John P Robens

1840 - 1905  (65 years)

• Name	John P Robens
  Birth	20 Feb 1840	Northumberland, Saratoga, NY
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	31 Aug 1862	Saratoga Co, NY
  	mustered in 8 Oct 1862 at Pvt in 77 Inf (never joined regt)
  Census	29 Jul 1870	Mooresville, Livingston, MO
  	age 28, born NY, farmer
  Census	21 Jun 1880	Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS
  	age 39, born NY, retail grocer, parents born VT/VT
  Census	1 Mar 1885	Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS
  	age 41, born NY, merchant, enlisted in NY 176 Regt, Co E
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS
  	age 51, born Feb 1849 in NY, marr 30 yrs, china ware merchant, parents born NY/NY
  Census	1 Mar 1905	Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS
  	age 63, born NY, merchant
  Death	20 Jul 1905	Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS
  Person ID	I1160	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Labar,   b. 14 Sep 1834, Orleans Co., NY d. 24 Jan 1912, Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1870
  Children	1. Walter M Robens,   b. 20 Feb 1872, Kansas d. 21 Dec 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  John & Mary Jane Robens Gravestone JOHN P. ROBENS / born in / Saratoga N.Y. / FEB. 20, 1840 died JULY 20, 1905 1st lieut. Co. E. 176 N.Y. Vol. MARY JANE LaBAR / born Sept. 14, 1834 died Jan. 24, 1912

  
  

• Notes

  from "History of the State of Kansas", by William G Cutler J. P. ROBENS, proprietor of the West End Grocery and China Emporium, Fort Scott, Kan., he was a native of Northumberland, Saratoga Co., N.Y., born in February, 1840. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventy-seventh "Bemis Heights" regiment New York Volunteers as a private, was transferred and promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers, better known as the "Ironsides" regiment; was with Banks in the "Gulf Department," was captured at Brashear City in June, 1863, taken to Tyler, Texas, was exchanged July, 1864. Was married in 1866 Miss Labor of Lockport, N.Y., moved to Missouri in 1868, and to Fort Scott in 1870, embarking in the grocery business. By diligence and enterprise his business has grown into large proportions. He carries a stock of $10,000 to $12,000, and has a yearly trade of over $30,000. Mr. Robens has been in the city council for a number of years, and is at the present time Treasurer of the Board of Education for the city. It was largely through his efforts that the compromising of the city indebtedness was secured on a basis at once honorable to the city and to her creditors. In all matters relating to public enterprise he is liberal and enthusiastic.