Cousin, Steve Mitchell, shared this photo of my great, great, great grandmother, Louise Bishop, on Ancestry in 2017. I had never seen this photo prior. Grandma Arnold would have loved seeing this. She did a lot of research on the Bishop line with many handwritten letters among cousins discussing their family histories.
Louise/Louisa was born 26 December 1814, in Madison County, New York. She married Edwin Dwight Robbins in New York. Louise died 2 August 1886, and is buried in the Onarga Cemetery, Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois.
In the 1860 Federal Census, Louisa and Edwin are listed in Salem, Wisconsin. But by the 1870 census they are living in Artesia Township in Illinois with their two youngest children, Emma and Helen. Edwin and Louise had five children:
1. Cynthia Jane "Jane"
2. Edwin Gustave Sheltusky **Our line**
3. Anna Louise
4. Emma E
5. Helen Patience "Nellie"
For some unknown reason Edwin Robbins is buried in Florida and not with his wife in Onarga. I have not found his grave site. Louise is buried with her daughter, Emma Robbins. I have visited their graves many times. Note on the headstone their middle initials are given. I don't know their middle names.
Their graves are located in Block 3. Lot 45.
