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Rebecca Jane Stooksberry was born in 1831, in Tennessee, the daughter of Robert "Squire" Stooksberry and Hannah Horton.
Jane married Samuel Robbins on August 2, 1850, in Tennessee. Samuel Robbins was born about 1825, in Tennessee.
The 1850 Anderson County, Tennessee census, 16th Subdivision, shows Samuel Robbins, 25, a farmer with $250 real property and Jane, 18 years old.
Prior to 1860, the family moved from Anderson County to Union County, Tennessee. The 1860 Union County census shows Samuel Robins, 30, a farmer with $100 personal property; Jane, 22; Robert, 8; and Rufus, 6 years old. Living next door was Jane's brother Samuel Stooksberry and his family.
The 1870 census shows the family back in Anderson County, Tennessee, in the 2nd District, Wallace Cross Roads Post Office. They were living next to Jane's sister and brother-in-law, Hannah and John Gilbert and family and near several other of Jane's siblings and relations. The 1870 Anderson County census shows Samuel Robbins, 40, a farmer with $250 real property and $205 personal property; Jane, 40; Robert, 17, a farm laborer; Rufus, 14, a farm laborer; Hannah, 9; John, 6; and Nancy A., 2 years old.
Rebecca died in 1890 and is buried in New Loyston Cemetery in Union County, Tennessee.
Children of Samuel Robbins and Jane Stooksberry
1. Robert Robbins, b. abt 1852, TN
2. Rufus Robbins, b. abt 1854, TN
3. Jane Hannah Robbins, b. abt 1861, TN
4. John Robbins, b. abt 1864, TN
5. Nancy A. Robbins, b. abt 1868, TN
6. William Robbins, b. aft 1870, TN