Benjamin Harrison ROBISON & Rebecca A. STEPHENS

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Benjamin Harrison ROBISON
Rebecca A. STEPHENS

NOTE: Rebecca STEPHENS had children out of wedlock with at least three different men before she married in 1912. Please see this page for further discussion.

Husband: Benjamin Harrison ROBISON, a.k.a., Harrison B. ROBISON
Birth: 9 May 1889, Gentryville, Gentry Co., MO
Death: 30 Jul 1959, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO
Occupation: laborer
Military Service: World War I?
Father: Benjamin Franklin ROBISON (1855-1913) of GA or TN; parents of Ireland
Mother: Nancy Vian GAY (1861-1950) of MO

Marriage: 5 Jun 1912, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO

Wife: Rebecca A. STEVENS / STEPHENS
Birth: Oct 1875 or 31 Dec 1877 [definitely not 1880], Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
Death: 19 Mar 1934, Agency, Buchanan Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker
Partners: p1. George ROSS; p2. Percy WOLVERTON; p3. Mr. STEPHENS
Father: Joshua STEPHENS
Mother: Caroline CORBIN

Stepchildren:

. Alfred W. WOLVERTON-ROBISON, b. 1 Oct 1905, Buchanan Co., MO
. Wilmer E. STEPHENS-ROBISON, b. 25 Dec 1911, Saxton, Buchanan Co., MO

As an adult, Alfred reverted to WOLVERTON; Wilmer remained a ROBISON.

Children — born in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO:

1. William H. ROBISON, b. 1914/5
2. John Otto ROBISON, b. 13 Sep 1917; d. 23 Dec 1959, Twenty-Nine Palms, San Bernardino Co., CA
3. Jeanne ROBISON, b. 13 Sep 1917; died in infancy

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; IRL, Ireland; USA, US, United States, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee

Sources:

1. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (online at Ancestry.com):

Harrison B Robison Mrs Rebecca Stephens 5 Jun 1912 St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri License #488

2. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Ren (sic) H. ROBISON (æ 11, b. May 1889, MO/MO/MO) is living in Miller Twp., Gentry Co., MO (p. 299B), with his parents, Ben F. ROBISON (æ 45, b. Feb 1855, GA/IRL/IRL) & Nancy V. (æ 38, b. Nov 1861, MO/MO/MO), plus siblings.

3. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Benj. H. ROBISON (æ 20, b. MO — mis-indexed "Berry H. Robison") is living in Miller [Twp.], Gentry Co., MO (p. 302A), with his parents, Franklin ROBISON (æ __, b. TN) & Nancy V. (æ 48, b. MO), plus siblings. Rebecca STEPHENS (æ 33, b. MO; "divorced") is living in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, with her widowed mother (q.v.).

4. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 23): 410 Angelique Street, St. Joseph City, Precinct C, Buchanan Co., MO, Roll T625_908, p. 33B, SN 9B, SD 177, ED 89, enumerated 8 Jan 1930, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28

* 410 156 185 Robison Harrison B Head R M W 30 M Y Y MO TN US Y Laborer Ice Co W

_______ Rebacca Wife F W 39 M Y Y AR MO MA Y Wash At home OA

_______ Alfred W Son M W 12 S Y Y Y MO MO AR Y None

_______ Wilmer E Son M W 6 S Y MO MO AR None

_______ William H Son M W 5 S N MO MO AR None

_______ John O Son M W 2 3/12 S CO MO AR None

*Angelique Street

Rebecca may be fibbing about her children's ages to support her fib about her own age (she should be 43).

5. 1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

6a. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18. Microfilm Series M1509 (4277 rolls), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC (card images and index online at Ancestry.com):

Microfilm Roll | Form | No: 1561814 | 121 | 7

1 Name in full | Age in yrs: Harrison B Robison | 28

2 Home Address: Parshall Parshall Colo

3 Date of Birth: May 9 1889

4 Are you (1) a natural born citizen… a Nat Born Citizen

5 Where were you born: Gentryville Mo USA

6 If not a citizen, of what country…

7 What is your present trade, occupation… Farmer

8 By whom employed: Dr A H Faith

Where employed: Parshall

9 Have you [dependents]?: Wife 2 children

10 Married or Single | Race: Married | Caucausian

11 What military service have you had? Private Infantry
21 Months & 5 days U.S.A.

12 Do you claim exemption from draft? Family

Signature: Harrison B. Robison

1 Height | Build: Medium | Medium

2 Color of Eyes | Color of Hair | Bald: L Brown | Black | yes

3 Physically Disabled: no

Date of Registration: June 5 / 17

Draft Board: Pct 4, Passhall, Colo

6b. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations (online at Ancestry.com):

Name: Robison, Harrison B.

Birth Date: 9 May 1889

Birth Place: Gentryville MO

City/County: Grand

State: CO

Ethnicity: W

7. CADI: California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com):

Last
Name First
Name Middle Birth Date Mother
Maiden Father
Last Sex Birth
Place Death Place
(County) Death Date SSN Age Post-em(s)
Placed

ROBISON John Otto 09/13/1917 ROBISON M MO San Bernardion 12/23/1959 481-18-8818 42 No

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com): files there show wife as Carolyn STEPHENS.

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