Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Frank ROBESSON, dealer in groceries, liquors, flour, feed, etc., and proprietor of Robesson's 
Hall, Joliet; was born on the 24th of June, 1828, in that portion of Italy then, adjoining and 
now apart of France; at the age of 18 years he was apprenticed to Iearn the shoemaker's trade, 
and two years later (1848), he became a cavalry soldier in Victor Emanuel's Italian army, where 
he served eight years; after this, he spent one year in Lyons, and, in 1857, came to America; 
in 1858, he came to Will Co., and worked three months for Thomas MAPPS for his board; after 
this, he built a small shanty in Joliet and began working at his trade; he was so poor then 
that for two days he bad nothing to eat; he followed shoomaking about a year, in the mean 
time selling a little confectionery, etc., when, having accumulated a little money, he 
started in a small way selling liquors, groceries, etc.; he now owns four buildings in 
Joliet, besides other property; in 1875, he built Robesson's Hall, at a cost, including 
lot, of $31,000. He was married in 1862 to Miss Josephine St. ANGIE, of Oswego, N. Y., and 
has one child - Josephine.