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Martha J <I>Requa</I> Robb

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Martha J Requa Robb

Birth
Bates County, Missouri, USA
Death
12 Feb 1898 (aged 56)
Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Butler, Bates County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Martha J. Requa, dau. of George Requa and Mary Harmon, was b. Oct. 1, 1841 at Bates County, MO and d. at 'Muscogee' in the Creek Indian Territory, now the City of Muskogee, OK.

• Feb. 14, 1898 Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 2-Mortuary: ROBB-Muscogee, I.T., Feb. 12; Mrs. Robb, wife of Andrew Robb, died here to-day. Her remains will be taken to Missouri for interment.

On Jan. 23, 1864 Martha m. Andrew William Robb, s. of William M. Robb and Margaret Nelson, b. Jan. 1840 at Racoon Twsp, Beaver County, PA. He d. at Muskogee, OK on Nov. 24, 1909. They had five known children, not three or four as stated in contemporary biographies written in the late 1890s-early 1900s. Their children were:

• i. Mary Robb, b. Oct. 2, 1866 prob. at Baxter Springs, KS and d. at Atoka, OK on Feb. 1, 1911; she m. circa 1889 likely at Muscogee, Creek Indian Terr., William Herbert Sanson, s. of Rev. Thomas Alexander Sanson and Seraphine Platt Adams, b. in April 1864 at Iowa. He d. in 1935 likely at Pasadena, CA. Seven known children of the family.

• ii. John Robb, b. circa 1868 (per the family's 1870 enumeration at Baxter Springs, KS); prob. died young.

• iii. Katherine "Kate" Robb, b. Sept. 29, 1870 at Baxter Springs, KS [not the same date in 1873 at Missouri as stated on her CA death certificate], d. Mar. 27, 1950 at Los Angeles, CA; m. Apr. 23, 1891 at 'Muscogee,' Rev. Arthur Grant Evans, s. of Rev. E. J. Evans and Caroline Taylor, b. Sept. 9, 1858 in India while his parents were missionaries there. He d. Nov. 30, 1928 at Santa Barbara, CA. Five known children of the family.

• iv. Jessie Robb, b. Dec. 12, 1872 at 'Muscogee,' Creek Indian Territory, now Muskogee, OK, d. Feb. 11, 1933 at Santa Barbara, CA; m. circa 1902 at 'Muscogee,' David H. Hobart, b. in 1867 and d. circa 1929 likely at Santa Barbara, CA. Two known children of the family.

• v. Ralph Robb, twin of Jessie, b. Dec. 12, 1872 and d. Aug. 31, 1873.
Martha J. Requa, dau. of George Requa and Mary Harmon, was b. Oct. 1, 1841 at Bates County, MO and d. at 'Muscogee' in the Creek Indian Territory, now the City of Muskogee, OK.

• Feb. 14, 1898 Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 2-Mortuary: ROBB-Muscogee, I.T., Feb. 12; Mrs. Robb, wife of Andrew Robb, died here to-day. Her remains will be taken to Missouri for interment.

On Jan. 23, 1864 Martha m. Andrew William Robb, s. of William M. Robb and Margaret Nelson, b. Jan. 1840 at Racoon Twsp, Beaver County, PA. He d. at Muskogee, OK on Nov. 24, 1909. They had five known children, not three or four as stated in contemporary biographies written in the late 1890s-early 1900s. Their children were:

• i. Mary Robb, b. Oct. 2, 1866 prob. at Baxter Springs, KS and d. at Atoka, OK on Feb. 1, 1911; she m. circa 1889 likely at Muscogee, Creek Indian Terr., William Herbert Sanson, s. of Rev. Thomas Alexander Sanson and Seraphine Platt Adams, b. in April 1864 at Iowa. He d. in 1935 likely at Pasadena, CA. Seven known children of the family.

• ii. John Robb, b. circa 1868 (per the family's 1870 enumeration at Baxter Springs, KS); prob. died young.

• iii. Katherine "Kate" Robb, b. Sept. 29, 1870 at Baxter Springs, KS [not the same date in 1873 at Missouri as stated on her CA death certificate], d. Mar. 27, 1950 at Los Angeles, CA; m. Apr. 23, 1891 at 'Muscogee,' Rev. Arthur Grant Evans, s. of Rev. E. J. Evans and Caroline Taylor, b. Sept. 9, 1858 in India while his parents were missionaries there. He d. Nov. 30, 1928 at Santa Barbara, CA. Five known children of the family.

• iv. Jessie Robb, b. Dec. 12, 1872 at 'Muscogee,' Creek Indian Territory, now Muskogee, OK, d. Feb. 11, 1933 at Santa Barbara, CA; m. circa 1902 at 'Muscogee,' David H. Hobart, b. in 1867 and d. circa 1929 likely at Santa Barbara, CA. Two known children of the family.

• v. Ralph Robb, twin of Jessie, b. Dec. 12, 1872 and d. Aug. 31, 1873.

Inscription

On the top half of the gravestone to Martha (Requa) Robb and her son Ralph.

In Loving Memory of
Martha Requa
Wife of
Andrew W. Robb
Born Oct. 1, 1841-Died Feb. 12, 1898
In the house of the Lord forever



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