Robey Family

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Note: These photos below are of the home of Levi and Almira Waite Robey in Waddams township, Stephenson County, Illinois. It was built in 1847 in the Georgian Style, and is still standing and still being lived in. The Robeys occupied it from 1847 until the death of Almira Robey in 1900. In 1901 their son Levi Woodbury Robey sold it and moved to Wisconsin, and thus it passed from the family.

Their last surviving granddaughter, Sarah Ellen "Sadie" Young Moore described its layout to me when I attended her 100th birthday celebration in 1979. She said there were four bedrooms upstairs with a single connecting parlor, two bedrooms downstairs, each with its own parlor, and the kitchen and dining room. They hosted many a Methodist circuit rider in their home, and it was a gathering place for many family events. Both of the Robeys died in their home, and their funerals were held there as well. Both are buried in the Robey-Waite family cemetery a short distance from their home.

The first is a sketch from an atlas printed in 1871, and the photograph below was taken about 1890. Almira Robey is standing at the far right and Levi Robey by the gate. The grown woman is Almira Viola Young and the two little girls are Nell Robey Gibler and Rayne Robey Johnson, daughters of Levi Woodbury Robey. When their mother died in 1884, Almira Young was asked to come and live with the Robeys and help with the child care. This she did, and remained to care for them in their final years until their deaths. The photo at the bottom of the page was taken in 1970 by Ward Moore, son of Arthur and Sadie Young Moore, a great-grandson of the Robeys. R. Campbell, Ed.

Levi Robey Home c. 1871

Levi Robey Home c. 1890

Levi Robey Home 1970 Coming Soon!

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