Samuel F. TOBIN^{[1, 2]}

1852 - 1903  (50 years)

• Name	Samuel F. TOBIN
  Born	10 Dec 1852	, Guernsey, OH, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1903	Of Rochester, Sangamon, IL, USA
  Person ID	I603	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Isaac TOBIN, *,   b. 29 Jul 1803, , Loudoun, VA, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1881, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States of America  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Matilda Ann(a) BENTON,   b. 7 Nov 1810, Hagerstown, Washington, MD ,   d. 6 Apr 1864, Cotton Hill, Sangamon, IL  (Age 53 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1826	, Belmont, OH, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F6155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lida HIGHMORE
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F4728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel was a well respected citizen of Sangamon Co., IL. At age two, he moved to Sangamon in 1854 with his family. He graduated from Springfield High School. According to the 1880 census records for Rochester, Sangamon Co., IL, he was age 25, a boarder at the home of Esther Barnwell, and a school teacher. He said his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in Ohio. His mother's birth place was actually Maryland, but she moved to Ohio while young. He taught school for eight years in Rochester, Sangamon, IL ending his career there as principal. He then became deputy in the office of the circuit clerk for eight years at which time he started a successful grocery business back in Sangamon. He was one of the leading early merchants of that town. He was a democrat and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. They lived at 215 West Edwards St. in a home built by Mr. Tobin. (CL-327)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1983] Ric Tobin to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Aug. 3, 1996 at RicTobin@aol.com In Linda Coate files (CL-327). [S554] 1880 U.S. Federal Population Census, Rochester, Sangamon, IL (Roll: T9_249; Family History Film: 1254249; Page: 422A; Enumeration District: 215; Image: 0244 at ancestry.com). [S2924] Phyl, San Diego, Email dated 2003 from mztiz1@cox.net (quotes birth and census records for all Bentons in Belmont Co., OH).