James Ezra Robenstine (1874 - 1935)

Born 24 Sep 1874 in Portage, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Jun 1935 at age 60 in Suffield Township, Portage, Ohio, United States

Biography

James Robenstine has German Roots.

James Robenstine was an Ohioan.

James, son of Urias Robenstine and Emma Augusta Lutz, was born 24 September 1874 in Portage County, Ohio.^[1] In 1880, six-year-old James resided with his parents Urias (age 28, carpenter) and Emma A. (22, b. Illinois), and siblings Roy "Newton" (5), Grant Henry (4) and John "Aaron (1) in Suffield Township, Portage County.^[2]

James (age 35, clayworker) continued to live with his parents Urias (58, farmer) and Emma (52, mother of 10, all living) on the farm they owned in Suffield with his sisters Bessie J. (16) and Lotta Marie "Lottie" (14).^[3]

His draft registration describes him as short and stout with blue eyes and black hair.^[4] At that time he was a thresher.^[4]

Still a bachelor at age 45, James E. (bead curer at the rubber shop) resided at home with Urias (age 68, house carpenter) and Emma E. Robenstine (62), his sister Lotta M. (24) and her husband Paul Roe Taylor (24, calendar man at the rubber shop), and Lotta's son by her first marriage Richard Urias "Dick" Cain (4).^[5]

James died 21 June 1935 in Suffield Township,^[1] and was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Akron, Summit County, Ohio,^[6] There is no evidence that he ever married or had children.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, database with images, FamilySearch (8 March 2018), James Ezra Robenstine, 21 Jun 1935; citing Suffield Township, Portage, Ohio, reference fn 39303; FHL microfilm 2,022,521.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2017), James E Robenstine in household of Urias Robenstine, Suffield, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 132, sheet 424B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1059; FHL microfilm 1,255,059.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 30 November 2018), James Robinshire in household of Urias Robinshire, Suffield, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 117, sheet 5A, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1224; FHL microfilm 1,375,237.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (13 March 2018), James E Robenstine, 1917-1918; citing Portage County, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,851,083.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 30 November 2018), James E Robenstine in household of Urias Robenstine, Suffield, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing ED 117, sheet 7A, line 40, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1428; FHL microfilm 1,821,428.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 June 2020), memorial page for James Ezra Robenstine (24 Sep 1874–21 Jun 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #8876282, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Robert Longbottom # 46521199 (contributor 46521199).

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (third cousin, three times removed).