Robert Callis Robbins b. 08-05-1905, d. 1983 married Nellie Mae Knoebel b. 01-27-1905 d. 1976. Robert is the son of William David Robbins & Dinah Alice Evans. Nellie is the daughter of George Knoebel & Rachel Anna Mott. The children of Robert & Nellie are:

.................Robert Nelson Robbins b. 05-12-25 Madison IN d. 04-16-35
.................Williams Rogers Robbins b. 09-09-26 Madison IN living
.................Delmar Ray Robbins b. 06-22-30 Jefferson Cty IN d. 04-14-34
.................Norman Leroy Robbins b. 03-30-28 Trimble Cty KY living
.................Lola Jean Robbins b. 03-06-32 Jefferson Cty living married Midge Lockridge
.................Edith Mae Robbins b. 12-23-34 Madison living married ? Clegg
.................George Benjamin Robbins b. 04-07-36 Jefferson Cty living
.................Franklin Delano Robbins (my dad) b. 02-10-38 Jefferson Cty living
.................Janet Louise Robbins b. 12-23-40 Jefferson Cty living married John Thomas
.................Graham Douglas Robbins b. 09-06-42 Jefferson Cty living
.................Charles Allen Robbins b. 04-07-45 died ?
.................Nancy Ellen Robbins b. 03-27-47 living married James Leatherbury

Richard Robbins (son of William, who was born in Virginia) was born about 1818-1822 and died before 1900. He married Bethia Ferguson 08-07-1840 Trimble County and had the following children:

.................William David Robbins b. 1853 Trimble Cty d. 06-21-37, married Dinah Alice Evans 05-11-1880
................. Jacob b. ca. 1842
.................Lucinda b. ca. 1845
.................Sarah Ellen b. 04-1852 d. 11-11-16.

Richard had two other marriages: Emaline abt. 1863 & Emily Webb 04-28-1891, also in Trimble Cty.
I am in search of the parents of Richard Robbins. If anyone has information on the family, please contact me!

This tree was contributed by Anne Robbins Tipton. We are very sorry to say that we no longer have an email address for her.

Mike Starling, another Trimble Co. Genealogist has provided additional information connecting the Starling and Robbins families. Below is his letter, and again, his email address is no longer valid.

My earliest ancestor in Trimble Co, KY was Jesse STARLING (shows up in various Trimble Co, KY references from during 1837-1849 timeframe. He's in 1830 Gallatin Co, KY census listing, and is in his daughters 1813 Gallatin Co, marriage record. Now Jesse had 2 sons, only one of whom we positively know his name. That was James STARLING, b. 1815, Henry Co, KY. He marries Hannah Robbins? FERGUSON. He shows up in the Trimble Co, KY 1830, 1840, 1860, census. Took me along time to find what happened to him in 1850, but he turns up in Johnson Co, IN with his family. It appears he migrated there around 1840 and I also "discovered" some of his children that I never knew existed before.

Specifically, his oldest child as a daughter, Dortha / Dorthy STARLIN b. 1840, She ONLY shows up in the 1850 census - and is married and out of the house by the time the 1860 census rolls around. She marries a Daniel ROBINS / ROBBINS b. 1830, KY. Even more interesting is if you check the 1860 Trimble Co, KY(Milton) census,(in addition to James STARLING and his family who have now relocated back to Milton from Franklin, IN), you will find Daniel ROBBINS, b. 1830 with his wife Dortha b. abt 1840, and infant daughter Rosetta. They are living next to Samuel and Elizabeth BOSWELL. The Boswell's daughter, Martha, age 16 will marry Jeremiah STARLING (my great-grandfather) in 1862 in Madison, IN. Hence the Boswell's are almost "in-laws" and Dorthy Robbins must have surely been visited by her younger brother Jeremiah from time to time - you get the picture.

Anyway, to get back to the ROBBINS connection - in the 1850 Johnson Co, IN census, you will find: 1. William ROBBINS age 55, b. VA and his wife Bethier, b. KY and one of the sons still at home is Daniel ROBBINS - who will marry Dortha STARLING in 1857. 2. Richard ROBBINS, age 27, b. KY and his wife Bethier, age 27, b. KY and their 3 children. - listed in househould next to William ROBBINS.

Hence I believe that Anne ROBBINS TIPTON and I have a common ancestor in William ROBBINS, b. abt 1795, VA.. and a subsequent "cousin" relationship in the later generations (ie; Richard and Daniel ROBBINS were brothers in same family).

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