Robert H. Coburn

 

Robert H. Coburn was born in Madison Township June 28, 1850. He was a son of Arthur A. Coburn and Martha M. Colwell. He lived on the family farm with his parents and siblings, James Harvey, Oscar M. Theodore A., Martha J., and Mary until March 26, 1876, when he married isabella Colegrove, daughter of Peleg and Susan Colegrove also of Madison Township. To their union were born the following children: William E., Clarence A., Robert Coburn moved to the town of Harrisonville and opened a dry-goods and grocery business.