C. J. ROBINSON DEATH VICTIM WEDNESDAY

Was Farmer, Merchant, Moving Picture Operator, Real Estate Dealer

Chas. J. Robinson, 84 years of age, was called by death Wednesday afternoon at 5:25 at the Blair Hospital after a short illness. He was born in York County, Pennsylvania on January 7, 1861.

Deceased came to Seward County, Nebraska in September of 1882 and worked as a farm hand and whatever he could find to do. In 1886 he came to Blair and then to Herman. Here he worked at farming, and in the Spiker store which at that time, before the automobile came in, was a booming business. Later he ran a store at Vacoma and at Arizona in Burt County.

He was married to Miss Marilla J. Newkirk, and later, about 1904, he moved to Blair where he bought a grocery store which he operated for over two years.

In 1907 he started the Home Theatre which was his work for a number of years. During this time and after retiring from the picture business, he was active in the real estate business. The wife died in August of 1940.

Three sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Raymond Harold and Clifton N. of Blair and Edward James of Wilmington, Delaware. These, with seven grandchildren, are left to mourn his death.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with Father Adelbert J. Smith officiating, and interment will be made in the Blair cemetery.

Thus ends the career of another early settler, a man who through his untiring energy made a place for himself. His old friends will find that they will miss him, and he will live in their memory.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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