Caleb Arnold Robbins (1941)

BANKS, BRIGGS, DEBUTTS, GEMMILL, JAMES, RISHER, ROBBINS, WHITE

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 5/14/2007 at 20:02:13

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 5, 1941

CALEB A. ROBBINS DIED HERE TUESDAY

Winterset Attorney More Than Half Century Succumbs

Caleb A. Robbins, Winterset attorney and one of Madison county’s most widely-known citizens, died Tuesday at his home in Winterset after a brief illness. He was 73 years of age.

Mr. Robbins had achieved a long and distinguished career in the practice of law since his graduation from the University of Iowa law school in 1880. He had served as city attorney of Winterset, county attorney of Madison county, and a member of the first public library board in Winterset, served on the Winterset school board, and for six years, from 1911 to 1916 was assistant attorney-general of the state of Iowa, during the regime of George Cosson. He also assisted with the revision of the Iowa Code of 1919. Recently he had been conciliation commissioner of the federal court for this county. In addition to his law career, he was interested in farming.

Mr. Robbins was a native of Baxter Springs, Kan., where he was born on Aug. 11, 1868, the son of James Madison and Alma James Robbins. He came with his parents to Madison county in 1874, and this county had since been his home, with the exception of the period from 1911 to 1930 which he spent in Des Moines.

He was graduated from the Winterset high school with the class of 1886, and attended school at Valparaiso, Ind., before enrolling at Iowa university. He entered the practice of law in Winterset in 1890 with J. P. Steele, and had been practicing continuously since.

He was married on Dec. 28, 1890 to Eunice Jane Banks. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Alma Robbins of Winterset; two daughters, Mrs. W. H. DeButts of Burlington and Mrs. Paul Risher of Winterset; three grandchildren, William DeButts of Camp Claiborne, La., and Gordon and Robbins Risher of Winterset; two brothers, Clyde Robbins of Butler, Mo., and F. O. Robbins of Denver, Colo.; and three sisters, Mrs. Daisy Briggs of Winterset, Mrs. Grace Gemmill of Hardin, Mont., and Mrs. Paul White of Davenport.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. this Friday from the Winterset Methodist church, in charge of the pastor, the Rev. W. A. Samp. Burial will be made in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 11, 1942

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR C. A. ROBBINS

Rites Held Last Friday at Court Room in Winterset

Memorial services for the late C. A. Robbins, Winterset attorney, were held Friday afternoon in the Madison county court house in connection with the Fifth Judicial District Bar meeting. Judge Norman R. Hays of Knoxville, presiding judge for the term of court which just closed, presided.

Resolutions honoring Mr. Robbins were read by Phil R. Wilkinson, chairman of the committee appointed to prepare resolutions for the occasion. Members of the bench and bar from throughout the district were in attendance, as well as a number of attorneys from outside the district. George Cosson of Des Moines, under whom Mr. Robbins served as assistant attorney general for six years, presented a short address as part of the memorial services.

During the business program of the District Bar meeting, Judge Frederick M. Miller of Des Moines one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Iowa, was the principal speaker on the subject of "Proposed Changes in Appellate Procedure". Following the dinner which was held at 6:30 p.m. at the North Side cafe, a discussion was held on the subject of proposed new rules in the commencement of actions, with Henry Le Paske, attorney from Orange City presenting a paper covering the points involved.
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Coordinator's note: Middle name taken from his Iowa Death Certificate.

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