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Robbie, Reuben

congressman, was born in Vermont.

He settled in New York, and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.

ROBBIN, STEPHEN HERBERT, clergyman, was born Oct. 4, 1858, in Canada. He received the rudiments of his education in the Ontario public schools, and graduated from the St. Lawrence university of Canton, N. Y. He is now one of the foremost clergymen of New England; has filled pastorates in Genoa and Victor, N. Y.; Bay City, Mich.; and Boston, Mass. He has been president of the Social union; is a member of the Boston Art club; chairman of the creed revision committee in Chicago in 1897; and a prominent Mason and a member of various societies.

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