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| John George Robish m. Nov 26, 1869 b. Jan 16, 1848 Jefferson Co. Wisc. Terr. d. Sep 29, 1927 Kellerton, Hamlin Co. SD |
Rosa Lydia b. Apr 21, 1871 Jefferson Co. WI d. May 21, 1871 infancy |
Arthur George b. May 1, 1872 Jefferson Co. WI d. Apr 10, 1931 |
Edward Jacob b. Nov 17, 1873 Jefferson Co. WI d. Aug 13, 1877 young |
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Leonard b. Oct 11, 1875 Jefferson Co. WI d. Jan 14, 1876 infancy |
Rosa Barbara b. Jan 29, 1877 Jefferson Co. WI d. Feb 23, 1941 Kellerton Farm SD |
Flora Katherine b. Mar 6, 1880 Jefferson Co. WI d. Dec 25, 1963 SD |
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Mary Agnes b. Nov 7, 1881 Jefferson Co. WI d. Dec 29, 1964 SD |
William Benjamin b. Jun 21, 1885 Hamlin Co. SD d. Aug 19, 1925 Hamlin Co. SD |
Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" b. Apr 1, 1888 Hamlin Co. SD d. Jun 28, 1928 SD |
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Catherine was born less than one year after Wisconsin was admitted as a state to
the Union which was on May 29, 1848. |
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Husband John Robish began farming in Wisconsin in 1869. In 1876 he bought a meat
market in Jefferson WI which he sold in 1883, when he moved to Hamlin County SD. There
he filed a tree claim on a quarter section. He permanently settled in Opdahl
Township where he planted 5 acres of trees and farmed 180 acres. |
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Family of daughter Rosa at the Kellerton farm circa 1909 John J., Alice, Mary, Edward Emil, Rosa Robish Feind with baby Earl, Nellie, Ernest, Wally, Clarence, and hired hand, Al Cover, at the barn door. |
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| Photograph of John G. Robish with Al Cover, hired man, and Clarence Feind | |||||
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Kellerton Homestead House 2003. |
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Kellerton Church, across the road from the Kellerton farm, is the oldest continuously
used Evangelical Association/United Methodist Church building in South Dakota.
The marriage of Catherine's daughter Flora and Edward George Arnold (1875-1951)
was the first in the church and represented a union of the two families that
started the church, the Robishes (Kellers/Feinds) and Arnold/Wendlings. |
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Photograph of Kellerton United Methodist Church from the book commemorating the
Centennial (1893-1983) of the church. |
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Photograph of daughter Flora Robish Arnold with daughters of
Christian Julius Feind: Sarah Feind Reimler, Augusta Feind Wendling, and Lillie Feind
Reimler. |
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A great grandchild of daughter Flora and Edward George Arnold (1875-1951),
Kristi Noem, was elected 33rd Governor of South Dakota in 2018 and served
until 2025 when she was sworn in as head of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security under President Trump to oversee his goal of the mass deportation of
illegal immigrants, which often bypassed the "due process rights" for all legal
U.S. residents who were not criminals or even accused of a crime, a protection
of the Constitution. The Trump administration vowed to continue the
"reign of terror" through 2026. She was born Kristi Lynn Arnold in 1971 in
Watertown SD. Her paternal grandparents were 50% German (Robish) and 50% French
(Arnold), and her
great-great-grandfather emigrated from Germany
soon after 1841. . She was born Kristi Lynn Arnold in 1971 in Watertown SD. |
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On Dec 11, 1911, son William married Cora Wendling (1885?-1978). He died in
1925 and was buried in Zion Cemetery in Hazel SD. |
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Daughter Mary married Ralph Seipp (1881-1972) by 1912. They are buried in
Mouth Hope Cemetery in Watertown SD. |
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Sources: Dunn, Steve, "John and Catherine Robish" in Hamlin County, 1878-1979, Hamlin Historical Committee, Hamlin Co., SD, p. 364. Hogstad, Marlys, Hamlin County, SD - Kellerton Zion Cemetery record list, USGenWeb Archives. Robish, John George, account in Memorial and biographical record... South Dakota, A. Ogle, Chicago, 1898. Wennblom, Raymond J. (descendant of Arthur Robish, brother of Rosa Robish), "Descendants of: (Johann) Robisch", Bellevue WA, computer file submitted to LM Holloway, Dec 30, 1992. |
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