Biography

10/20/1809 - 10/09/1899

ROBBINS, John, a Representative from Bucks County; born, June 20, 1809 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pa.; attended, private boarding schools, Wilmington, De.; farmer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1847 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1848 term; elected, school director; elected, council, Morrisville; director, Line Lexington Fire Insurance Co. (1863-1870); president, Bucks County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (1870-1899); justice of the peace (1880-1890); notary public (1885-1888); died, October 9, 1899 in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Morrisville Cemetery, Morrisville, Bucks County , Pennsylvania