Benjamin Milton Robins

"Dr, Robins History"  by Eugene Robins  [I am keeping the grammatical but not the spelling mistakes: some of the proper name and place name spellings may be wrong]

Benjamin Milton Robins physician and surgeon, Residing in Osceola township on section fifteen (15) is a native of the state of New York.  Born in Jefferson County November 28, 1831 a son of James and Elysa Robins he was reared on the home farm, his father being engaged in agricultural pursuits, his primary education was obtained in the common school of his neighborhood.  And later he attended the academy at Mexico [a town] Oswego County N. Y. He studied medicine under Drs. Chafiss and Tenton of Pulaski Oswego County and subsequently took a full course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati graduating from the institution in the class of 1854.  He then began the practice of his chosen profession in Batavia Jefferson Co. Iowa where he remained till the spring of 1869 doing his residence there he built sef [himself?] an extensive practice.  The Dr. was united in marriage to Miss Marrina Cornwell of Warren Co, Ohio and to this union was born 8 children 5 boys and three girls E.V..A.L Q.R.S.R. and E. W. Ella Haven and Mrs Stella Williams Dr. French and Breda at home. [pretty hard to make out any of that]  Dr. Robins came to Clark Co. in 1869 and settled on his farm whitch is located two and 1/2 miles east of Osceola,  At the time his farm was an open farrie [prairie?] and although the ofessing [?] of his farm was a new experience to the doctor he succeeded in bringing it to a high state of cultivation and at the same time carried on his practice of medicine.  Sometime going a distance of 20 miles to see a patient.  Of late years he [paid] considerable attention to raising stock making a specialty of Short Horn cattle and now has a well stock[ed] farm of 50 head of cattle.  The Dr. is a member of the Odd Fellow order and order is whitch he take[s] much interest.

Jane Winter Leddy passed this on to me:  she writes on the photocopy I have "I think this was wirten by my cousin Eugene as a school project."  Jane's mother was Edna Robins.