The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Tuesday October 5, 1937 Death Removes N.P. Robertson. Funeral Thursday for Early Settler in County. Nils P. ROBERTSON, 86, died at his home, 10 miles west of Independence, yesterday afternoon at 1:15 following a stroke of paralysis he suffered Sunday. Robertson, a bachelor, had been a successful farmer in rural Havana for 54 years. He was born Dec. 11, 1851 in Sweden and came to the United States in 1874 and settled at Boston, Mass. He moved to Kansas in 1879 and in 1883 settled on the present home place. Mr. Robertson is survived by only three relatives. Two nieces reside in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a nephew is living in Sweden. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Jackson Funeral chapel with Rev. Marion Simmons of Elk City in charge. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.