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Robbins, George R – Roberts, George Litch

Robbins, George R

physician, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1812, in Allentown, N. J. He was elected from New Jersey to the house of representatives of the thirty-fourth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-fifth congress.

Robbins, Henry Alfred

physician, author, was born Feb. 9, 1839, in St.

Louis, Mo. He is a prominent physician of Washington City; and is the author of Non-Venereal Syphilis; Organic Syphilis; and Under the Red Flag of the Commune.

Robbins, John

manufacturer, congressman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was for several years engaged in the iron and steel business. He was elected to congress in 1848, 1850 and 1852; subsequently held a number of local positions; and in 1874 was elected to the fortyfourth congress as a democrat.

Robbins, Royal

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1788, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at Kensington, Conn., in 1816- 61; and the author of Outlines of Ancient History; and The World Displayed. He died March 26, 1861, in Berlin, Conn.

Robbins, William M

soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1829 in Randolph county, N. C. He was elected to the senate of North Carolina in 1868, and re-elected in 1870. He was elected to the forty-third and fortyfourth congresses; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Roberdeau, Daniel

congressman, was born in 1727 in the West Indies. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779; and was a signer of the articles of confederation. He died Jan. 5, 1795, in Winchester, Va.

Roberts, Ada Palmer

author, poet, was born Feb. 14, 1852, in North East, N. Y. Prior to her marriage in 1878 she taught music. She is the author of a number of popular stories; and her poems have appeared in several standard works.

ROBERTS, MRS. ANNA SMITH [RICKEY], poet, was born Dec. 23, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a poet who published Forest Flowers of the West. She died Aug. 10, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Roberts, Anthony E

merchant, congressman, was born in October, 1803, in Chester county, Pa. In 1839 he was elected sheriff of Lancaster county, and held the office till 1842; and in 1849 was appointed marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. He was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth congress.

Roberts, Benjamin Titus

clergyman, author, was born in 1823 in New York. He was a free methodist clergyman of North Chili, N. Y., founder of Chesbrough academy there in 1865, and president of that institution in 1869-93. He was the author of Fishers of Men; Why Another Sect; First Lessons on Money; and Ordaining Women. He died in 1893.

Roberts, Ellis H

journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 30, 1827, in Utica, N. Y. He was a member of the legislature of the state of New York in 1867. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-second and forty-third congresses. He was the author of Government Revenue; and New York, the Planting and Growth of the Empire State.

Roberts, George Brooke

railroad president, was born Jan. 15, 1833, in Montgomery county, Pa. Since 1880 he has been president of the Pennsylvania railroad; and, is also president of numerous other railroad corporations.

Roberts, George Litch

lawyer, was born Dec. 30, 1836, in Boston, Mass.

He is one of the foremost patent lawyers in the United States.