Otho Singleton Robbins (August 18, 1855 - 1927) was a
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member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
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, representing
Warren County, from 1900 to 1908.
Biography
Otho Singleton Robbins was born on August 18, 1855, in
Ludlow, Mississippi
Ludlow is an unincorporated community in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. Ludlow is located on Mississippi Highway 483, west of Lena. Ludlow has a post office with ZIP code 39098.
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He was the son of
Nathaniel Robbins
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, who represented
Marion County in the Mississippi House in 1837, and his wife, Susan (Davis) Robbins.
He attended the primary schools of
Scott County.
After reading law, he was admitted to the bar in 1880.
He was a lawyer and a planter.
He was elected to the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
, representing Warren County as a Democrat, in 1899.
He was re-elected in 1903, for the 1904-1908 term.
He died in
Mississippi in 1927.
["Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," database with images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJB7-FKLL : 6 April 2021), Otho Singleton Robbins, 1927; citing Death, Mississippi, United States; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson; FamilySearch digital folder .]
Personal life
Robbins married Mary Ellen Vick in 1886.
They had two children, Fannie and Mamie.
Robbins had no religious preference.
References
1855 births
1927 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Mississippi lawyers
People from Vicksburg, Mississippi
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