Re: Col. John Lewis ROBARDS of Hannibal, MO
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Re: Col. John Lewis ROBARDS of Hannibal, MO
Clarkson Carpenter 8/25/07
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"George Carpenter, testator, was a son of John Carpenter, of Virginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who located at Carpenter Station, Ky., in 1782.His wife was the daughter of General Hugh and Sarah (Woods) Logan, of Lincoln County, Ky.,who were united in marriage March 10, 1780.The General was an officer in the Revoluntionary War, and was a State Senator from Lincoln County, from 1800 to 1806.He was a brother of Gen. Benjamin, Col. John, and Col. Nathaniel Logan, whose parents were David and Jane Logan, of Augusta County, Va., and of Scotch-Irish descent.David Logan participated in the French and Indian wars and became a resident of Augusta County as early as 1740.Gen. Hugh Logan was with Gen. George Rogers Clarke in his Western Army in 1779.Mrs. Amanda RoBards was also a faithful member of the Christian Church.She departed this life July 14, 1865, at Hannibal and was placed to rest by the side of her husband.Not far distant lie the remains of three of her sons, George, who served throughout the war in the Confederate Army with the rank of Major, and died in September, 1878; Henry Clay, who was also on the Southern side and held the rank of Captain, and who died in Columbia, Mo., February 18, 1885, and Archibald S., Jr., who died April 25, 1879.The two daughters were Jennie, now the widow of President J. K. Rogers, of Columbia, Mo., and Sallie, who married Capt. Barton S. Bowen, and as his widow married the Rev. H. H. Haley (since deceased) and is a resident of Webster Grove, Mo.
Col. J. L. RoBards' boyhood passed uneventfully up to the time that he started with his father on the trip across the plains.On his return he resumed his studies for a time, and in 1857 entered the State University at Columbia, Mo., remaining two years.The he entered the law office of Judge Gilchrist Porter at Hannibal, and in 1860 was graduated from the Louisville University in the law department.Opening an office in Hannibal, he has since continued uninterruptedly in practice, with the exception of about one year, when he declined to take the Drake ironclad oath on the grounds of its unconstitutionality, hence the years' omission.
April 4, 1861, Col. RoBards married Miss Sallie, the accomplished daughter of the late Judge John B. and Mary A. (Crump) Helm.The former's parents, John and Sallie (Brown) Helm, were married March 22, 1787, in Haycraft's Fort, Elizabethtown, Ky.The father died April 3, 1840, while his wife departed this life January 19, 1853.She was then in her eighty-first year, and had been a member of the Methodist Church for sixty-five years.John Helm, who had fought in the War of the Revolution and in the Indian wars of 1791, and took part in the St. Clair Indian campaign, was born November 29, 1761, and moved to Kentucky in 1779.He was the eldest son of Thomas Helm, of Prince William County, Va., and Miss Jane Pope.Thomas was a Captain in the Continental Army and was a pioneer in Elizabethtown, Ky., whither he removed with his family in 1780.
Three children have been born to Col. RoBards and his wife:Mary L., is the wife of Elisha A. Richardson, a wholesaler clothier of Louisville, Ky., one child has born to them, Sarah Ellen; Archie C., was elected Alderman in 1893, from the Second Ward, but resigned to accept the position of United States Deputy Revenue Collector, which he now holds.He graduated from Hannibal High School and later entered the Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., and subsequently took the course at Eastman's Business College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; returning home he was book-keeper for the First National Bank some two years.He is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; Mabel Helm, an accomplished young lady, resides at home.The Colonel and wife and children are members of the Park Methodist Episcopal Church, South.The ancestors of Col. RoBards in Virginia and Kentucky were of the prominent, substantial class.The same may be said of the Helm family.They were all people of good standing in society and well thought of.
For several years our subject has been Treasurer of Hannibal Lodge, No. 188, A. F. & A. M., and of Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.He also belongs to Excalibar Commandery, No. 5, K. T., of which he is Past Eminent Commander.When the National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he is a member, was held in Washington D. C., April 30, 1894, he was sent as a delegate, also to the Congress in Boston, in April, 1895.He is one of the Vice-Presidents of the Missouri society of this order.In 1868 he went as a delegate to the Mississippi River Convention which convened at Louisville, and in February, 1884, was sent to Washington D. C.For five consecutive years he was President of the Hannibal Bible Auxiliary to the American Bible Society, and is one of the Directors of the Home of the Friendless.Col. RoBards is a man of literary taste and has a fine private library which he enjoys.When the Free Public Library of this city was organized, he became a charter member and was made Vice-President.For a quarter of a century he has been Secretary and Treasurer for the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association.This Association is an incorporated benevolence under the statutes of the State, and all receipts are used for the improvement of the grounds.The articles of the Association were prepared by Col. RoBards.He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, and was honored with the position of Vice-President of the same.
A man of attractive personality, Col. RoBards has long held a high place in the esteem of his fellows and is justly entitled to a place among the chronicles of the representative men of the community."
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