Roscoe
Law
Robinson
Born in Wagon Mound, Marshall, West Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Betty (Robinson) Rockwell
Died
at age 50
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico
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Biography
Roscoe Robinson was a teacher, a banker, an oil driller and finally a hotelier. In 1908, he was working at a bank in Hugoton, Kansas. By 1910, he was drilling for oil on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma. In 1928, he moved his family from Ponca City, OK to Albuquerque, NM and bought a small motor court called the King's Rest. He, along with his brother-in-law, Jess Coffin, remodeled the motel, added more cabins, built a playground and opened the premier motor court on the original Rt 66. It was THE place to stay for travelers going to California to escape the Dust Bowl. It was the first motel to supply ice in all the rooms. Roscoe died in 1931 but his wife and children carried on with his legacy until 1953 when the King's Rest was sold out of the family's control.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roscoe by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roscoe:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roscoe by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roscoe:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
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Lee (Crandell) Recca
Lee (Crandell) Recca
My Uncle Frank Stephenson came from Wichita, Kansas, to help Roscoe run the motel in Albuquerque. He stayed there and joined the police department. When he retired, he was chief of detectives. Frank's son, Bob, had a western wear shop in Albuquerque.
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