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John Calvin “J.C.” Robbins
17 Feb 1855 – 30 Jul 1936
| Birth | 17 Feb 1855 |
| Death | 30 Jul 1936 |
| Cemetery | Tempe Double Butte Cemetery Tempe , Maricopa County , Arizona , USA |
| Added by | Roy Woodruff on 19 Jun 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92173137 |
Bio
Although born in Arkansas, he and his family soon moved to Teas. In 1876, he struck out for California and spent three years there. In 1879, he drove a team and buckboard into Globe, Az., put them in the livery stable and went up town jingling 8 silver dollars in his pocket. After supper, he invested in a small stack of poker chips and the next morning bought the livery stable with cash from his winnings. He soon expanded into lumbering in the Pinal Mountains and other enterprises. In Globe, he met and married Emma Cole, a sister of "Pink" Cole, the Tonto Basin cattleman. In 1889 H.C. bought a cow outfit near Gisela (near Payson) and established the J R (connected) brand. From that time on, his principal business was with cattle. At different times he owned or was interested in several cow outfits iin the Tonto Basin and on Sycamore Creek. He partnered for a time with Frank Criswell in the Sierra Anchas, and at one time the O X ranch on Date Creek. For a short time, the Robbins family lived in Phoenix but moved to tempe before the turn of the century. For 30 years, until his death in 1936, he was cattle inspector. Emma died in 1941. They had 7 children. He was survived by five of them, Bert of Tempe, Pansy Huffer and Ruth of Prescott, Irene Lincoln ofr Safford, and Dick of Scottsdale. Source: "Pioneer and Well Known Cattlemen of Arizona" by Roscoe G. Willson
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- William David Robbins 1856–1949
- Richard D. Robbins 1856–1937
- Wilburn Jefferson Robbins 1864–1955
- Sarah Wilmyrth Robbins Lewis 1870–1949
Children
- Albert Calvin Robbins 1883–1969 FaG
- Pansy Wilirth Robbins Huffer 1885–1959 FaG
- Benjamin George "Ben" Robbins 1887–1954 FaG
- Inez Margaret Robbins Brown 1889–1946 FaG
- Ruth Carol Robbins 1893–1974 FaG
- Irene Emma Robbins Lincoln 1895–1996 FaG
- Charles Richard "Dick" Robbins 1900–1983 FaG
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