The Onaga Herald
September 3, 1925
Hiram F. Robbins was born near Rockford, Ill., on October 6, 1844, and died at Wheaton, Kansas, August 30, 1925, aged 80 years, 10 months and 24 days.
He enlisted at the age of seventeen in Company A 12th Illinois Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and served during the entire period of the Civil War, and was with his company in the battles of Antitum and Gettysburg, and other engagements. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and in the spring of 1866, with his brother William came to Kansas and settled on the farm on Clear Fork four and a half miles north-west of Wheaton. In July, 1868, he was married to Mary McMurry, who preceeded him in death on October 11, 1917. to this union were born five children, Sanford and Welissa, who have passed on to the beyond, and Fannie, Edward and James, who survive him. There are also thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Robbins was highly esteemed for his uprightness and generosity, and his citizenship and patriotism were of the highest kind.
The funeral service was held in the beautiful Congregational church, of Wheaton, and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Cone of Onaga, a friend of the family assisted by Rev. Mr. VanSickle of Onaga. The singing was rendered by a quartet from the Wheaton church. A large group of civil war veterans were honorary Pall Bearers, and practically the entire community joined in attending the service. The pastoral homily was based on the words: "I have fought a good fight," and the body was laid to rest in the Wheaton cemetery. A large group of friends and neighbors from Onaga attended the services and many beautiful wreaths of flowers evidence the affection of the people for their neighbor whom they had known so long.
September 3, 1925
Hiram F. Robbins was born near Rockford, Ill., on October 6, 1844, and died at Wheaton, Kansas, August 30, 1925, aged 80 years, 10 months and 24 days.
He enlisted at the age of seventeen in Company A 12th Illinois Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and served during the entire period of the Civil War, and was with his company in the battles of Antitum and Gettysburg, and other engagements. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and in the spring of 1866, with his brother William came to Kansas and settled on the farm on Clear Fork four and a half miles north-west of Wheaton. In July, 1868, he was married to Mary McMurry, who preceeded him in death on October 11, 1917. to this union were born five children, Sanford and Welissa, who have passed on to the beyond, and Fannie, Edward and James, who survive him. There are also thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Robbins was highly esteemed for his uprightness and generosity, and his citizenship and patriotism were of the highest kind.
The funeral service was held in the beautiful Congregational church, of Wheaton, and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Cone of Onaga, a friend of the family assisted by Rev. Mr. VanSickle of Onaga. The singing was rendered by a quartet from the Wheaton church. A large group of civil war veterans were honorary Pall Bearers, and practically the entire community joined in attending the service. The pastoral homily was based on the words: "I have fought a good fight," and the body was laid to rest in the Wheaton cemetery. A large group of friends and neighbors from Onaga attended the services and many beautiful wreaths of flowers evidence the affection of the people for their neighbor whom they had known so long.
The Onaga Herald
September 3, 1925
Hiram F. Robbins was born near Rockford, Ill., on October 6, 1844, and died at Wheaton, Kansas, August 30, 1925, aged 80 years, 10 months and 24 days.
He enlisted at the age of seventeen in Company A 12th Illinois Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and served during the entire period of the Civil War, and was with his company in the battles of Antitum and Gettysburg, and other engagements. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and in the spring of 1866, with his brother William came to Kansas and settled on the farm on Clear Fork four and a half miles north-west of Wheaton. In July, 1868, he was married to Mary McMurry, who preceeded him in death on October 11, 1917. to this union were born five children, Sanford and Welissa, who have passed on to the beyond, and Fannie, Edward and James, who survive him. There are also thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Robbins was highly esteemed for his uprightness and generosity, and his citizenship and patriotism were of the highest kind.
The funeral service was held in the beautiful Congregational church, of Wheaton, and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Cone of Onaga, a friend of the family assisted by Rev. Mr. VanSickle of Onaga. The singing was rendered by a quartet from the Wheaton church. A large group of civil war veterans were honorary Pall Bearers, and practically the entire community joined in attending the service. The pastoral homily was based on the words: "I have fought a good fight," and the body was laid to rest in the Wheaton cemetery. A large group of friends and neighbors from Onaga attended the services and many beautiful wreaths of flowers evidence the affection of the people for their neighbor whom they had known so long.
September 3, 1925
Hiram F. Robbins was born near Rockford, Ill., on October 6, 1844, and died at Wheaton, Kansas, August 30, 1925, aged 80 years, 10 months and 24 days.
He enlisted at the age of seventeen in Company A 12th Illinois Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and served during the entire period of the Civil War, and was with his company in the battles of Antitum and Gettysburg, and other engagements. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and in the spring of 1866, with his brother William came to Kansas and settled on the farm on Clear Fork four and a half miles north-west of Wheaton. In July, 1868, he was married to Mary McMurry, who preceeded him in death on October 11, 1917. to this union were born five children, Sanford and Welissa, who have passed on to the beyond, and Fannie, Edward and James, who survive him. There are also thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Robbins was highly esteemed for his uprightness and generosity, and his citizenship and patriotism were of the highest kind.
The funeral service was held in the beautiful Congregational church, of Wheaton, and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Cone of Onaga, a friend of the family assisted by Rev. Mr. VanSickle of Onaga. The singing was rendered by a quartet from the Wheaton church. A large group of civil war veterans were honorary Pall Bearers, and practically the entire community joined in attending the service. The pastoral homily was based on the words: "I have fought a good fight," and the body was laid to rest in the Wheaton cemetery. A large group of friends and neighbors from Onaga attended the services and many beautiful wreaths of flowers evidence the affection of the people for their neighbor whom they had known so long.
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