Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin R. Robb and Jane A. "Jennie" McKelvey




Husband Benjamin R. Robb 1 2

           Born: 17 Dec 1841 2
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         Father: Robert Robb (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Rugh (      -      ) 2


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Wife Jane A. "Jennie" McKelvey 3 4

            AKA: Jannie McKelvey 1
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         Father: Reuben McKinley McKelvey (1822-      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Jane Menoher (      -      ) 4 6 7




Children
1 M Robert L. Robb 8

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         Spouse: Gail Gallatin (      -      ) 9


2 F Blanche Robb 2

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         Spouse: Dr. W. T. Houston (      -      ) 2


3 M Charles McKinley Robb 2 10 11

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         Spouse: Margie June Clifford (      -      ) 2 10 11



General Notes: Husband - Benjamin R. Robb


He was educated in the common schools. In early life he began farming for himself on the homestead, ninety-six acres of which he purchased and on which he made all the latest improvements, erecting a fine brick house and out-buildings. In connection with farming he engaged in the lime business, taking the stone and coal from his own farm. He and his family were members of the Lutheran church of Ligonier, in which he held the offices of deacon, trustee and elder. He was a Republican in politics.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 176.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 317.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 316, 317.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1061.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 176, 319, 323.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 316.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 176, 323.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 317, 395.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 395.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 246.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 16.


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