Rachel J. Stubbs Robinson v John M. or Jonathan Robinson (Journal 6 p67 - 30 Nov 1860; Roll 14 case number 125 - Nov 1860) – see Daggett
By Pamela Pattison Lash (updated 12 September 2021)
The couple was married in Bertrand, Berrien Co, MI on 10 Feb 1847. Rachel stated that John deserted her on 16 Aug 1854 and was willfully absent for four years or more. She needed money. The couple had a son Daniel Henry, b 12 Dec 1851. A legal notice appeared on 9 Oct 1860 in a local newspaper.
Rachel, born 21 September 1821 NY, was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Armstrong Stubbs.. Rachel was first married to John Hollinshead in Williams Co, OH on 2 January 1837. John Hollingshead acquired forty acres of land in Williams County on 7 Oct 1835 from the Wapakonetta Land Office. John may be the son of Francis Hollingshead who moved to Ross Co, OH in the 1790’s.
In the 1850 Penn, St. Joseph Co, IN federal census p131B, Johnathan Robinson was listed as Johnathan 35 NY, Rachel 28 NY, and Robinson children (all stepchildren to Jonathan) Rebecca 12 OH, Phebe 10 OH, Louisa 8 OH, and Maria 6 OH.
From the 1860 Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH federal census p63 Rachel appeared as Rachel Hollinshead 38 Y, Maria Hollinshead 16 OH, and Daniel Robinson 8 IN. In Highland, Doniphan Co, KS Rachel married a third time to Henry Van Buren on 27 December 1868 and they were listed in the 1870 Richardson Co, NE federal census as Henry Van Buren 62 NY carpenter, Rachel 49 NY, Henry 19 IN. Rachel moved around as evidenced by 1880 Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS and 1900 Ware, Grant Co, OK federal census records showing she lived with daughter Marie O’Niel and her husband Curtis.
Rachel died on 12 December 1909 in Lake Twp, Berrien Co, MI and was buried there in Greenwood Cemetery. Her death certificate stated her parents names. There is a Jonathan Robinson who died on 16 September 1894 in Hartford, Van Buren Co, MI, listed as “pauper”. It has not been determined whether this man is the willfully absent husband of Rachel.
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