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History of Manistee, Mason and Oceana counties, Michigan
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of
Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

Published by H. R. Page & Co., Chicago, IL, 1882

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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Page 147
ROBBINS, Joseph J.
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Joseph J. Robbins, farmer, was born in Otsego County, N.Y., December 4,
1820, and was married January 15, 1842, at Tioga County, Pa., to Miss
Marinda Robbins.  He enlisted September, 1861, in the One Hundred and
Fourteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, which was consolidated with the Fifty-
Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry.  He was discharged January 9, 1863, at
Chapin's Farm, Va.  He lost his eyesight by sunstroke in 1864, and still
suffers from the same cause.  He came to this township, May, 1865,
locating on his farm a short distance north of Hesperia.  He has resided
for some time in the village of Hesperia.  He has seven children --
Charles H., Emmeline C., Berson, Benjamin L., Evaline E., Benjamin F., and
William W.
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