby Del l .Lue l la Martha .
Pear l Lester .
Perry Robb , fou rth son of E . H . and C . B .
Rob b,was bo rn in Barnett townsh ip
,south of
‘Waynes v i l l e I l l . , Sept . 30, 1 85 4 . He l i v ed athome un ti l h i s m an iage , which o ccu rred Octobe 1 w i th Mis s Mla1 y Boyce
,of
I fVlayn'esv i l le
,who was born March 4 ,
1 85 6 .
They l ived near “Waynesvi l l e un t i l Aug . 3,
1 8182,when the y moved to Custer county
Ne braska,m o v ing from there to Mi ssouri
,Aug .
22,1 89 5 , retu rn ing to Il l inoi s No v . 1
,1 896 ,
where he is pe rm anently lo cated in a cozyhome at the northwest edge of I Vaynesv i l le .
Pe r ry and wi fe are m embers of the I Vaynesvi l le M . E . Chu r ch
,and are held in high
CO
esteem . To them were born six ch i ldren a sfo l l ows : Albert
,born January 1 3
,1 877
,mar
r ied Mis s Rouie Harmon,of E 11 1 1 Grove
,Ju ly
1 6,1 899 . To them a daughter
,Lela
,was bo rn ,
May 20,1 901 . They are engaged in farming
southeas t of W aynesvi l le ; Char les Farre lRobb . s on of Perry and Mary R obb
,was born
Dec . 24,1 878
,and was married Ju ly 23
,1 900,
to Miss Bertha Short,of W aynesvi l le
,Il l .
They res ide in Peoria,where Farre l ha s a posi
t ion with the rai l road ma chine shop s ; Clari s saLavena Robb was born Sept . 26
,1 880
,married
George Graham,of C l inton
,Il l .
,May 1
,1 898.
Thei r daughte r , Op al Marie , was born Jan . 1 4,
1 899 ; Ruby De l l Robb,born Ju ly 5 ,
1 890;Luel la Martha
,born J anuarv 2 1
,1 894 Pearl
Le ster , born March 8, 1 896 .
5 Ju l i a Be l l Robb,born Feb . 3
,
Apri l 29, 1 85 9 .
6 Ida May Robb marriedHenrv Mart ia l Tea l .
(a ) Man ta Maud .
Maud Tea l marr iedCl inton Bowen .
I da E l izabeth Bowen .
George Henry Bowen .
(b ) Li l l ian May .
(c ) Chester Mauri ce .
(d ) Joseph Mart ia l .(e) Florence Mabe l .(f) Nel l i e hil v rt le .
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Ida May (Ro bb ) Tea l was b orn March 29,
1 85 8,on her fa ther
’
s farm,sou theast of
I I'
aynesv i l le, re ceiving he r educat i on in the i rhome school
,be coming espec ia l ly effi c ient in
p laying the organ ; she i s gifted w i th a finevo i ce
,which i s admirab ly adapted for church
mu s ic . She un ite d wi th the E lm GrovePresbyterian Church
,and was married Nov .
2 1 876 to H en ry Marti a l Teal,of Mt . Tabor
,
D eI I’it t county, I l l inoi s , who was born Dec . 1 1
,
1 85 3 . They res ided on the i r farm nearI Vaynesv i l le unt i l August , 1 887 , when they re
m oved to Cal i fornia,moving from there Dec .
30,1 890
,to Lake Charles
,Lou i s iana
,where
Henry M . Tea l was acc idental ly dr owned Jan .
2 1,1 89 1 in Lake Charle s . He was b rought
back to I I'aynesv i l le , I l l . , for buri a l ; the fam
i ly remained in D eI I‘i t t coun ty
,l iv ing a few
years in Midland City,moving to I I
’
av nesv i l le ,
where they ha v e since res ided . To Henry andI da Tea l were born Men t ie Maud
,Apri l 1 6
,
1 878,who was married Apri l 1 8
,1 896
,in Cl in
ton,b v the Rev . Dr . IV . A . Hunter . to C lin t on
fi ow en . of Me chan ic sburg , Ohio . They l o ca tedin Nor th Lewisbu rg , Ohio . Mrs . Bowen ’ shea l th fai led and they returned to Il l ino i s inthe fa l l of 1 901 . To them were born I da E l iz abeth . Feb . 1 4 . 1 -89 7
,an l George Henry
,Ju ly
1 899 ; Li l l ian May Tea l,second chi l d of
Henry and I da Tea l,was born south of
I I'
aynesv i l le . J an . 5,1 880; Chester Mauri ce
was born Dec . 30,1 881 ; Joseph Martia l . Feb .
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in her c hu rch work,she being a. mem ber of the
E lm Grove Presbyterian Church in wh i ch
chu rch she has been a devoted at tendant,both
in church and Sabbath S choo l,having been a
Sundav Schoo l tea che r for s ome tim e . She
was m arried in C lin ton,Il l .
,at he r brother
Charl ie ’ s,by the Rev . I I
’
. A . Hunter,on Aug .
30,1 885
,to Charle s Brittin
,who was born
Feb . 24,1 864 . They l i v ed east of E'lm Grove
church a f ew v ears,1 emo v ing to her father
’
s
farm for a s eason or two,when they purchased
a fine large farm two and one - half mi les
southwest of Waynesv i l le,where they have
s in c e l ived . Mr . Bri ttin i s a k indhearted,
hard -working,su ccess fu l farm er . They have
one daughter,Lor i Paro lee
,born Oct . 1 8 1 886 .
(I ) THOMAS CAMPBELL ROBB .
Thomas C . Robb marr iedMa rgare t L . Sprague .
(1 ) Barbara R obb m arr iedFranci s Bro ck .
(a) Inez Brock marriedOran C'. Mil ler .
Charles Franc i s Mi l ler .
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John Thomas Robb,deceased .
(3 ) Merriba Robb marr ie dMe lvin Ross .
(a ) Josep h Campbel l .
(b) Nel l ie Blanch .
(c) Earl Thom as .
Mabe l .
(4) Hatti e Robb marr iedAm az iah Po l l o ck .
(a) Harry Robb .
(b ) Grant E‘l l i s .
(c) E idward Artz .
Thomas Campbel l R obb was bo rn in Murrycounty
,Tenne ssee ; cam e to I l l inoi s wi th hi s
parents,w orking up on t he farm unt i l h i s im ar
riage , which o ccurred near Cl in t on ,Il l .
,with
Miss Margaret L . Sprague,Nov . 1 4
,1 849 . She
was born in Ohio Apri l 22,1 824
,came to I l l i
n o i s in 1 83 6 . Afte r marr iage th ey sett led ona farm two mi le s s outhea st of I I
'aynesv i l le ,
where thei r fou r ch il dren were born : Barbara
,born Sept . 1 850; John Thomas . born
Jan . 1 85 4,died Ju ly 1 1 . 1 861 ; Merriba. bo rn
March 8. 1 85 8. died J u ly 24 ,1 89 5 . and Hattie ,
b orn July 1 -4,1 863 .
Thomas Robb was a member of the fi rst,sec
ond and fifth boards of D e I I’
i t t Co unty Superv isors be ing sen t from I I
'aynesv i l le town ship .
serving from 1 85 6 to 1 860,1 860 t o 1 86 1
,and
1 863 to 1 864 . He was e spe c ia l l y known andrespected for hi s earnest and a c t ive Ch ri st ianl i fe . He and hi s wi fe w ere members of th e
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“Wayne svi l l e Pre sbyterian Church,in whi ch he
served as dea c on . Up on t he organizat ion ofthe E 1 1 1 1 Grove Presbyterian Church
,June 8
,
1 87" t hey transferred the i r 1m em b ership tothat church
,w h i ch stands five mi les south
eas t of Wayne svi l le . In that church he servedas t ru s tee .
Early in 1 876 he so ld his farm and movedto Linco ln
,Il l .
,engaging in a wagon shop and
implement house . Died in Linco ln,Jan . 28
,
1 87 7,and was inte rred in the Un i on cem ete ry
at I I'
aynes v i l le , I l l . The fami ly,in 1 882
,re
tu rned to D eI Vi t t county,l iving on a farm
some t ime ,l ater moving to C l in ton
,Il l .
,where
Mrs . Robb died March 30,1 895
,at the home
o f her younge s t daught er , Mrs . Hattie (Robb )Po l lock
,with whom she made her ho m e . She
was laid in the Union cemete ry at Waynesvi l le
,by the side of her husband .
Barbara Robb,e ldes t chi l d of Thomas and
Margaret Robb,was born t wo and on e- hal f
miles southeast of V V'aynesv i l le, Sept . 9 , 1 85 0;married Franc i s Brock Dec . 29
,1 868. To
them was born one daughter,Inez
,Dec . 212 ,
1 872,who m arried Oran C . Mi l le r Dec .
1 889 The Brock fami ly have l ived rather atransi tory l i fe
,Mr . Brock having been engaged
t he greate r part of h i s l i fe in teach ing and
prea ch ing . They have l ived in Il l inois,Utah
,
Nebraska , Missou ri , Ohio and Pennsylvania ,
be ing res idents,in 1 901
,of Leechburg
,Pa .
Jo hn Thomas Robb,sec-ond ch i l d o f
Thomas and Margaret Robb,died during
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ch i ldhood . Merriba,the third chi ld
,was born
east of I'Vaynesv i l le , March 8, 1 85 8, re ceiv ingher educat i on in the country schoo l , the I l l inoi s S tate Norm a l Univers ity
,of Norma l
,Il l
and the Linco ln High S choo l . She became aChr i s t ian when qu ite young ; was married toJohn Melvin Ross
,of near Beason
,Il l .
,Nov .
1 4,1 883 . In February
,1 887
,Mr . and Mrs .
Ros s m oved to Oti s,Co lo rado . They were the
p arents of four c l 1 ildren,—Joseph Campbel l ,
born Nov . 2,1 884 ; Nel l ie Blan ch , Ju ly 3 , 1 886 ;
E arl Thom as,Nov . 1 3
,1 888
,and Mabe l
,Ap r i l
7,1 890. Merriba (Robb ) Ross died J u ly 24
,
1 89 5,of mal i gnant tumor
,at her home near
Ot i s,Wash ington county
,Co lorado . Hattie
,
the fo urth and youngest ch i l d of Thom as an dMargaret R obb
,was born eas t of W ayne svi l le
J u ly 1 4,1 863
,rece iving her early education in
the Maple Grove country s choo l ; al so giv ingno l i ttl e attention to the study of musi c .
After movi ng to Linco ln she entered the HighS choo l and continued the study of musi csome years . W as a l so engaged in activechurch w ork , e spec ia l l y in the SabbathSchools
,and has been an a ctive wo rk ing
Chr i s ti an the gre ater pa r t of her l ife . Afterher father ’ s death she removed wi th hermo ther and s i ste r back to the ir Barnetttownship farm i n D e IV i t t c ounty
,from which
she was married Ap ri l 1 0, 1 884 , to A'maz iahPol lo ck . They resided on a. farm abou t hal fway between I Va v nesv il le and Cl in ton f o
some years , w hen they re m oved to C lin ton,
whe re Mr . Po l l o ck has engaged in carpentering s in ce . To them were born
,Ha rry Robb
,
born Jan . 1 5,1 885 ; Grant E l l i s , Apri l 2 , 1 887 ,
and Edward A rtz,Jan . 1 0
,1 890.
LU R INNA C . ROBB .
Lurinna Robb marr ied James W att s .
1 James,deceased .
2 Mary Louisa W atts marriedThomas Al len .
(a ) Jimmie (deceased ) .
(b ) Johnnie .
(c ) Lott ie .
(d ) Et ta Maud .
(e ) Li z z ie (deceased) .
3 Lizz ie I I'
at t s m a rr ied Lan t Be l l .(21 ) Harv y.
(b ) Carr ie .
(c ) Edna .
(d ) Adda .
L urinna Caro line Ro bb was born in Murrycounty
,Tennes see ; came with her parents
earl y in l ife to D eW i t t county,I l l inoi s
,where
she,l ike the rest of the fami ly
,had to endure
mu ch the sam e l i fe as al l other earl v day sett lers in her new home . Spinning and wea v ingwas done
,many hardsh ips had to be endu red .
bu t real l v i t was one of the most tru l y soci a land happ iest of a l l ages . She grew to womanhood on he r father ’ s farm
,tw o and three
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quarter s m i l e s e as t of I I'
aynesv i l le, whe re shewas married Oct . 9
,1 85 0
,to James I I
’at t s ,
from whom descended da r es . wh o di ed in iht'an c'y; Mary Lo ui sa and E l izabeth cal l ed"Lizz ie .
” They res ided near “Wayne svi l l e unt i lnear the eightie s
,when they removed t o
Arkansas Ci ty,Cowle y coun ty
,Kansas
,where
they resided many years , later moving t o Kildare
,Oklahoma ,
where Mrs . I Viat t s died ofdropsy
,Monday
,Aug . 3
,1 896 . She was lai d
in a beaut ifu l cemetery t wo m i le s north andtwo west of Arkansas Ci ty
,Kansas . I n 1 86 1 ,
Mr . and Mrs . Wa t t s adopted a nep hew of Mr .
I I‘
at t s . whose name wa s Joseph E lton D rennan . He was reared with al l the love parentscou l d have bes towed 01 1 an own ch i ld
,an d
grew to be a succ es sfu l rai l road enginerr oft he Santa Fe R . R . . be ing l o cated at Arkan sasC i ty . He m arr ied Miss Carr ie Conk
,and
they have one son,Mac Drennan .
Of Mr . and Mrs . I Va t t s'own chi ldren ,
Jam e sdi ed ea rly in l ife ; Mary L . marr ied ThomasAl len ; they removed to Arkansas Ci ty, Kansas ; later to Pawnee City , Oklaho m a . Theyare the p arents of five ch i ld ren : James
,
Johnnie,Lott ie
,Etta and Lizz ie
,J immi e and
Li zzi e being deceased .
Lizz ie,the th ird ch i ld of Jame s and Lurinna
I I'at t s. was born i n Dew i tt co unty , I l l ino i s ,
mov ing with he r paren t s to Kansas,where she
grew to be a remarkab ly sweet wom an,marry
7 5
ing Lan t Be l l,of Arkansa s C i ty ; late r loc at
ing at Maple C'i ty, Kansas . Thei r ch i ldren
al e Hal v ey E'dna and Adda .
(x ) JOSEPH ROBB
J o seph Robb and
Rhoda A nn Bake r .
1 Mary Loui sa Rob-b marriedChar les L . Morse .
E l izabeth Ann Robb marriedCharles M . Finfro ck .
E l izabeth Ann (Robb ) Finfro ck «m arr iedCharles F . Finfr o ck .
(a) E v a Cass .
(b Harry Robb .
(c A da Loui sa .
(d Edna .
(a) Alva David .
(b) Le s l ie Baker .
(c ) I IY
i lbur.
Joseph Robb was born two and three -quarte r s mi le s eas t of I V
aynes v i l le, Il l . , May 2,
1 830,being the first Ro bb ch i l d bo rn in t hi s
fami ly,a fter thei r removal to I l l inoi s from
Te nnessee,and is the oldest res ident born in
IVaynesv il le townsh ip . He sti l l res ides ont he ol d homes tead
,ha v ing never l ived any
where e l se . and bears the di stingu ished honorof having l ived in Wayne svi l le townshipl onger than any other gent l eman res ident .
He has been prospered financia l ly, be ing ab le
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to purcha se h i s father’
s h omes tead , which hefarmed a num ber of years ; la te r, renting theland , as h i s t ime was consumed by home
dutie s . He was m arr ied Nov . 4 . 1 85 2 , to Mis sRhoda Ann Baker
,who was the daughter of
a neighbor . She was born June 3 0, 1 83 1 , inOh i o ; came to Il l inoi s in 1 83 5 . She was themother of two daughters—Mary L . and AnnE . Robb . Mrs . Robb died Ju ly 1 897
,
having been a confirmed inv al i d and a greatsu ffe rer for 43 years from spina l a ffection .
She was an educated woman,of super i or in te l
l igen c e ,and whi le c onfi ned to her bed
, great lyass i sted her hu sband in t he management ofh i s home and genera l busine ss affairs . Onlythose who have pas sed throu gh l ike tr ial s andsu ffering can have the l eas t con cepti on of thepain . and sadnes s and lonel iness of such a l i fe .
She bore it al l with a Christian p atience , t i l lt he Master said
,
“ It i s eno ugh ; come up h igher .
” When suffering and pain was severe ,she woul d say
,
“ I don ’ t know why I am to en
dure such pain,but the Maste r knows
,and
I wi l l know some day .
” Thus p as sed away a
si ste r , a mother , a companion ,who savs t o
each of us ,“ Prepare to com e up higher .
” Herfuneral serv i ce s were conducted at her home .
and she was lai d in the Union c em e t erv a tI I'av nesv il le .
Mary I 1 . Robb . e ldes t daughter of Jo sep hand Rhoda Robb . w as born July 1 4 , 185 3 ; wasmarried Feb . 1 9
,1 883
,to Charl es L . Morse
,of
7 9
E ‘lm G rove,Barnett townsh ip
,D e IVi t t county
,
I l l inoi s,who was born Augu s t 30
,1 85 3
,in
Madison county,O'h i o . Mr . and Mrs . Morse
have res ided on their E lm Grove farm sincethe ir marriage and are am ong the best c i t izens in t he c om m un it v . Both are active
,
work ing m embers in the E lm Grove Presbyterian church , both in Sabbath Schoo l and
chu r ch work,Mr . Morse being an elder .
Thei r h ome ha s a lways been a congeni a l one ,open t o chu r ch and ne ighborhood s ocia l gatherings , and they h ave at ta ined a reputat ionas enter ta iner s second to none .
E l izabeth An n Robb,se cond and younges t
daugh te r o f Joseph Robb,has a lways l ived at
her fa ther ’ s home . She was born De c . 29 ,
1 85 8,married Char les M . Finfro ck Dec . 29
,
1 881,wh o wa s born Sep t . 1 8
,1 85 6
,and died
of pneumon ia Mar ch 1 4,1 888. To them were
born E v a Ca s s Ju ly 25,1 882
,d ied Ju ly 1 6
,
1 900; Harry Robb , born June 1,1 884 ; Ada
Lou i sa , June - 1 7,1 886
,and Edna
,Nov . 1 5
,
1 888 I f t er t he dea th of the fir s t husband,
Anna wa s aga in uni ted in marri age w it hLMr.
Cha r l e s F . Finfro ck,Jan . 1
,1 89 1 ; t o them
th ree son s were born—Alva David March 6,
1 89 2 ° Le s l ie Baker . born Dec . 26 1 893,and
I I’
i lb er May 3,1 89 5 .
Mondav,May 2 , 1 898, Mrs . Morse and Mr s .
Finfr o ck gave a la rge d inner par ty at thehome of Mrs . Morse
,i n h onor of their father ’ s
68t h bi r thday . Nei ghbor s and fr iends to the
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numbe r of s ixty gathe red to spend the dayw i th Mr . Robb . The day was a del igh tfu lI l ay day
,and the company a s sembled rep re
sented three generat i on s . The v t a lked ofpa st event s and present exp er1 en c es . Theday pa s sed too qu ick ly . Although the pe op leseemed to be hear ty eate r s
,there were many
ba sket sfu l le ft over . It wa s a beautifu ltoken of l ove on the par t of the two daughte r s . An hour was given to the read ing ofle t ter s from rela t ives who cou ld not be pre sent . Some good o ld helpfu l hymns weresung . Rev . Hunter read the 1 4 t h chapte r o fJohn
,which was Mr . Robb ’ s de ceased wife ’ s
fav ori te chapte r,and after prayer a l l de
par ted,wi sh ing fo r Mr . Robb man y m en
bir thda y s among hi s ea rl y fr iend s .
(L ) GEORGE ROBB .
George Robb marr i edHarr iet Lanterman .
1 Ann E l i za Robb marr iedBowen Cas s Finfrock .
(a ) Lina E thel .
(b ) George W i l l i s .
(c ) Pau l Henry .
Erne s t Les ter .
2 Henrietta Robb .
3 Infant s on, (dece a sed) .
George Robb,son of John and Barbara
Robb,wa s born Feb . 1 5
,1 832
,on the home
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farm,two and th ree -quar te r s mi le s ea s t of
I Vaynes v i l le ,Il l inoi s
,and grew to manhood
on the o ld home s tead . Marr ied Harr ie t Lant erman , Dec . 5 ,
1 85 4,who was born January
20,1 83 2 . Dur ing the fir s t seven year s of h i s
married l ife,he res ided in Barne t t town
ship,De I Vi t t county
,I l l ino i s
,the remainder
of h i s l ife has been spent in Maple Grove Di str iet
,I'Vaynesv i l le t own sh ip , D e I
Vi t t coun ty,
Il l inoi s . At one t ime,back in the seven
t ies A . P . Cushman,J . P . Str ange and
George Robb con s t i tu ted the Maple GroveSchoo l Board
,and plan ted the beau t ifu l
map le grove tha t su rrounds the s choo l bui lding . I I
’
hi le a t the beg inn ing of our presentnew century i t w ou ld be hard to find an uh
named s cho o l bu i ld ing,j u s t equa l ly s o wou ld
i t have been hard to find one wi th a namethen . Plan t ing those t rees sugges ted theide a t o
'
Mr . Robb,and he accord ingly
,in j es t
,
sugge s ted the name of “Maple Grove,
” whichwas du ly adopted . He has l ived the quietl ife of a fa rmer
,and ha s l ived a remarkab le
“ c l o se to hom e” l i fe,having ne v e r been
fa r ther north and eas t from home than Peori a
,Hudson
,No rma l and IVe ldon Springs
,
and s outh and wes t than A lton,Il l . He was
bapt ized in the IVaynesv i l le Presby ter ianChurch
,June 2
,1 83 9
,was rece ived into mem "
her sh ip in that chu r ch on profe s s ion of fa i thDec . 3 1
,1 85 1
,enrol lment n umber
,1 06 .
Se rved a s t ru s tee in that chur ch . To George
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and Harr iet R obb were born Ann E l i z a , bornDec . 29 , 1 85 5 ; Henr iet ta , born September 1 9 ,1 86 1 ; and an" infan t son , born and died September 25
,1 87 6 .
Ann E l iz a,ca l l ed “ Liza
,
” was marrie d Ju ly1 9
,1 881
,to Bowen Ca s s Finfrock
,of W ayne s
vi l le,Il l ino i s
,who was born Dec . 26
,1 85 0.
To them were born Lina. Ethel,June 1 4
,1 884 ;
George IV i l l is,June 1 8
,1 887 ; Pau l Henry,
Apri l 5 , 1 890; and E lrneSt Lester Ju ly 1 8, 1 89 5 .
A fur ther de s cr ipt ion of th i s fami ly,espe
c ial ly that of Mr s . Robb,may be found in the
Lanterman re cord,which speaks of a doub le
wedding,Mr . and Mrs . Geo rge Robb be ing
one of the coup le s .
THY BURDEN .
’
“ To every one 0 11 ear thGod gives a burden to be ca rried downThe road that l ie s between th e cro s s
crown ;No lo t i s who l ly free ;He giveth one t o thee .
Some carry i t a l oft,
Open and vi s ib le to any eyes,
And al l may se e i t s fo rm and we igh tS ize ;
Some h ide i t in the ir brea s tAnd deem i t thu s ungue s sed .
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Thy burden i s God ’ s gift ,An d i t wi l l make the bearer ca lm and s trong ,Yet
,l es t i t pre s s too heavi ly and long ,
He says,
“ Cas t i t on me,
And i t sha l l ea sy be .
”
And those who heed h i s vo i ce,
And seek t o gi v e i t ba ck in t ru s tfu l prayer,
Have qu iet hea r ts tha t never c an de spair ;A nd hope l igh ts up the wayUpon the darkes t dav .
Take thou thy burden thusIn to thy hands and l ay i t a t h i s feet .A nd whethe r i t be sor row or de fea t
,
Or pa in,or s in . or ca re ,
Upon the darkes t dav .
I t i s th e l onel y l oadTha t cru she s ou t the l i fe and l igh t of
heaven,
Bu t borne with Him,the sou l res to re d
,for
given,
S ings ou t th rough a l l the day sHer joy ,
and God ’ s h i gh pra i se .
when the batt le of l ife seemed ea sy , they , inth e pre sence o f God and man
,pledged them
se l v e s tha t,c ome wha t w ou ld
,sunsh ine or
shadow,s orrow or j oy
,s icknes s o r he a l th
,
pro sper i tgy or adve r s i ty,that each shou ld
share equa l ly,and s tr ive to make l ife worth
l iving . Tho se who know them,know that
p ledge ha s been fai t hfu l l v ob served .
During their res idence in W aynesvi l l e .
Mr . Robb and fami ly were fai thfu l in theirdut ies t oward the I I
'
aynesv i l le Pre sbyte r i anchur ch
,of which they were devoted member s
,
being c lo se attendan t s a t prayer meeting inthe Sunday Schoo l and church service s . Hewas one of the mos t re l iab le members thechurch has eve r c l a ime d
,and ha s served a s
t ru s tee,deacon and e lder .
Jus t before leaving I l l ino is Mr . Robb he ldone of the most s ucces sfu l pub l i c s ale s everheld in the community—cows br inging from$ 5 0t o $70per head ; medium s ized horse s $1 96t o $250; young hor ses $ 1 5 3 to $ 1 80; s tockhogs a t the rate of 1 0 cent s per pound . Oat s5 0c pe r bu shel
,and other th ings a t l ike rate .
March 1 1,1 883
,they ce lebrated the 2 5 t h ah
n iv ersary of the i r mar r i age before leavingtheir
’
I I 7aynesv i l le hem -r e fe r th e wes t . Notwi th s tanding th e sadnes s wh i ch a l l fe l t ove rthe approach ing sepa rat ion from su ch a fami ly
,al l present enj oyed the o c cas ion ve ry
mu ch,and un ited in pronounc ing the suppe r
v erv fine . Many va luab le pre sent s were given
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wh i ch are che r i shed keepsake s and reminder s o f the o ld friends from whom they havebeen separa t ed so l ong .
Before the a s sembled gue s ts took thei r depar tu re
,after the in imitab le supper , and an
even ing spen t i n soc ia l conve r se and musi c ,at Mr . Robb ’ s reques t h i s favor i te hymn ,“ Ble s t be t he Tie that Binds Our Hear ts inChr i s t ian Love
,
” wa s sung,fo l l owed b y pray
e r,l ed b y Rev . J . L . B . E fl l is . The friends
then bade them good night,with k inde s t
wishe s to a ccompan y them to the new hom e .
Mett ie Robb wa s educated in t he I Vaynes
vi l l e,Il l .
,pub l i c s choo l s
,fr om which she en
t ered the Il l ino i s S ta te Norma l Un ivers i ty atNormal
,Il l .
,where she took a two year s
cour se . Afte r moving to Kan sa s she b eganthe work of a teacher , teach ing four year s inthe country
,much of t he t ime boarding a t
her home in the c i ty,and r id ing one of these
wi ld,wes tern sadd le horses
,go ing th roug h
a l l k inds of w eather,and mos t of the t ime
made he r own fi res . She then se cured a pos it ion a s tea cher in second and th ird gradework , i n their own ward and c i ty s choo l . Tosay tha t in the fa l l of 1 901 she s tar t s in onher 1 4t h year ’ s work i n tha t room mi ldly 1 11 1pa r ts the idea of t he es teem in whi ch she i sheld by patrons and s choo l board . Her r oombe ing ‘
the most des irab le one in the c ity,at
t ime s there are a s many a s for t y app l icantsfo r t he room
,and she being ab le t o secu re
t i c e enti re n ine s choo l board vote s,shows
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tha t her e ff ort s a re apprecia ted . Her pup il sa re her fa s t fr iends and con fidan t s . She
wins and ho lds thei r be s t effo r ts throughthei r aff e c t ions , and time on ly strengthensher in the e steem of patron s and schoo lboa rd . The w ork of a teache r i s ever l a s ting .
The ir infl uence goes into thou sands of home sand fina l ly those younger l ives
,di rected and
gu ided b v the tea cher ’ s mind,grow up and
tru ly
The sword and the pen of the s ta te sman,
Wi l l be held b y the l i t t l e b rown hand .
”
Her pa tr on s pronoun ce her “ a sp lendidteache r
,
” and sta te “ no other teache r ha staugh t s o lov al ly or more effi c ien t l v and fai thfu l ly
,a s M i s s Robb .
” Mis s R obb ha s been afa i th fu l a t tendan t a t their own home summer Normal s
,reading c l ub s
,tea cher s ’ meet
ings,and thei r annua l S ta te T
'
each-er s ’ A s soc iat ion s . She was a l s o one of th e par ty of1 5 0Kan sa s tea cher s who attended the Teache r s ’ Nat iona l E ducat i onal Ass oci a t ion i nW a shington
,D . C .
,in 1 898
,and were t en
dered a re ception by the Kan sas Sen ator .
After the N . E . A . adj ourned,the E lD orado
party spent a number of days in s igh t -seeing ,vi s i t ing the monumen t , Arl ington HeightA r l ington Mans i on ,
L ib rarv bu i ld ing,Smith
son-ian In s t i tu te,Nationa l Mu seum, Pensi on
and Paten t O ffi ce bu i ld ings,Exe cu t iv e Man
s ion, (attending one of Pres ident M cKin ley’ s
recepti on s ) , and m an v other po in t s of in ter
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e s t,not l ea s t among them be ing a tr ip down
the Potomac,s to ing at O ld Po int Com f01 t
\ 0 1 fo lk and onAV irgin ia Be ach . She has
trave led qu i t e exten s ively , and being a ke enob serxe 1 enab le s he r t o ga in much informat ion in tha t way . Not l ea s t among such v i si t at ions was a ca re fu l s tudy of the 1 893 Chic ago \V or la’ s Fa ir ; a l s o her a ttend ance at theDe tro i t , 1 901 , N . E . A .
,go ing from there by
way of the l akes , to v i s i t the Bu ffa l o Pan
Amer i can E xpos i t i on , vi s i t ing Niagara Fal l s ,Chautauqua and Canada from Buffal o .
Emma,the younge r daughter of John and
Char l o t t Robb,was born eas t of W aynes
vi l le,Aug . 1 3
,1 867 She was educated in the
W ayne svi l le,Il l .
,pub l i c s choo l s
,and the E l
Dorado,Butler coun ty
,Kan .
,High Schoo l
W'as al s o given a musi ca l educat i on
,and ha s
shown a marked t a len t for fan cy work,do ing
art i s t i c paint ing and need le work,e spec ia l ly
the l atter . She wa s marr ied Mar ch 1 1,1 839
,
t o Lee Orr,of E lD orado
,Mr . Orr be ing in the
emp loy of the M . P . R . R . Co . They are t heparen t s of one s on
,Kenne th Orr . They l ive i n
thei r beautifu l h ome in E -lD orado . V t le
Mr s . Orr i s in del icate hea l th, she i s a muchinte res te d par t i c ipat or i n many of the s o c ialfunct i ons of the c i ty
,he r hu sband being
c l o sely conne c ted with many l ike socie t iesa l so .
MARR IAGES.
Pete r Lanterman and
E l iz a Se l l ar s Purvines were marr iedDec . 1 9
,1 822 .
1 Nancy J . Lante rman marr ied GeorgeRos s
,Sept . 1 7
,1 849 .
2 Zuri lda Lanterman marr ied W i l l iamRobi son Robb March 4
,1 847 .
Zuri lda Lanterman (Robb) mar r ied E l iCantra l l
,Dec . 5 , 1 85 4 .
3 Clar i s s a B . Lanterman married E l iHugh Robb
,March 23
,1 848.
4 Harr ie t Lante rman marr ied GeorgeR obb . Dec . 5
,1 85 4 .
5 Amanda Lanterman marr ie d JamesCan tr a l l
,Sept . 1 5 , 1 85 5 .
Aman da Lanterm an (Cantra l l ) marr i edRober t Campbe l l
,Feb . 9
,1 87 5 .
6 Ann Lanterman m arr ied John AdamsSept . 1 2
,1 85 8.
7 Henry Clay Lante rman married MaryDixon Irw in
,Sept . 1 1
,1 866 .
8 Sarah Sophia Lanterman marr iedMathew D . Irwin
,Feb . 6
,1 867 .
( Danie l W . Lanterman mar r i ed Sa
mantha Sylves ter De c . 25,1 872 .
Dan ie l I V . Lante rman married A nnaCantra l l June 1 2
,1 879 .
Dan ie l XV . Lanterman m arr i ed Cora C .
L YVal lac e,Dec . 1 3
,1 883 .
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1 0 Ben j amin S . Lan terman marr ied RuthParker
,Aug . 1 4
,1 873 .
1 1 John P . Lanterman marr ied RebeccaJane Gambre l
,Aug . 27
,1 87 3 .
DEATHS.
Pe ter Lan terman died June 26,1 866 .
E l iz a S . Lanterman died Feb . 20,1 882 .
Marv A nn Lante rman died Feb . 9,1 84 5 .
Ann E l iz a (Lanterman ) Adams , diedJune 24
,-1 870.
Zuri lda (Lante rman ) (Robb ) Cantra l l ,d ied Dec . 1 1
,1 874 .
DEATHS OF CHILDREN-IN-LAW.
James Cantra l l d ied Nov . 28,1 868.
Samantha (Sylves ter ) Lante rman diedOc t . 1 9
,1 877
Joanna J . (Cantra l l ) Lante rman diedFeb . 27
,1 882 .
Robe r t Campbel l d ied July 1 2,1 89 9 .
Bea r ye one another ’ s burdens .
” Gal .
Pete r Lan terman,son of Pe te r and Al let ta
Lanterman was born in Flemingsbu rg , Fleming c oun t v ,
Kentucky,Ju ly 26
,1 79 5 . Moved
with h i s paren t s in 1 81 9 to Sp r ing Creek ,Sangamon county
,Il l ino is . His father was
a na t i v e of Ge rmany ; was born January 8,
1 749 : died June 1 4,1 82 1 : He em i grated to
New York s tate,l ate r m oving to Maryl and
,
where he wa s ma rr ied to Mis s Al le t ta. Applegate , of Mary land , who was a nat ive of NewYork s ta te . She was born Augus t 22
,
died December 30,1 83 9 . They lo cated in
F lemingsbu rg,Ken tu cky
,l a ter removing to
Spr ing Creek,Sangamon coun ty, I l l ino i s , in
1 81 9,where they spen t the remainder of
thei r l ive s and were la id in the Spring Creekceme t ery . They were the parents of a l argefami l y ; of thei r son ,
Pe ter,i t can tru thfu l ly
be sa id,he grew into a keen
,pract i ca l
,cu l
t ured man,one who said th ings s traigh t to
the poin t,and alway s m ean t j u s t wha t he
sa id . H e was an earnes t reader and a deepthinking man . A firm be l ie v er in “ the Gosp el ,not a s a power . bu t a s the power , the onlypower
,and the a l l - su ffi c ien t power o f God
un to sa l v a ti on to a l l tha t bel ie v e . Not wha tmen th ink
,say and write in a book
,bu t what
the Bibl e sav sy He was a coope r by tr adea s wel l a s a farme r . Al so a so ld ier in thewa r of 1 81 2 . Enl i s ted in Flemingsburg
,Ky .
,
1 00
e lder fo r yea rs , in the New Sch oo l Presbyter ian Chu r ch o f Spr ing Creek . UnitedA pr i l 1 1 , 1 85 3 , by le tter , w i th the “ f aynesv i l l e Pre sbyter i an Chu rch
,e lecte d June 1 6
,
1 85 4, and se rving then as the n inth e lder
elec ted in that chur ch,se rv ing unti l h i s
death . His mothe r ’ s s i s ter,Mis s Po l ly Ap
p legat e , made her home wi th him unt i l herdea th
,wh ich o ccu rred in 1 842
,when she was
aged near ly 80.
He had five bro the r s and three s i s ter s .
They were (A ) Ri chard Lanterman , born Sep t .
1 9,
1 782 ; (B ) John: Lanterman,born Oct . 1 8
,
1 784,marr ied E l izabeth M cKinney; they
were the parent s of a l arge fami ly ; (C )Dan ie l Lan terman
,born De c . 24
,1 7 186 ; was
marr ied twice,firs t t ime to Sa l l ie Luman
,
they had th ree hei rs , “ 1 l l ian1,Sa l l ie and
Pe ter . His se cond w ife wa s Mrs . E l i zabethIrw in . They had one daugh ter , L izz ie ; (D )James Lan terman
,born Apr i l 1 5
,1 789
,m ar
r ied Jenn ie Drennan ; they we re the parent sof a l a rge fami ly ; (E ) A bram Lan te rman
,
born Jan . 20,1 792
,marr ied Martha W h ite ;
to them were born E l i zabeth Jane,A l le tta
Margaret , Soph ia ,Nancy Gordon and Isabe l
t i te ; (F) Soph i a Lanterman , born Ju ly 7,
1 780,marr ied John Lindsey ; John and Abram
we re the i r chi ldren ; (G) Hetty Lante rmanborn Dec . 8
,1 793
,and (H) Al l et ta Lan ter
m an ,born March 1 4 , 1 79 5 , marr ied Thoma s
E rnes t . To them were born twelve ch i ld ren
1 02
a s fo l l ows : (1 ) Soph ia Jane Erne s t mar r iedS imon Ricka rd . They held a cont inued re s ideu c e on the ir fa rm where Mr . Rickard d iedafter reaching a good age . To them. wereborn (a ) Laura, who marr ied Mr . E dwardW att s , of Spr ingfield ; (b ) He len (known as
E l la) marr ied Mr . French,was le ft a widow
i n ear l y l i fe,and l ive s in Spr ingfie ld ; (c ) E d
ward marr ie d Mi s s Boardman and theyres ide in Spr ingfield ’ s suburbs ; (d ) Al let tamarr ie d Frank Jame s ; they l ive w ith hermother on the o ld home farm near Spr in gfield
,Il l . ; (e ) Su s ie R i ckard , who died in ch i ld
hood . (2) John W i l li am Ernes t wa s m ar
r ied in 1 85 3 t o Ju l ia V Vooly. They a re re s i
dent s of Faye tte,Macoup in county
,I l l ino i s .
(3 ) Peter Lanterman E rnes t married Lizz ieThompson . He died a t hi s home in Cherryvale
,Kan . (4 ) Saphron ia Shaw E rnes t
marr ied Dr . Benj amin Sanford Rob i s on .
He wa s born in Hami l ton county,Ohio
,Ju ly
24,1 81 5 ,
and re ceived h i s medica l educationat the Cinc innati
,Ohio
,c ol lege . He came
to Sangamon county,Il l inoi s
,Nov . 3
,1 840
,
where he sett l ed upon Spr ing Creek,where
he fo l l owed. h i s profes s ion dur ing h i s l i fe
(unt i l o l d age requ ired h im to give up hi spra ct i ce) w i th the except ion of a few year s ’
pract i ce at W ayne svi l l e , Dew i t t county , Il l ino i s . He returned t o hi s Spr ing Creek p ract i ce from W ayne svi l l e He and Sap hronia
were marr ied in May , 1 846 . He die d at thehome of one of h i s ch i ldren in Kansas in
1 893 , s ince when h i s wife makes he r homewith her ch i l dren
,who are : (a ) Mr s . He l en
F .
, wife of A ..L . Patteson
,of C'antra l l
,Il l . ;
(b l Mrs . Loui s a Dodd,wife of Char l es Dodd
,
of l Vav erly,Il l . ; (c) Mrs . Mary Hal l
,wife of
J . l l'
arren Hal l,of Quenemo , Kan . ; (d ) Alex
ander M . Robi s on,of Wh i te C l oud
,Kan
(e) Mrs . Lizzie Ryan,wife of Hugh Ryan
,of
Wh i t e C loud , Kan .
,and (f) Frederi c A . Rob
1 son,of “ ( h i te C loud
,Kan . Dr . Robison
was fa ithfu l t o h i s cal l ing,and a s trong
Ch r i s t ian chara cter,unswer v ing in whatever
he deemed r ight in the s igh t of God . Hisla s t words were : “ I am wa it ing for Thee
,O
Lord .
”
(5 ) A nn Ernes t wa s marr ied twice,first
t ime to “ 7m . Young Kirk . He died
,l eaving
one daugh ter,Ju l i a . She was marr ied the
second time to Mr . YVat son . He died,leav
ing one daugh ter,Mrs . Je ss ie Shu ltz
,with
whom Mrs . “T
at son makes he r home inSpringfie ld
,Il l .
(6) W i l l i am Ernes t ne v er marr ied . Hebore the great ly de s ir ed t i t le of pur i ty and
sweetnes s of character ; a lway s amiab le . Heen l i s ted in the servi ce and died at the s iegeof Vi cksburg .
(7 ) Henr ie tt a Mar ia Ernes t,known a s
Ritta,
” married Henry W ash ington RickardJune
,1 866
,i t being a second mar r i age for
Mr . Ri ckard . He died in 1 89 1 . To th i s unionw ere born two ch i l d ren ,
Mr . Tom Rickard and
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Ernes t . t ook charge of h i s home un t i l h i ssecond mar riage to Amy Ti t ia (Dunham)Twade l l
,of “ faynes v i l le ,
I l l .,which oc curred
Feb . 1 . 1 882 . Their ch i ldren a re : P erc iv i l le
Raymond Erne s t,born Jan . 2 1
,1 883
,and
Mary E s ther E rnest,born Sept . 5
,1 885 . They
continued t o l ive a t the o ld E rnes t (Spr ingCreek) homes tead unti l a fte r the de ath ofMr . Ernes t ’ s s i s ter
,Bett ie
,who made he r
home with them,when in the fa l l of 1 89 7
they leased the o ld home,bui ld ing them a
home at 3 22 Sou th Dougla s avenue,Spr ing
field,Il l .
,where t he v have res ided s ince .
ELIZA SELLARS PURVINES .
(A ) El iza Sel l a rs Purvines,wife of Peter
Lante rman,was born a t Concord
,Gabaras
c ounty,Nor th Caro l ina
,Nov . 27
,1 805 . Her
fa ther,John Purvines
,was a nat ive of North
Ca ro l ina ; he r mother , E l izabe th Li senby , wasa nat ive of W a les , and emigrated to NorthCaro l ina . John Pur v ines wa s twice married ;fir s t t ime to Nancy Furgu s on . To them wereborn Simpson
,John and Alexander
,E l i za
be th,Patt i and Margaret . Patt i (the o ldes t )
married and l ived in North Caro l ina,never
came to I l l ino i s , a s the others d id , l ocat ing inSangamon county
,n ea r Plea sant Pla in s
,I l l .
El izabeth,cal led “
Be t s v ; marr ied Hou s tonPlunke t t
,of P lea sant Pla in s . From the
same v ic in it v Margaret m a rr ied John Irwin .
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She was common ly ca l led “ Peggy or “AuntPeggy .
” John and Alexander marr ied s i ste rs , the Mi s ses Crowe , of P leasant P l a in s .
John Purvines wa s marr ied the second t imeto Mis s E l iz abeth Li senby
,of Concord
,Nor th
Ca ro l ina . To them were born Jame s,
Samuel , Nancy and E l iz a—the subj ec t of thi ssketch .
(B) Samue l Purvines marr ied Po l ly Irwin,
of P lea sant Plain s,I l l . Their “ ch i ldren are :
Til it ha,Lydia Ann
,Achi l l i s Newton
,Ma
ti lda , Francis, John,Mar i a and Samuel
S tewar t . Ti l i t ha marr ied Frank Hami l ton ,
of Plea sant Plain s . Lydia Ann marr iedJack Bone
,of Ch icago . She died
,then he
marr ied her s i s t er Franci s . Newton nevermarr ied . Mati lda marr ied Thoma s Wh i te
,
of P le a sant Pl a in s . John marr ied Mis s Jenn ie Perk in s . Mar ia marr ied Mr . Boone
,of
Car thage,Mo . S tewart marr ied Mi s s Mo l l ie
Harne t .
(C ) James Purvine s and wife , Po l ly , ca l ledAun t Pol ly
,
” removed to Iowa,afte r qu ite a
l ong re s idence nea r Plea san t P l ains .
(D ) Nancy Purvine s mar r ied Peter Shepherd
,of Mendon
,Adams county , I l l ino i s
where they spent the remainder of their l ives ,both l iv ing t o a good o ld age , and left a l ongl i s t of Shepherd des cendants
,who a re now
wel l s cat tered th roughout the v i c in it v of
Quincy , Il l .
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John and E l izabeth Pu rvine s came t oRich l and
,Sanga m on county
,Il l inoi s
,from
Concord,North Caro l in a
,when the i r daugh
ter,E l i za
,wa s fou rteen ye ar s of age . E l iza ’ s
fa ther served in the Re v o lu t i ona r y war . H e
and h i s wife spen t the i r dec l in ing ye ar s atRich l and , Il l . , where they both died . At th ispl ace
,E l i za wa s mar r ied De c . 1 9
,1 822
,to
Peter Lan te rman , wh o was a l so a Sangamoncoun ty res ident They sett led on a farmeight
.miles we s t o f Spr ingfie ld , on SpringCreek
,where they c ontinued to res ide un ti l
the i r twelve ch i l dren were born,th ree o f
them had ma rr ied,and one had died . Then
they r emo v ed,March 23
,1 85 3
,to W aynes
vi l l e,I l l inoi s
,whe re they bough t a farm
,and
spent the rema inder of thei r l ives,both be ing
l a id in the “ Union ” c em et erv at W ayne s v i l le .
Her husband served in the war of 1 81 2 ; ash i s widow she was gran ted a pen s ion Jan .
20,1 87 9
,wh ich she con t inued to re cei v e the
rema inder of her l ife . Her dea th o ccu r redFeb . 20
,1 882 . Her or igina l chu r ch member
sh ip w as pla ced in the “New Schoo l ” Pre sbyt erian chu r ch of Spring Creek ,
her membersh ip being transfer red to the Y
V
aynes v il le
Pre sby terian chu rch . On thei r home farmat Spr ing Creek
,in 1 84 1 , a pa v i l i on was
e re cted,and on e a ch s ide of i t a row of board
tent s we 1 e pla ced ,where ea ch fal l fo r a
number of yea r s , a camp mee t ing wa s he ld .
h i l e these m eet ings were be ing he ld , she eu
te l ta m ed a h ou se fu l l o f guest s ea ch da v and
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ward and upward her spir i t r i se s ,t i l l i t find s
the dea r one whom i t l o s t,and knows for a l l
e te rn i ty the on ly per fec t l ove,the l o v e wh ich
heaven can give .
Not gone from memory,no t gone from lo v e
,
But gone to ou r Father ’
s h ome above .
1 PETER LANTERMAN AND ELIZA SELLARS PURVINES .
(A ) Nancy Jane Lanterman marr iedGeorge Ro ss .
1 Samuel O scar Lanterman marr iedMargare t Cooper .
(a ) W'a l ter (decea sed )
(b ) Ada (de cea sed )(c) (decea sed )
Ear l .
(e) Alta .
(f) George .
(g) Ros coe .
(B ) Zurilda Lan te rman marr ied‘Wi l l i am Robi son Robb .
1 IV i l l iam Thoma s Robb marr iedlVeal thy Loury .
(a ) Harry Robb marr ied Ann Cheek .
Five ch i ld ren .
(b ) Bennie (decea sed )(c) John .
Ralph .
1 1 0
(B ) Zuri lda (Lanterman ) Robb marr iedE l i Cant ra l l .
(1 ) Laur i e Cantra l l marr ied I Vm . Tracy .
Three ch i ldren .
do)‘
Sophia Cantra l l marr iedNea l Cunningham .
Four ch i ldren .
Cla r i s sa Benj amine Lanterman marriedE l i Hugh Robb .
James Henry Robb marr iedMargare t Jane Ma r t in .
(a ) Ear l .(b) Bes s ie .
(c ) Owen .
Char le s E . Robb marr ied H . D . L v n c h.
(a ) Helen Mar ie .
(b ) Ir ene (dece a sed )3 Pete r Lanterman Robb marr iedIsadora Brad ley .
(a ) Al i ce Leo l ine .
(b ) George Le ster .
(c) Thomas Bradley .
4 Perry Robb m arr ied Mary Boyce .
(a ) Albe rt Robb mar r iedRou ie Harmon .
1 Lela Lenor .
(b) Char le s Farre l Robb ma rr ie dBer tha Short .
(c) Cl ara Lavena Robb marriedGeorge Graham .
1 Opa l Ma r ie .
1 1 1
(d ) Lue l l a Mar tha Robb .
(e) Ruby D el l_Robb .
(f) Pear l Le s te r Robb .
Ju l i a Be l l Robb .
Ida May Robb marr iedHenry Mar tia l Tea l .
(a) Mant ie Maud Tea l mar r iedCl inton Bowen .
1 Ida E l izabeth Bowen .
2 George Henry Bowen .
(b) Li l l i an May T‘
ea l .
(c) Che ste r Mau r i ce Tea l .(d ) Joseph Mart ia l Tea l .
(e ) Floren ce Mabel Teal .(f) Ne l l ie Myrt le Te a l .
Samue l P or ter Robb marriedLena C lariet Morse .
1 Mildred Robb (deceased )2 Roger E l i Hugh Robb .
Lue l l a Fran c i s Robb marr iedChar les Br i tt in .
1 Lor i Paro lee Br it t in .
Marv Ann Lan te rman (deceased )
(E ) Harrie t Lan te rman marri ed Robb .
1 An n E l i za Robb marr iedBowen Cas s Finfrock .
(a ) Lina E thel Finfrock .
(b ) George W'i l l i s .
(c ) Pau l Henry .
Ernes t Lester .
2 Henr ie t t a R obb .
3 Decea sed infant son .
1 1 2
Henry C lay Lanterman marr iedMary Dixon Irwin .
John Irwin Lante rman .
E l izabeth Lan terman .
Henry B . Lan terman .
Nann i e Lante rman .
Joseph Lanterman .
Sarah Soph ia Lanterman marr iedMathew Dixon Irwin .
1 Eno la. Marr Irwin .
Johnnie Irwin .
3 Nett ie M c Corkle Irwin marr iedRober t L . Conn .
Fred Al ton Irwin .
Frank Irwin .
E l izabeth Irwin .
7 Decatur Howel l Irwin .
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(J) Dan ie l We b s ter Lanterman marr i edSamantha Sylves ter .
1 Stewar t Ewing Lan terman .
(J) Dan ie l W ebs ter Lanterman marrie dJoanna J . Can t ra l l .1 Nina 1Venona Can tra l l marr iedCl aude Daniel s .
One ch i ld .
(J) Dan ie l We bs ter Lanterman marriedCora YVal lac e .
1 Bla ine \V . Lante rman .
2 Lena Ger trude Lante rman .
3 Ralph E . Lanterman .
4 Mer le E . Lanterman .
5 Thelma L . Lanterman .
1 1 4
John Purvines Lanterman marr iedRebecca Jane Gambre l .Char le s E dward Lanterman .
Hatt ie Lan t erman marr i ed Lee C “
. Cox .
(a ) Gold ie Cox .
(b ) Cox .
(L ) Benj amine Sanford Lan terman marr iedRuth Parker .
1 Ed i th Min t on Lanterman marr iedLou ie C . Pars on s .
Nancy Jane Lanterman marr ied Ge o . Ros s .
1 Samuel Oscar Lante rman marr i edMaggie C00per.
(a ) W'
a l te r (de cea s ed )(b ) Ada (deceased )(c ) (deceased )
E arl .
(e) Alta .
(f) George .
(g) Roscoe .
Nancy J . Lan terman was born on Spr ingCreek
,e igh t mi les wes t of Springfield
,Il l . ,
F eb . 5,1 824 . Be ing the eldes t of a l arge fam
i ly,th e managemen t of the househald cares
fe l l l a rge ly t o he r . She was one of the ear lypi onee r s of Sangamon c oun t v and by her in
1 1 5
domi ta ble perse v e ran c e and ta c t was c lo selyident ified with the in te re s ts of the communi ty a s wel l as a t home . She posses sed manynobl e tra it s o f cha rac ter
,her generos i ty and
sympathy fo r those who we re in t r oub le wereher predominant characte r i s tic s . Owing t othi s generou s di spo s i t i on and thoughtfu lnes sfor other s
,she wi l l be he ld in gratefu l re
m em b ran c e by grate fu l rec ipient s of thosefavors . In ch i ldh ood and ear ly youth shewas ca refu l ly t ra ined and ins tructed b y'piouspa rent s ; and ear ly in l i fe was received in tot he Spr ing Creek Pre sbyter ian chur ch andwas re ceived b y l etter from tha t chu r ch intothe ‘Waynes v i l l e
,I l l .
,Pre sby ter ian chu rch
Apri l 1 1 , 1 85 3 , given a le t ter of d ismis salfr om that church Feb . 1 0
,1 883 . Her pre
domina ting t ra i t of cha racte r was indu s try,
and tender sympathy for the poor and thes ick . As ide from managing the gene ralhou sework
,she had over s igh t of the spinn ing
and weaving wh i ch wa s done qu i te extens i v e ly in the home . She was marr ied Sept .
1 7,1 849
,to George Ros s . They were the
pa rent s of one son,Samue l Oscar Lanterman
,
born June 1 7,1 850. Mrs . Ros s ’ marr ied l ife
fe l l fa r short of being the congen ia l one shedeserved
,and she was gran ted a divorce
,
changing he r name ba ck to Lan terman , whichname was given her son a l so . He was marr ied June 24 . 1 880,
to Mis s Maggie Coope r .
The i r ch i ld ren a re IVal t er, A da, and an in
fant.decea sed ; their l i v ing ones a re Ea r l
,
1 1 6
Alta,George and R o s coe . Mrs . Lanterman
removed with her son in the spr ing of 1 883t o Gi l tne r
,Hamil ton county
,Neb .
,where she
has made her home s in ce .
A mi l l - s tone and the human hear t are everdr iven round ;
If they have noth ing el se to gr ind,they mus t
themselves be ground .
W e sha l l know,in the happines s unending
Of a b l i s sfu l comprehending,what our l ife
work meant be l ow .
Finding,in the perfec t sweetnes s
Of an infini te comple tenes s,
That God ’ s wavs a re alwav s be s t .
(B ) ZUR I LDA LAN‘TERMAN .
Zuri lda L anterman marr ied W m . R . Robb .
1 W i l l i am Thomas Robb marr ied'W eal thy Loury .
(a ) Harry Robb marr ied Ann Cheek .
Five ch i ldren .
(b ) Bennie (deceased )(c ) John .
Ralph .
Zurilda Lanterman Robb marr iedE l i Cantra l l .1 Lauri e Cantra l l marr i Tra cy .
6 Three c hi ldren,M
2 Sophia ,Can t ral l marri edNea l Cunningham .
6 F e ar ch i ldren, ZZ«9
Zuri lda Lanterman was bo rn near Spr ingfield , Il l . , Sept . 1 3
,1 825 . She grew up to be
one of those sweet,gen t l e l adies
,such an one
a s can a lways command the l ove and respectof a l l who know them
,a lways doing s ome
kind act for s ome one . The influence thatradiated from her beau ti fu l Ch r i s ti an character wa s manife s ted am ong a l l who knewher . She was marr ied March 4
,1 847
,t o W i l
l iam Rob i s on Robb,of W
'ayne svi l le
,I l l .
,who
wa s born Oc t . 28,1 820
,and died Dec . 4
,1 847 .
His ske t ch wi l l be found in the Robb fami lyrecord of th i s book . To W i l l iam and Zari ldaRobb was born one son
,YVi l l iam Thomas
Robb,who , when he grew to m anhood
,di s
p layed a direct inheri tan ce of the sweet ,nob le di spo s i t i on of h i s parent s . In fa c t
,in
h i s l oving kindne s s and gen t l e genero s ity tohi s fel l ow creatures
,i f su ch a tra i t cou ld be
ca l le d a fau l t,su ch i s h i s
,when i t comes to
the se l f den i a l he infl i ct s upon h imse l f , t o
give a s s i s tance t o o the r s . A further des cript i on of h im and tha t of h i s fam i ly wi l la l s o be found in the b iography of W m . R .
Robb . After the death of W’
m . R . Robb ,
Zurilda and son W‘ i l l iam returned to herfa the r ’ s home
,where they l ived unt i l Dec . 5
,
1 85 4,when in a doub le wedding , she was mar
r ied to E l i Cantra l l,and her s i s t er , Harr ie t
Lanterman,was marr ied to George Robb .
E l i Cantra l l wa s born in Ohio Feb . 6,1 824 ,
and died June 1 7,1 876 . His wife preceded
him to the better h ome,having died Dec . 1 1
,
1 20
1 874 . To E l i and Zurilda Cantra l l were borntwo daugh te rs
,Laur ie and Soph ia . Laura
i s the wife of W i l l i am Tracy . They are theparent s of three ch i ldren . Mr . Tracy i s ab lacksmith by trade . S in ce marr i age theyhave l ived in Il l ino i s
,Ohio and Indiana .
Soph ia Cantra l l i s the wife of Nea l Cunn ingham
,a barb er
,who res ided in Ivesda le and
Decatur,I l l .
,l ater re turn ing to h i s farm
home in Roches te r,Ind . The v are the p ar
ent s of four ch i ldr en .
Zuri lda Lanterman -Robb -Cantra l l and herhusband
,E l i Cantra l l
,were inte rred in the
Union cemete ry at W ayne svi l le,I l l . Her fir s t
hu sband,W m . Robb
,i n the R o ck Creek ceme "
t ery, ea s t of W aynesv il le .
And there sha l l be no night the re .
” Rev .
(C ) CLARISSA BENJAMINE LANTE RMAN
Clar i s s a Benj amine Lanterman marr iedE l i Hugh Robb .
1 James Henry Robb marr iedMarga re t Jane Mart in .
(a ) Earl Robb .
(b ) Be ss ie Robb .
(c ) Owen Robb .
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Cha rle s Edwin Robb marr iedHarr ie t Da l ia Lyn c h .
(a ) Helen Mar ie Robb .
(b ) Irene Robb (decea sed )Peter Lante rman Robb marr ied(a ) Al i ce Leo l ine Robb (dece ased ) .(b ) George Les ter Robb .
Thoma s Bradley Robb .
Pe rry R obb married Mary Boyce .
(a ) Alber t Robb marr iedRou ie Harmon .
Lela Lenor Robb .
(b ) Farre l Robb marr iedBer tha Short .
(c) Cla ra Lavena Robb marr i edGeorge Graham .
Opa l Marie Graham .
(d ) Ruby Del l Robb .
(e ) Luel la Ma rtha Robb .
(f) Pear l Le s ter Robb .
Ju l i a Be l l Robb (decea sed )Ida May Robb marr iedHenry Mar t i a l Te a l .
(a ) Man t ie Maud Tea l marr iedCl in ton Bowen .
Ida E l i z abe th Bowen .
George Hen ry Bowen .
(b ) Li l l ian May Tea l .
(c ) Ches ter Mauri ce Te a l .(d ) Joseph Martia l Tea l .(e) Florence Mabe l Tea l .
(f ) Nel l i e M v rt le Tea l .
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tran s fe rred the i r membe r ship May 23,1 872
,
into tha t chu r ch,and have held the ir mem
bership there s ince . Mrs . Robb has tru lybeen a l oving and fai thfu l wi fe and mother .
The sketches of the i 1 c hi ld i en namely,Henry
,
Cha r les,Peter
,Per 1 y,
J u l ia,Ida
,Samuel and
Lee,wi l l be found in connect ion with that o f
thei,
1 fat he 1 among the Robbs .
The fo l l owing i s an oft r epeated quotat ionof Mrs . Robb ’ s :
’
Life i s rea l,l ife i s earnes t
,and the grave
i s no t i ts goa l . Longfe l l ow .
(D ) MARY ANN LANTERMAN .
Mary Ann Lante rman was born on Spr ingCreek
,Sangamon county
,I l l .
,Jan . 1 4 , 1 830,
and died of pneumon ia Feb . 9,1 845 . She was
a lway s b le s t wi th the bes t of hea l th up towith in three days of her death . By the family
,she was known a s “ Po l ly A nn .
” She was alo v e ly cha racter in e v e ry respec t , s o amiab l e ina l l her way s . She wa s l oved and respe c ted bya hos t of fr iends and was recogn i zed as a genera l favori te among a l l of her acquain tances .
In form and feature she pos ses sed rare graceand beauty
,having a fa ir comp lexion
,large
,
c lea r b lue eves,and was crowned wi th a
‘ mostluxur iant
,l ong
,heav v
,natu ra l ly wavy sui t
of go lden ha i r .
She wa s tender ly lai d t o res t in the cemete ry a t Spr ing Creek , San gamon county, Il l in oi s .
“W'ondrou s t ru th s
,and
Mani fo l d a s wondrou s,
God hath wri t ten in those s tar s above ;But not les s in the br i gh t fiowere t s under u sS tands the revelat ion of Hi s love .
”
—Longfel l ow .
(E) HARRIET LANTERMAN .
Harr iet Lanterman marr ied George Robb .
1 Ann E l i za Robb , born Dec . 29,1 85 5 ;
marr ied Bow en Cas s F infrock Ju ly 1 9,
1 881,who was born Dec . 261
,1 85 0.
(a) Lina E thel F infr ock,born June
(b ) George W’
i l l i s F infrock,born
June 1 8,1 887 .
(c) Paul HenryFinfrock , born Ap r i l
(d) Ernes t Les ter Finfro ck,born
Ju ly 1 8,1 89 5 .
2 Henr i ett a Robb,born Sept . 1 9
,1 86 1 .
3 Deceased infant son,born and died
Sept . 25,1 876 .
Harr ie t Lan terman,daugh ter of Pet er and
E l iza Lanterman,wa s born on Spr ing Creek
,
Sangamon county,Il l ino i s
,Jan . 20
,1 83 2
,
where she grew to womanhood . During v a
1 3 1
ca t ion and out o f s choo l h ou r s , through thesummer an d fa l l
,she did spinning and w eav
ing,mak ing such c lo th a s was then made into
c l othing and b lanke t s and o the r l ike goods .
Al so,during the winter and spr ing she and
her next younge r s i s te r,Amanda
,had charge
of th e sheep,and were genuine l i tt le shep
herdgkfaj, She pos ses sed a remarkab ly swee ts oprano and a l to vo ice
,and wa s given a m a
sic al t ra in ing . Aside from attending the irhome country s choo l
,she was given a fa i r
s choo l ing in the seminary on Spr ing Creek,i n
Sangamon county,Il l ino i s . Thi s s choo l was
under the management of Mr . V an ornam,of
Spr ing Creek,Il l ino i s . March 23
,1 85 3
,she
came with he r paren ts t o D eIV'i t t count y .
She uni ted with the Spring Creek Pre sbyte r ian chur c h on profes s ion of fa ith
,and by
lette r Apri l 1 1,1 85 3 , with the W
'
aynesvi l l ePesb y t erian chu rch . Dec . 5
,1 85 4
,she wa s
mar r ied to George Robb,of “ ’
aynes v il le, Il l . ,who wa s born Feb . 1 5
,1 83 2 ; a fur ther sketch
of h im can be found in the Robb record . Atthe t ime of their marr iage a very ple asan tand qu iet doub le wedding took p lace a t theres idence of Mr . and Mrs . Peter Lan terman
,
four mi les s ou th of “’
aynesv i l le,which was
witnes sed by a few fr iends be s ides the imme"
d iate fami l ies,the ceremony being per formed
a t 6 o'c l ock in the e v ening b v the ir Presby
te rian pa sto r , Rev . W'm . P . Car son . The
o ther contrac t ing par t ie s in th i s double wed
1 3 2
1 86 1,
. in Barne tt township,
county,Il l . ; came to W
'
ayne svi l l e town sh ip in 1 862,
whe re she has made her home s ince . She i sa namesake of her mother
’ s favor i te cou s in ,
Mrs . Hen r ie tta M . (E rnes t ) Rickard , of Spr ingfie ld
,I I I . In her feeb l e way
,she ha s done her
bes t to co l lect the fa ct s and date s connectedwith the se br ief his t or1 es of the Robb and
Lanterman fami l ie s . Her portra i t and thefo l l owing l i t t le "uota t ion whi ch i s admirab lyadapted to her wi l l
,of themse lves
,te l l he r
s tory in a bet ter way than she c an do o the rwi se . Al so
,
“ The Changed .Cros s,
” by Hon .
Mrs . Cha r le s Hoba rt,i s a favor i te poem of
her s .
“ Shut in with tea r s that are spent in vain,
“ ‘i th the du l l compan ionsh ip of pain ;Shut in with the change les s da ys and hoursA nd the b i t ter knowledge o f fa i l ing power s
,
Shut in wi th dreams o f days gone by,
“'i th bu r ied h opes that were born to die ;
Shut in with hopes that ha v e l o s t their zes t—\ nd lea v e bu t a l ongi ng afte r res t .
th e l ife of he r a s soc ia te s . Very indus tr ious,
a id ing in many ways with the genera l homework
,both indoor s and ou t . Removing with
her parents to Dew’
i t t county March 23,1 85 3
,
where she l ived unti l her marr iage,which oc
curred Sept . 1 5,1 85 5
,to James Cantra l l
,of
W ayne svi l l e , Il l . , who wa s born March 1 4,
1 830. They l o ca ted on their fa rm nearBea son
,Logan county
,Il l inoi s
,where they
res ided the remainder of Mr . Cantra l l ’ s l i fe,
he dying Nov . 28, 1 868, and being l aid in theUn i on ceme tery a t “
’
ayne svi l l e . To Jamesand Amanda were born three ch i ldren , MaryE li zabeth
,Smi th Larue and Frank . The la t
ter died in ch i ldhood . Amanda held her homeon the farm after the death of James u nt i lher se c ond marr iage
,her daughter Mary hav
ing marr ie d in the meant ime to Mr . W m . Graham
,who s t i l l s ta id ou the farm some year s ;
when ear ly in th e e igh tie s the f arm was so ld .
and the Graham fami ly removed to Cres s on,
Hood county , Texas , whe re they have madethe i r h ome s in ce . They are the parent s often chi l dren of whom fou r a re dead
,Edith
and Johnn ie be ing two of t he dec eased ones .
The s ix l i v ing ones a re Gra ce,who was ma r
r ied Jan . 1 901 ,to Frank Brown
,of Cres son
,
Tex ; Este l l a , W innie R oy,Bes s ie and Ge r
t rude . Smi th Cantra l l a ccompan ied hi smother to her new home upon her second m ar
riage ; after a few year s go ing t o Texa s,
where he marr ied Mrs . E l le n O’
B rien . Theyres ided in Texa s
,nea r Cres son
,s ome year s ,
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then l ocated on a - c la im at Fraze r , Gree rcounty
,Indian Terr i to ry
,where he died Dec .
9,1 894
,le aving a wife and three ch i ldren , the
v ounges t on e dying in the s p r ing of 1 819 15 .
The second mar r i age of Amanda Lanterm an Cantra l l o ccurred at her home in Orantownsh ip
,Logan county , Il l ino i s , Feb . 9 ,
1 875 .
to Rober t Campbel l,of Norwood , Mer cer
county,Il l in o i s
,she go ing a t once t o her new
home,where she ha s l ived s ince . Rober t
Campbe l l wa s a man of s trong character andzeal ou s in h i s eve ry effo rt in l ife . Being energet i c beyond h i s st rength
,often
,bu t pre ferred
“wear ing ou t to rus t ing out .
” His marriageto Amanda (Lan te rman ) Cantra l l was the se cond marr iage for h im , he h aving a fami ly . often ch i l dren by h i s fir s t un ion
,of whom a l l
a re marr ied except one . On his 72d birthdayh i s wife an d ch i ldren
,surrounded .by kinsfo lk
and ne ighbors , gav e’
him a“ can ing .
” Onehundred a nd ten per son s were in the com pany ,
and of tha t number,82 of them were bound by
t ies of rel at i on sh ip . By noon t he hou se andyard were fi l l ed
,and by 3 o
’ c l o ck the peop lewere a l l fi l led w ith the good things unde rwh ich the tab l e had groaned s o shor t a t im ebefore . It was no t un ti l afte r th i s was a l lover that the rea l obj ect of the v is i t wasmade known . Then t he unsu spe cting fa therwas ent i ced into the yard , and the Rev . Henning steppe d forward a t the reques t of thechi ldren and adm in is t e 1 ed the “ can ing .
” M .
F . Camp bel l , a brothe r of the v ict im ,1 esp ond
1 3 9
ed in a neat spee ch , and“Uncle Robert” h im
sel f spoke words of th ank s . Other s fe l t l ikespeaking
,bu t were too fu l l (fr om the tab le) .
Seven teen grandchi ldren we re there,and
niece s,nephews and cou s in s , a s “ number l es s
as the sands of the sea shore,s o i t was
c l aimed .
“Uncle Rober t,
” a s he wa s fami l iarly known , wa s a true l over of t he poet sLongfel l ow
,Scot t
,Burns
,Moore
,Car l eton
and many others being fre sh in h i s mind,and
dur ing hi s l a t te r l ife cou ld quote readi ly bythe hour from them . He died July 1 2
,1 89 9
,
aged 7 6 years,7 month s and 1 6 day s . His
funera l wa s conducted by Re v . J . L . Henning ,at hi s h ome near Norwood
,ou t on the l awn
,
under h i s favor i te b ig shade t ree,where he
spen t many happy,res tfu l h ou rs dur ing the
summer \ sea sons . To Amanda and Robe rtwa s born one son
,Eugene Roy Camp bel l , who
wa s brought up on the fa rm and was mar rie dFeb . 8
,1 899
,t o Mi s s Be s s ie A . Foster
,of near
Norwood,I l l . Rev . J . L . Henn ing p er formed
the ceremony wh i ch bound them in the ho lybonds of ma tr imony . Ima Campbe l l , elderdaugh te r of Roy and Bes s ie Campbel l
,was
born and died in 1 900. A l t a'
Seil le c ian ,the
sec ond daughte r,was born Jan . 9 , 1 901 .
Roy and fami ly made thei r hom e . . at h i sfa ther ’ s . Afte r the dea th of Robe r t Campbel l
,Mrs . Campbel l ha s g i ven up a l l charge of
her h ome and l ives w ith her son ,Rov .
(G) ANN ELIZ A LANTERMAN .
Ann E l iza Lanterman marriedJohn Hunt Adams .
1 Edgar H . Adam s marr ied Su s ieFive ch i ldren .
2 Alber t S . Adams mar r i edRebe ccaThre e ch i ldren .
3 Frank Adams marr iedTwo chi ldren .
4 Rober t (decea sed )5 Anna (deceased )6 Ethel (decea sed )
Ann E . Lante rman was born Jan . 1 6,1 838,
on Spr ing Creek,Sangamo
’
n c ounty,Il l in oi s
came with he r parent s t o D eW i t t county in1 85 3 . She grew to be an unusua l ly br i gh t ,hand some and a tt ract ive young lady ; wasmarr ied at her fa ther ’ s h ome
,four mi le s s outh
of W aynesvi l le , Il l . , Sept . 1 2,1 85 8,
t o JohnHunt Adams . They re s ided on a farm eas tof t he E lm Grove Presbyter i an chur ch
,in
Barnet t t ownship , Dew i t t c ounty,Il l ino i s .
To them were born s ix ch i ldren,of whom the
three elde st a re l iving,name ly
,Edgar
,Alber t
and Frank , the th ree younger , Rober t , Annaand E th el h aving died in chi ldhood .
John and Ann Adams were member s of theW aynesvi l le Pre sbyter i an church .
Owing t o exposure , Mr s . An n Adams contr a cted a severe c o ld
,wh ich de v el oped into
that'
dread di sea se,cons umpti on , wh ich
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cau sed her death,June 24
,1 870. She was
l a id , in the “Union” cemetery at Wayne svi l le,
Il l .
Edgar Adams marr ied Mi s s Sus ieof Appleton Ci ty
,Mo . at Wh ich p lace they
l ived for s ome y ;ear s l a ter removing to V i l laPark
,Orange County
,Cal i fornia . They are
the parent s of fi v e ch i ldren . Alber t Adamsmarried Mis s Rebecca of Hamil toncounty
,Neb .
,moved t o V i l la Park
,Cal .
, go
in g from there to Oregon,where he expect s
to spend a few year s in fur ther ing some mining prospe ct s . They have three ch i ldren .
Frank marr ied at V i l l a Park,Cal .
,where he
i s now l iving . They have two ch i ldren . Afterthe dea th of Mr s . Ann Adams
,her husband ,
John Adams,was marr ied to Mis s Mn
yrt i l la
Ada ir,a Logan county
,I l l i no i s
,s choo l te ach
er and a true lady in e v e ry sense o f the word .
Tw o ch ildren were born to them,a boy and a
gi r l . Th e boy d ied in ch i ldhood . Nel l i e,the
daughter , grew t o womanhood . She wasborn ea s t of E lm Grove
,in D eW i t t county ,
Il l in oi s,May 7
,1 873 . After seve ra l ye ar s
her parents removed with the fami ly to A pp le t on City
,St . Clai r county
,Mo .
, removingin 1 888 t o Vi l l a Park ,
Orange county , Cal .On coming t o Vi l la Park they made one ofthe mos t beaut ifu l r anche s their home , andwere s trongly at ta ched to i t . In 1 892 deathinvaded the home
,t ak ing the bel oved wife
and mother . On Oct . 1 0,1 896
,a la rge c om
p an v of friends witnes se d the marr iage of
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Mis s Nel l ie to Gary J . Stan ley,the young
peop le mak ing thei r home on th e Adamsranch . After s ix month s of happ y marr iedl i fe
,t o the sorrow of the who le commun ity,
i nc luding a large numb er of absen t fr iends,
the fa ir young br ide was ca l led from ear thon Apr i l 28
,1 897 . During her n ine weeks
of suffe r ing wi th typhoid fever,she wa s so
pat ien t and hopefu l and when to ld th at shecou ld not recove r
,her Chri s t ian re s i gnat ion
was swee t . As a membe r and organ i s t o fthe ch u rch
,her sweet Chr i s t ian influence was
exten s ive,and w i l l remain with her acqua int
an c es a s a b le s s ing whi l e memory l as t s .
John H . Adam s wa s m ar r ied t he th ird t ime
in Cal i fornia,whe re he ha s been pro sperou s
on hi s r anch,he g i ving h i s t ime t o t he ove r
si gh t of h i s ranch,and condu ct s a sm al l sup
p ly s tore in connect i on with the Vi l l a Park
p ost offi c e .
Beyond the sunset a re the h i l l s o f God .
(H ) HENRY CLAY: LANTERMAN .
Hen ry Cl ay Lanterman marr iedMarv Dixon Irwin .
(a ) John Irwin Lan te rman .
(b ) E l iza beth Lante rman .
(c) Henry B . Lan terman .
(d ) Nann ie Lanterman .
(e) Joseph Lante rman .
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Hen ry C . Lante rman was born Ju l y 3,1 840
nea r Spr ingfie ld,on Spr ing Creek
,I l l .
,where
he res ided un t i l in 1 85 3,when he came with
h i s parent s to coun ty He re ’ce iveda fa i r e ducat i on
,en l i s ted Apri l
,1 862
,i n
Company E,68th Regiment
,I l l ino i s V olun
teer Infant ry ; was di scharged in Octobe r o f
the same yea r,s ince when hi s t ime ha s
most l y been emp loyed in farming,s choo l
tea ching and var iou s k inds o f educationalwork . He was marrie d Sept . 1 1
,1 866
,t o
Mis s Mary Dixon Irwin,of E dwardsvi l le
,
Madi son c ounty,Il l ino i s
,who was b orn May
9,1 844 in Edwardsvi l l e
,Il l . They have l i v ed
near Edward svi l le the greater part of the i rmarried l i fe . S ince leaving thei r fa rm
,they
ha v e re s ided in A l ton,Edwardsvi l le an d God
frey . In 1 901,he was engaged in the North
A l ton sch oo l s . His wi fe,Mary D . Irwin , i s
the s tepdaugh ter of Dan ie l Lanterman,who
wa s a bro the r of Pete r Lante rman . Hen ry’
sfa ther . Mrs . Mary Lanterman had a s teps i s ter
,Mis s Lizz ie Lant erman , who d ied a t
abou t 1 8 year s o f age Hen ry and MaryLan terman were the pa rent s of fi v e chi l dren .
John I . L an t e rman , born Aug . 1,1 868,
re
c ei v ing h i s edu ca ti on in the country and E dwards v i l l e h igh s chool s , devot ing some l i t t let im e t o tea ch ing and pu r su ing a busines sedu c ation ,
se c u r ing a mu ch desi red pos i t i ona s s tenographer t o t he as s i s tan t p as sengeragent of th e “ ‘aba sh ra i l road a t S t . Lou i s ,and w as not on l v a voung man o f exception
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t ion s such a s w ou l d g ive food for dee p thought,
in a learned and mu ch o lder mind . In formand fea tu re , h e was pos se s sed o f ra re graceand beau ty . and was a gene ra l favor i te witha l l who knew h im .
For the b les s ings l i fe l ends u s,i t s tr ic t ly
demand sThe worth of thei r fu l l u sufru c t a t our
hands ;A nd t he v a lue of a l l th ings exi s t s
,not in
deedIn themse l v es , bu t man ’ s u se o f them
,fee d
ing man ’ s need .
”
Pa rt II , Can to I , paragraph IV , Lu ci le .
(I) SARAH SOPHIA LANTERMAN .
Sarah Sop h ia Lan terman marri edMathew D rennan Irwin .
1 Eno la Marr Irwin .
2 John Fin l ey Irwin .
Anzune t t ie M c Cork le Irwin marr iedRober t L ew e l ly-n Conn .
4 Fred A l ton Irwin .
5 Frank Irw in .
6 E l i zabeth Irwin .
De ca tu r Howel l Irwin .
Soph ia wa s born nea r Springfield , May 29 ,
1 842 .Mar ch 23 ,
1 85 3 . she came with her paren t s to l ive a t Mt . Tabor , four mi les south ofW aynesvi l l e , Il l . She pos ses sed m an v much
1 5 ?
t o that o f indoo r wood workman . Moved to“'ap e l la, where he se cured work in the I . C .
R . R . shops,wh ich la ter were moved to Cl in
ton , he a ccompanying the other workmen tot ha t p la ce
,whe re he res ided unt i l the spring
o f 1 890,when they remo v ed to Springfield .
“'
hi le in Cl in ton he wa s a member of thec ity counc i l
,and an a ct ive member in the
Pre sby ter ian chu rch,in wh i ch he ha s se rved
a s Sabbath s choo l superin tendent and taughta c las s o f young men , who were very mu cha tta ched to h im ; was a deacon in tha tchurch fo r yea r s
,and a t the t ime o f le aving
C l inton was an e lder . His wife wa s agen u ine helpmeet in a l l th i s work
,she being
an earne s t worker in th e va r iou s auxi l i ar ie sof the chu rch .
The fami ly p la ced their member sh ip in theThi rd Presby terian chu rch in Spr ingfield .
Seven ch i ldren were b orn to M . D . andSoph ia Irwin . Eno la Marr Irwin was bornO c t . 1 867 ; was edu ca ted in the gradedsch ool s of Cl in ton ; l ea rned the mi l l iner ’ sand dres s making trades ; was tr immer qu i tea wh i l e in one of the C l in ton mi l l inery sh ops .
Turn ing her attent i on to dres smaking en t irel y
,she then went t o Ch i cago
,where she wa s
in the empl oy of the Eager S is ter s ’ fa sh ionab le e stab l i shment , un t i l her peopl e mo v edto Spr ingfield , when she a ccompan ied themthe re . and s tar ted in bu s ines s for her sel f,pro v ing to be a l ive , wide awake bus ine s swoman . She i s p os ses sed of a brigh t ,
1 5 4
cheery di spo s i t i on,and i s l ooked upon a s a.
lea der i n the home . Is intere s ted in churchwork , and su cce s sfu l ly te a ches a l arge Sundav schoo l c la s s of mis ch ievou s boys
,who
g 1 v e her ample use for a l l he r keen mentalqua l i t ie s .
John F in ley Irwin was born March 27,
and died May 3 1,1 872 .
Anzunet t ie Mc Corkle Irwin was born Ap r i l1 9
,1 873 . Educa ted in the Cl in ton schoo l s
,
and pos se s s ing a fine vo ice,was given voi ce
cu l tu re there and a thorough cour se unde rProf . Barnaby afte r going to Spr ingfie ld
,
s ing ing in t he genera l chorus of t he SecondPresby ter ian church
,l a te r as l eading so
p rano in the Th i rd Pre sbyte r ian and SecondM . E . chur ches
,bes ides s inging in many of
the so c iety event s in t he c i ty . She was m ar
ried Oct . 24,1 900
,t o Rober t Lewe l lyn Conn ,
wh o i s connected with The Spr ingfie ld NewsPub l i sh ing C'om p an v . The ceremony was perfo rmed b y Re v . N . G . H . F i fe
,pas to r of the
Second Presbyte r ian church of B loomington,
Il l . Rev . Fife i s a c ou s in of Mr . M . D . Irwin .
Fred Al ton Irwin was born Apr i l 22 , 1 87 5 ,
in Cl inton,Il l .
’
Attended the Cl inton andSp r ingfield graded s choo l s , then secured employment in a Springfield glaz ier ’ s e s tab l i shment . Hi s hea l th fa i l ing
,he wen t to New
Mexi co,where he tr ied front ier l i fe unt i l h i s
hea l th wa s rest ored,re turn ing home th en ,
where h e ha s s ince been engaged in the re
pa i r v ards of a ra i l r oad company .
w
1 5 0
Frank Irwin wa s born i n C l in ton Nov . 24,
1 87 7,Attended t he C l in ton and Springfield
s ch oo l s . He has a lways been of a cheerfu ldi spos i t ion , posse s s ing a natu ra l , ready wi t ,be ing one who cou l d eas i ly win a pl ace of
wel come in t he hea rt s of h i s a s soc ia tes .
After leaving s choo l,he en tered the Spr ing
fie ld planing mi l l s,where he has been em
pl oyed the greater pa r t of the t ime s ince , inthe meantime comp le ting t he carpen ter ’ scour se .
E l izabe th Irwin wa s born in Cl inton,I l l .
,
Sept . 1 5,1 87 9 . Received the greater par t of
her sch oo l ing in the Spr ingfi el d s ch oo l s ,s ince when she ha s devote d much of h er timet o the home work
,and a s s i s t ing her si s te r ,
Enola . She i s a brigh t and a ttra ct ive lady ,and posses ses many woman ly gra ce s
,mak ing
her a de s irabl e and plea s ing companion,and
i s c l o sely atta ched and connected with a number of so c ia l fea tu re s , in which she i s re cognized as a genera l favor i te ,
being the l ife ofwhateve r company she i s in .
D ecatu r Howe l l Irwin , common ly ca l ledD ick
,
”w as born in Cl in ton ,
Sept . 28, 1 884 .
He is a bright , acti v e , wide awake bov , veryenerget ic
,a lway s bu s y du r ing vacati on , but
i s s t i l l pu r su ing hi s s chool ing , with the viewof fi tt ing him sel f for a profe s s i ona l l i fe .
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(J ) DANIEL IV E B STE R LANTE RMAN .
Daniel VI'eb st er Lanterman married
Samantha Sylve ster .
1 Stewar t Ewing Lanterman marr iedMary Burns .
Daniel I Veb s t er Lanterm an mar ried
Joanna John Cantra l l .
1 Nina I Venona Lanterman marr iedCl aude Dan iel s .
(a) A son,born June 1 6
,1 901 .
Dan iel W eb s te r Lante rman marr iedCora I Val lac e .
1 Blaine W . Lanterman .
2 Lena Ger trude Lanterman .
3 Ralph E . Lanterman .
4 Mer l e E . rm an
5 Thelma L
Dan iel I I'eb st e n t erm an was born near
Spr ingfield,Il l .
,Nov . 1 8,
1 844 ; c ame to DeW it t coun ty in) 1 85 3
,w ork ing on hi s father ’ s
farm,and le a rn ing th e ca rpenter ’ s t rade
,at
which he worked some year s,in the mean
t ime attending the Mt . Tabor di s t r i c t schoo l,
and wa s marr ied Dec . 25,1 872
,in C linton
,t o
Mi s s Samanth a Sylves ter,who was one of
C l inton ’ s succes sfu l s choo l teacher s . Theywere ma rr ied at the home of one of her s i sters
,Mr s . Mary Ewing
,wife of S tewar t
Ewing,by the Rev . Dr . I I
'
. H . H . Adams .
Dan and Manta,a s they we re fami l iar l y
known,res ided on a fa rm in Logan. county ;
1 5 9
la t er on one near I I'
aynes v i l le , whe re shed ied O c t . 1 9
,1 87 7
,of con sumption . She wa s
a remarkably sweet,brigh t
,handsome
,h igh ly
edu ca ted and a ccompl i shed l ady—a genera lfa vor i te th rough out the l arge conne ct ion andwide ci r c l e of ac qua int an ces . Funera l conducted by the Rev . H . C'. A dams ; in termen tin the I I
'aynesv i l le Un i on cemetery . They
were the p aren t s of one s on , Stewart EwingLanterman
,who was born Feb . 1 4
,1 874
,of
whom further ment i on wi l l be made at thec l o se of th i s b iography .
June 1 2,1 878
,Dan -Lanterman was marr ied
a second t ime to Mis s Joanna J . Cantra l l,of
E 1 11 1 Grove,Barnett t own sh ip
,D eW it t coun
t y,Il l inoi s
,who wa s born June 1 3
,1 85 9 . Mrs .
An na Lanterman was edu cate d in the E lmG rove county schoo l and in the Linco ln
,Lo
gan coun ty,h igh s choo l ; was al so
'
gi v en agood mu s ica l e du cat ion . They conducted ahote l in I I ‘aynesv i l le fo r a sea son
,moving
then to a fa rm nea r E lm Grove,where Mrs .
Lanterman died , Feb . 27,1 882 , o f pneumonia ,
and wa s la i d by Mr . Lan terman ’ s fir s t wifein t he Un i on cemetery a t I V'aynes v i l le . ToDan and Anna was b orn one daugh ter
,Nina
I I'
enona ,Mar ch 3 1 , 1 879 , wh o wa s ra ised by
her grandparent s- her mother ’ s parents—of
E lm Grove,and la ter removed to C l inton ,
I l l .,where she wa s mar r ied to C laude Dan
iel s,of Cl inton . To them a son was f b orn ,
June 1 6,1 901 . In the spr ing of 1 883
,D . IV .
Lante rman moved to Hami l ton c oun t v,Neb .
1 6 1)
iro kc n B ow s choo l s,a l so taking up s tenog
rap hy and t e legraphy , having fi l led two orthree p lace s in the l a tter vocati on . En l i s tedand served eigh teen month s in the Ph i l i ppinewar a s a member of Company M ,
Firs t Re giment Nebraska Volunteer Infan try
,Man i la
,
P . I . On hi s re turn to Amer ica he was must ered ou t at San Franc i s co
,and was no t a t
a l l s orry to be “ at home” once more,as he
found,a s many o ther s did
,that a so ldier ’ s
l i fe i s fa r from an ea sy one . A t the sametime
,the s ight s and scenes and many happy
as we l l a s unhappy experiences he came incontact with were of great va lue to h im andth e knowledge ga ined was almos t equa l tothe average l ife t ime educati on . Since re
turn ing to h i s h ome in Nebraska he ha s assi s ted h i s father on the farm
,and been en
gaged in the intere s t of the Broke-n Bow Icefact ory and was m aried in 1 902 to Mi s s Mary
Burn s,aged 24 years
,of Broken Bow
,Neb .
,
form erl v of Nor th E ngl i sh,Iowa .
(K) JOHN PUR-V INE S LAN‘TE RMA'N .
John Purvines Lanterman marr iedRebecca Jane Gambrel .1 Char les Edward Lante rman .
2 Hattie Lan te rman marr ied Lee C . Cox .
(a ) Gold ie Cox .
00)John Purvine s Lan terman was born Oct .
24,1 847
,nea r Spr ingfie ld
,Il l .
,coming to De
1 6 1
W i t t c ounty in 1 85 3 with hi s parent s,where
he lea rned to do fa rm work and engaged infarming a good many year s ; was marr iedAug . 27
,1 87 3 th ree mile s s outh of W aynes
vi l l e,Il l .
,t o Mis s Rebecca Jane Gambre l
,who
was born in 1 85 6 . They are the parent s oftwo ch i ldren
,Char le s Edward
,born in the
fa l l o f 1 87 4,and Hattie
,in the spr ing of 1 877 .
In the spring of 1 883 they moved to Hami l toncounty
,Nebraska , where
,they engaged in
farming . Char le s took up the s tudy of pharmacy in Aurora
,l ater going to Chi cago
,
where he w01 ked with a pr ivate drug firm,
afte rwards se cur ing po s i t ions wi th S iegel ,Cooper Co .
,and the Great Northern hote l
drug departments succe s s ively . His healthfai l ing
,he took up a travel ing pos i t i on .
Hat t ie was marr ied Ap r i l 8, 1 892 , t o Lee C .
Cox,of Nebraska . They have two ch i ldre n
the e lde s t Go ld ie . After,Char les was s ta
t ioned in Ch icago,hi s parents and s i s ter and
he r fami ly lo cated there al s o,later moving
ou t t o Au rora,1 1 1 .
(L) BENJAMINE SANFORD LANTER'MAN .
Benj amine Sanford Lante rman mar r iedRuth Parker .
1 Edith Minton Lanterman marr iedLou ie C . Par s ons .
B. S . Lanterman,the younge s t of twelve
ch i ldren,was born near Sp r ingfie ld , on Spr ing
Creek,I l l .
,Jan . 1 4
,1 85 0. From ch i ldhood he
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ha s been an avowed enemy o f s in in a l l it sforms . He has a lways pos ses sed a l ively
,
sunny di spo s i t i on and l ived an exempl aryl ife . He came wi th h i s parent s t o D eIV i t tcounty i n 1 85 3
,where he grew to manhood
on the home fa rm . He was marr ied Aug . 1 4,
1 873,to Ruth Parker
,of Mt . Z i on
,Logan
coun ty,Il l inoi s
,who wa s born Feb . 5
,1 85 3 .
She has proved to be wel l worthy of so gooda hu sband
,and notwith s tanding a l l the ups
and down s of th i s l ife,they have l ived a re
m arkab ly happy marr ied l i fe , both being thorough Chr i s tian s . They h ave engaged in farming main ly
,but not s o much in l at ter year s
,
Mr . Lanterman having given up farm workfor the carpenter ’ s t rade . T'o them was bornone daugh ter
,E di th Mint on Lanterman
,Apr i l
20,1 8 7 7
,who was educated in the Mi dland
C i ty,D eI Vi t t c ounty
,graded s choo l
,l ate r
tak ing a h i gher and comple t ing in 1 895,a
cour s e in the I ’Vaynesv i l le academy, fo l l owing th at with a shor t co l lege cour se in Memph i s
,Mo . Taugh t s choo l three years
,when
she was marr ied June 1 3,1 89 18
,by the Re v .
I Vheat,of B loomington
,t o Mr . Lou ie C . Par
sons,a nat ive of Ohi o . Mr . Par sons i s a car
riage t r immer , and gifted at many other kindsof work . Thi s i s the second marr iage forh im . Mr . and Mrs . Parson s re s ide with herparen t s in Des Moines
,Iowa .
Them tha t hono r me,I wi l l h onor .
” I .
Sam .
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Biog rap hy G eorgeB iograp hy .l ohn Rob b .
Lan terman F ami ly Tree .
Lan terman B irths .
Lan terman Marriages .
Lan terman Death's .
Deaths of Lan terman Ch i ld ren—in - law .
D iagram of Lan terman Ch i ldrenB iograp h ies of :
Peter Lan terman and E l iza Sel lars Pu rv inesE l iza Sel lars Pur v inesNancy Jane Lan termanZuri lda Lan terman .
C larissa Benjam ine Lant erman .
Mary Ann Lan termanHarrie t Lan termanAmanda Mal v ina Lan terman .
Ann E l iza Lan terman .
H enry C lay L an termanSarah Sop h ia Lan terman .
Dan iel W'eb ster Lan termanJohn Purv ines Lan terman .
Benjam ine San ford Lan terman .
