Thomas Logan Robertson
Born: September 14, 1849 in New York1
Died: Aubust 24, 1930 at Hale, Carroll Co, Missouri
Buried: Lot 205
Married: Mary E. Puffer in 1878 in Sciola, Montgomery Co., Iowa
Children: Robert J.3, Maud Iske, Dotta Cutler, Willard, Hugh L.4, Tishua Mills4, and Ruth McDonald
Parents: Stokley Allen Robertson, born in Scotland1
Veteran: Civil War
A message reached here Monday telling of the death of Mr. Tom Robertson at the home of his son, Willard, in Missouri. The body will be brought to Newton for burial. Mr. Robertson was a resident of the neighborhood. ~ Metz column in the Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Iowa, August 28, 1930, page 2.
Mrs. T L. Robertson, formerly of this vicinity, but who has been located at Hale, Missouri, is visiting old friends in the neighborhood. Metz column in the Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Iowa, September 11, 1930.
1. Morgan Funeral Home Book 5
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 3, page 387
3. 1885 Iowa State Census, Independence Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
4. 1900 U.S. Census, Mound Prairie Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
5. Cemetery Records for Ruth McDonald says mother's maiden name was Puffer. 1860 census shows a Susan Puffer living in Montgomery Co., Iowa and in 1870 married to Theodore Whitney.
Mary E. (Puffer) Robertson
Born: January 9, 18601 in Montgomery Co., Iowa
Died: February 22, 19501 at Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 205
Married: Thomas L. Robertson in 1878 in Sciola, Montgomery Co., Iowa
Children: Robert J.3, Maud Iske, Dotta Cutler, Willard, Hugh L.4, Tishua Mills4, and Ruth McDonald
Parents: Susan Puffer Whitney5
Mrs. Mary Robertson Died Today
Pioneer Resident, 90, Lived 69 Years Near
Newton and in City
Mrs. Mary E. Robertson, 90, one of Newton's oldest residents, died about 9:30 o'clock this morning at Skiff Memorial hospital. She had been in the hospital since Feb. 4 when she was injured in a fall.
Mrs. Robertson lived in Jasper county since 1881. She was born Jan. 9, 1860, in Montgomery county, Ia. She was a member of The Daily News Three-Quarter Century club for the past five years.
The Pioneer resident was born in a log cabin when the country was very sparsely settled. She recalled walking four miles to school every day. When she was in school in the post-Civil War days, she remembered that the "pupils divided up into 'Rebels' and 'Union's before a presidential election."
Because she yelled one day for the presidential ticket of Grant and Colfax, she had her hair pulled and face scratched. The "rebels" chased her and another Union believer up onto a stake-an-rider fence and kept them perched there until dark.
She was married to T. L. Robertson in 1878 at Sciola, Ia., and several years later they moved to Jasper county. They settled on the Moffitt place west of Newton, now on Highway 6. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson experienced an all-winter rain their first year in the county. She recalled struggling through the muddy roads to reach Newton. She then remembered old Moffitt Hill in bad weather.
Mrs. Robertson had lived on the farm until moving into Newton about 19 years ago. In recent years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Maud Iske, in Newton. She was a member of the Baptist church and formerly was active in the WCTU and the Missionary AM group.
In addition to Mrs. Iske, survivors include four other children, Mrs. Harry Cutler of Des Moines, Mrs. L. E. Mills of North St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Ruth McDonald of Des Moines, Hugh L. Robertson of Fair Oaks, Cal. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death. ~ The Newton Daily News, February 22, 1950