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Johann George Robish
Born Sep 16, 1813 Wunsiedel, Bavaria
Died Apr 24, 1894 Jefferson Co. WI
Emigrated 1844?

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SPOUSE	CHILDREN
Elisabeth Benker m. 1833 Bavaria b. Aug 15, 1814 Bavaria d. Jul 15, 1888 Helenville WI	Anna Margaretha b. Apr 5, 1835 Bavaria d. Mar 31, 1911 Helenville WI	Anna Barbara b. Oct 15, 1837 Bavaria d. Germany	Erhart b. Aug 7, 1841 Wunsiedel, Germany d. May 1, 1863 killed Port Gibson MS
	Margaret b. Oct 6, 1845 Jefferson Co. WI d. 1870	John George b. Jan 16, 1848 Jefferson Co. Wisc. Terr. d. Sep 29, 1927 Kellerton Farm SD	George Peter b. Jan? 9, 1850 Jefferson Co. WI d. 1923 IA?
	Elizabeth b. Oct 1, 1852 Jefferson Co. WI d. 1926	Lydia b. Apr 4, 1855 Jefferson Co. WI d. 1945
Johann Robish was a farmer and then had a store in Jefferson City WI that sold meat and general merchandise.
Son Erhart enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin 29th Volunteer Infantry Regiment on Aug 11, 1862. Civil War records give his name as Gerhard Robish. On May 1, 1863, he died on his regiment's first day of battle at Port Gibson in Mississippi. The 29th went on to the Battle of Champion Hill MS, where the Union forced the Confederate army to retreat to Vicksburg on May 16, 1863.
The battle of Port Gibson was the start of the two-month long Union campaign to capture Vicksburg MS and control the whole length of the Mississippi River. The Union outnumbered their enemy 3 to 1, and took the town south of Vicksburg by nightfall on May 1, 1863. Vicksburg was attacked on May 25 and the Confederates surrendered the town on July 4.
Civil War Battle Historical Marker in Port Gibson, Claiborne Co. MS.
Excerpt pertaining to the role of the Wisconsin Infantry at the battle of Port Gibson, from William DeLoss Love's book Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion.
Tombstone of Elisabeth Benker Robish in Greenwood Cemetery, Jefferson Co. WI. It gives her maiden name as Benker ("Geb. Benker"). Her husband, son George Peter and his wife, and grandchildren Edward and Leonard are also buried there.
Daughters Margaret and Elizabeth both married the Reverend J. C. Brandel (1843-1919). He and Margaret had two children before she died. He had four more children with Elizabeth.
Son George married Caroline ? (1856-1943) by 1879 when they had a son Raymond born in Iowa. In 1920 Raymond, age 40, headed a household in Milwaukee WI and listed his place of birth as Iowa, his father's place of birth as WI, his wife as Ella, age 37, born in WI [1920 US Census, Milwaukee WI, line 71, enumerated Jan 2-3, 1920].
Sources: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne Indiana, website, entry for Erhart Robish, Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index - Results; born in Germany, died May 1, 1863 aged age 21yr, 8mo, 24dy, "son of George & Eliz.; as child w/pars to AMER". Civil War Records, "Record for Gerhard Robish", ancestry.com. Dunn, Steve, Transcript of taped communication to Lisabeth M.Holloway, Jul 3, 1977, citing interview with Evelyn Walther Wolfgram, granddaughter of Anna Margaret Robish and John Walther. Jefferson County WI, 1880 Census, Census Taker Peter Robish, Jun 2, 1880, gives ages of "George and Elizabeth Robish" as 68 and 67, "gardner and keeping house", respectively. Love, William DeLoss Love, Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion,..., vol. 2, Church and Goodman, Chicago IL, 1866, pp. 643-645. Robish, John George (son), account in Memorial and biographical record... South Dakota, A. Ogle, Chicago, 1898, pp. 1016 ff. Wennblom, Raymond J. (descendant of Arthur Robish, brother of Rosa Robish), "Descendants of: (Johann) Robisch", Bellevue WA, computer file submitted to L.M. Holloway, Dec 30, 1992. USGenWeb, website, Greenwood Cemetery, Jefferson County, WI. Wisconsin Historical Society, website, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Battle of Port Gibson.