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John H Robb

Birth
Perth, Fulton County, New York, USA
Death
8 Aug 1909 (aged 55)
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Burial
Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 9
Memorial ID
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Dies at Age 105
ALBANY. N. Y. AP — John H. Robb. who hiked three miles on his 100th birthday, died Saturday at 105. Robb claimed he established the first taxi business in Upstate New York, at Amsterdam in 1905. He was born at Perth Center, near Amsterdam. Robb had said he never missed a Sunday in church between the ages of 5 and 99. He died in a home for the aged, where he had lived for seven years. His eyesight and hearing had failed recently.



THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN, KINGSTON, N. Y- MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1959
Dies at Age 105
ALBANY. N. Y. AP — John H. Robb. who hiked three miles on his 100th birthday, died Saturday at 105. Robb claimed he established the first taxi business in Upstate New York, at Amsterdam in 1905. He was born at Perth Center, near Amsterdam. Robb had said he never missed a Sunday in church between the ages of 5 and 99. He died in a home for the aged, where he had lived for seven years. His eyesight and hearing had failed recently.



THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN, KINGSTON, N. Y- MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1959


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  • Maintained by: Jim Bramble
  • Originally Created by: JamesP
  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78508937/john_h-robb: accessed ), memorial page for John H Robb (Jul 1854–8 Aug 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78508937, citing Fairview Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, USA; Maintained by Jim Bramble (contributor 47180825).