Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-02-05 | Page 8 | Thomas Robertson Dead

THOMAS ROBERTSON DEAD he prosecuted the of the prairie chicago feb 5 thomas D robertson a pioneer banker and lawyer of northern illinois is dead at ll ockford aged 84 years lie was a native of edin burgh scotland and in liis young days was interested in the publication of tho mechanics magazine with an elder brother in 1838 he came to america and settled in winnebago county one of his first consos as a lawyer prosecution of the of alie prairie lawbreakers law breakers who for years over tun northern and western counties stealing ana murdering in 1843 mr robertson with john A opened the first banking house in It ockford an institution of which ho was president at the time of his death he was one of the founders of college and hockford Koc kford college for women hiis estate is estimated at