GEORGE B. ROBLEY, son of Richard Robley, one of the pioneers of Greene county, was born in Vergennes, Vt., June 16, 1819. When he was but a year old his parents removed to Illinois and located under the bluff, in Bluffdale township, on Sec. 9, T. 10, R. 13, where his father built what was known as the Buckeye cabin, at a spot where a bear had been killed just previous to the erection of the cabin. Wild animals of almost every description abounded here then, and even Indians were yet numerous, as settlers had not as yet come in sufficient numbers to push them farther back. The location was then, indeed, a wild one, the nearest neighbors to this pioneer family being the families of Gideon Spencer, a man named Brush, J. H. Rogers, Mr. Davenport, Hartwell Hunnicutt, and a few others scattered here and there through the county. The first year of two the family were all sick, and were attended by the pioneer physician, Dr. Potts, who used to come down from near Carrollton to attend them. Among such scenes as might be expected in a new country of this sort, George B. was reared and grew to manhood. He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, Dec. 31, 1847, to Nancy A. Jordan, a native of Pennsylvania, born near Waynesburg. Her parents were William and Catharine (Rummell) Jordan, who came to this county in 1845, and located in this township. Her father died at Champaign, May 23, 1870. Her mother is still living in Montgomery county, Ill., in the 89th year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. George Robley were the parents of six children, of whom five are living - Angeline, living at home, married Geo. Chizum, now deceased; Albert, who was killed by lightning in 1880; Eliza, wife of William O. Eldred, living near Wichita, Sedgwick county, Kan.; Alice, at home; Etta, wife of Ward Eldred, living in this township; Mary, wife of William Evans, living at Chatauqua, Kan. The family have lived at their present location, on section 2, in Bluffdale township, since 1857, the farm consisting of 190 acres of well improved land. Mr. Robley is a member of White Hall lodge, No. 80, A.F. & A.M. He has been connected with the schools of his township, as director of district No. 1, and has borne his share of the burdens of local office. The Robley family have been identified with Greene county almost since Illinois was a territory, and many of its representatives are still residents here. What was then a wilderness is now one of the most prosperous sections of the state, and this pioneer family have witnessed all of its developments.