I was at the library today. I did scan microfilm copies of the Hesperian from 5/26/1894 - 6/3o/1894. But did not find anything on Robert E. L. Robeson/Robinson. Sorry... Dorie Trixieboots@aol.com wrote: >Looking for someone who has access to old newspapers in Cooke County. >Looking for an obit about Robert E. L. Robeson/Robinson who was raised in >Cooke County and went out west and was a correspondent for the San Francisco >Examiner Newspaper. > >On May 26, 1894, he went ashore on the Island of Tiburon, south of >California, for water and was killed there by the natives who were said to be cannibals. > Was reported in Arizona papers and said the story was widely spread. Was >wondering if it made his home town paper? Someone said they thought the paper >around that time frame was the Hesperian. > >He was a brother to my g.grandmother Sallie/Lizzie Robeson/Robinson and son >of John Marion and Ellen Robeson/Robinson . > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Faye Heffington >Littlefield, Texas > > >==== TXCOOKE Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain >letters, political announcements, current events, items for >sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) >is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration >for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >