Robert Wilburn 1815-1877
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Robert Wilburn 1815-1877
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Classification: Obituary
Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, May 20, 1915
Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska
FORTY YEARS AGO IN PLATTSMOUTH
In Memoriam – Robert WILBURN, who died at his residence January 1, 1877, from paralysis of the brain and heart, was one of Cass county’s most reliable and venerable citizens. He was born in Kentucky on the 11th of August, 1815. He was taken from there at an early age to Sangamon county, Illinois, and settled near where Springfield now stands, in the year 1818. He was a friend and intimate acquaintance of the venerable Peter CARTWRIGHT; also a neighbor and associate of the long-to-be remembered Abraham Lincoln, president of the U.S. He accumulated a handsome estate there, and in the year 1872 he disposed of his property there and moved to Nebraska on account of ill-health in his family, which he hoped to improve by a change of climate, and settled in Cass County, near Greenwood. He was a man of the most honest principles, eminent piety and sterling integrity. He carried his religion into practice in every-day life; was a faithful friend, a loving husband and venerable father. He was formerly a member of the Baptist church, but finding no church of his choice near enough so that he could attend regularly, he attached himself to the Christian church at Greenwood,. He was stricken down on Thursday, December 28th, about 8 o’clock p.m. and after three days of patient suffering without a murmur or sight of discontent, he passed peacefully away just as the sun arose on the first day of January, 1877, to receive his happy New Year’s greeting by the blessed angels in the horse of the blest. His funeral sermon was preached on Tuesday, January 2, by Rev. J. Henry WHITE of the Baptist church, Wahoo, Neb., from Job 11:15, 17. The grief-stricken family have the sympathies of all who know them, while the community and church realize that they have lost a useful citizen and exemplary Christian.
Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska
FORTY YEARS AGO IN PLATTSMOUTH
In Memoriam – Robert WILBURN, who died at his residence January 1, 1877, from paralysis of the brain and heart, was one of Cass county’s most reliable and venerable citizens. He was born in Kentucky on the 11th of August, 1815. He was taken from there at an early age to Sangamon county, Illinois, and settled near where Springfield now stands, in the year 1818. He was a friend and intimate acquaintance of the venerable Peter CARTWRIGHT; also a neighbor and associate of the long-to-be remembered Abraham Lincoln, president of the U.S. He accumulated a handsome estate there, and in the year 1872 he disposed of his property there and moved to Nebraska on account of ill-health in his family, which he hoped to improve by a change of climate, and settled in Cass County, near Greenwood. He was a man of the most honest principles, eminent piety and sterling integrity. He carried his religion into practice in every-day life; was a faithful friend, a loving husband and venerable father. He was formerly a member of the Baptist church, but finding no church of his choice near enough so that he could attend regularly, he attached himself to the Christian church at Greenwood,. He was stricken down on Thursday, December 28th, about 8 o’clock p.m. and after three days of patient suffering without a murmur or sight of discontent, he passed peacefully away just as the sun arose on the first day of January, 1877, to receive his happy New Year’s greeting by the blessed angels in the horse of the blest. His funeral sermon was preached on Tuesday, January 2, by Rev. J. Henry WHITE of the Baptist church, Wahoo, Neb., from Job 11:15, 17. The grief-stricken family have the sympathies of all who know them, while the community and church realize that they have lost a useful citizen and exemplary Christian.