Wade & Webb Family History

Solomon Robbins Jr1818–1878

Montgomery · Talladega · Tyler · Texas

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 9 Apr 1818 Montgomery, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 6 Nov 1849 Amanda Melvina Funderburgh, at Talladega, Alabama 5

Death and burial

  1. 7 Oct 1878 Death: Bascom, Smith, Texas 10
  2. Date unknown Burial: Bascom Cemetery, Tyler, Smith, Texas

Family

Parents
Solomon Robbins Sr. 1791–1879
Spouse, 6 Nov 1849
Amanda Melvina Funderburgh 1833–1883
Children
Thomas M. Robbins 1857–1887
John William Robbins 1852–1918
Archibald Smith Robbins 1855–1935
Mary or Molly Elizabeth Robbins or Robins 1858–1896
Mittie Z. Robbins 1850–1883
Katie Robbins 1868–1900

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Solomon Robbins Jr
  2. Half-brother of Eliza Robbins
  3. William Walker Walden, son
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Half-2nd great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Solomon Robbins Jr. was born on 9 April 1818 at Montgomery, Alabama, a son of Solomon Robbins Sr. and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Sellers, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no source for the birth.1 His half-sister Kate Grayson, in a letter to a nephew printed in George E. Brewer's history of Coosa County, Alabama, in 1942, gives the same date and Montgomery County as the place.2 According to the letter, their father had come to Alabama about 1816 and settled in Montgomery County, near Judkins Ferry on the Tallapoosa River, where Solomon Jr., his second child, was born; the place "proving unhealthy," the family moved to Autauga County, near the Alabama River, where his mother died.3 A second family sketch in the same history, by H. R. Robbins, names "Betsy and Solomon, Jr." as the two children of the first marriage.4

He married Amanda M. Funderburg in November 1849; the Alabama marriage indexes disagree on the day, one giving 5 November and another 6 November, and the tree takes 6 November and places the marriage in Talladega County.5 Inference The two dates may be those of the licence and of the ceremony, but the indexes do not say which is which.5 Kate Grayson gives his wife's name as Amanda M. Funderburgh.6 The federal census of 1850 listed Solomon Robins, with Amanda in his household, at Talladega.7 By 1860 the family had moved to Smith County, Texas, where the census found "Sol Robins" near Tyler, and the census of 1870 again recorded Solomon Robbins in Texas.8 The tree names six children: Mittie Z. (born 1850), John William (1852), Archibald Smith (1855), Thomas M. (1857), Mary or Molly Elizabeth (1858) and Katie (1868).9

He died on 7 October 1878 at Bascom, Smith County, and is buried in the Bascom Cemetery near Tyler, where a Find a Grave memorial to "Solomon Robbins, Jr." is indexed; the dates are the tree's.10 Kate Grayson's letter gives the same date and says that he "died in Texas"; she herself was living near Tyler, in Smith County, when she wrote.11 The Texas death records of his sons John W. Robbins, on 21 March 1918, and Archie Smith Robbins, on 3 October 1935, name him as their father.12

Documents

  1. 1942 History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch) George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942) · book

Places

  1. 1818Montgomery
  2. 1849Talladega
  3. 1850Talladega
  4. 1860Tyler
  5. 1878Bascom
  6. undatedBascom Cemetery

Timeline

  1. 9 Apr 1818BirthMontgomery, Alabama
  2. 6 Nov 1849Marriage, Amanda Melvina FunderburghTalladega, Alabama
  3. 1850ResidenceTalladega, Talladega, Alabama
  4. 1860ResidenceTyler, Smith, Texas
  5. 1870ResidenceTexas
  6. 7 Oct 1878DeathBascom, Smith, Texas

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: birth 9 Apr 1818, Montgomery, Alabama, no source attached; parents Solomon Robbins Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Sellers back to the text
  2. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): The next child, Solomon Robbins, Jr., was born in Montgomery County, Ala, April 9th, 1818 back to the text
  3. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): With a wife and babe he came to Alabama about the year 1816, settled in Montgomery County, near Judkins Ferry on the Tallapoosa River. While living there his second child, Solomon, Jr., was born. The location proving unhealthy, he moved from there to Autauga County, settled near the Alabama River in the neighborhood of Coosawda. There his wife died back to the text
  4. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): Solomon, the oldest son, married a Miss Sellers who bore two children (Betsy and Solomon, Jr.), and died (H. R. Robbins, p. 245) back to the text
  5. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Soliman Robins and Amanda M Funderburge, 06 Nov 1849. Record: Soliman Robins and Amanda M Funderburge, 06 Nov 1849 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Solomon Robins and Amanda M Funderburg, 5 November 1849. Record: Solomon Robins and Amanda M Funderburg, 5 November 1849 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: marriage 6 Nov 1849, Talladega, Alabama back to the text
  6. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): Was married to Amanda M. Funderburgh back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Solomon Robins, 1850. Record: Solomon Robins, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Amanda Robins in entry for Solomon Robins, 1850. Record: Amanda Robins in entry for Solomon Robins, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: residence 1850, Talladega back to the text
  8. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Sol Robins, 1860. Record: Sol Robins, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: residence 1860, Tyler, Smith, Texas; residence 1870, Texas "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Solomon Robbins, 1870. Record: Solomon Robbins, 1870 back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: children of Solomon Robbins Jr and Amanda Melvina Funderburgh back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KL67-Y2M: death 7 Oct 1878, Bascom, Smith, Texas; burial Bascom Cemetery, Tyler "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Solomon Robbins, Jr. Record: Solomon Robbins, Jr., Find a Grave Index Find a grave Record: Find a Grave memorial 21972893 back to the text
  11. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): died in Texas, October 7th, 1878; Married Charles Oliver Grayson, resides now near Tyler, in Smith County, Texas back to the text
  12. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Solomon Robbins in entry for John W Robbins, 21 March 1918. Record: Solomon Robbins in entry for John W Robbins, 21 March 1918 "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Salomon Robbins in entry for Archie Smith Robbins, 3 October 1935. Record: Salomon Robbins in entry for Archie Smith Robbins, 3 October 1935 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Solomon Robbins Jr (10)
  1. 06 Nov 1849Soliman Robins, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 5 November 1849Solomon Robins, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 1850Solomon Robins, "United States, Census, 1850"
  4. 1860Sol Robins, "United States, Census, 1860"
  5. 1870Solomon Robbins, "United States, Census, 1870"
  6. 21 March 1918Solomon Robbins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  7. 3 October 1935Salomon Robbins in entry for Archie Smith Robbins, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  8. Head stone
  9. Solomon Robbins, "Find A Grave Index"
  10. 5 November 1849Amanda M Funderburg, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"