Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 575.
 
JAMES H. ROBNETT, M. D.

     Among the representative professional men and influential citizens of
Albany stands Dr. James H. Robnett, who has successfully practiced medicine here
for many years and stands high in public esteem. He was born in Linn county,
Oregon, and is a son of William and Mary (Pearl) Robnett. His paternal
grandfather, William Robnett, was a native of Missouri, from which state he
crossed the plains to Oregon in 1847 and settled in Linn county, near
Crawfordsville, where he took up a donation claim and devoted his efforts to
agricultural pursuits. The maternal grandfather, James Pearl, came to this state
in 1852, and took up a donation claim near Halsey, Linn county. Dr. Robnett's
parents were married in Oregon and the father followed farming during his active
life, but both are now deceased.
     James H. Robnett attended the public and high schools of this county and
then matriculated in Willamette University, being graduated from the medical
department in 1900, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, having taken three
years in art work and the full course in medicine. He served as interne in the
Salem Hospital and then went to Union county, this state, where for two years he
was engaged in the practice of his profession, followed by one year in Morrow
county. He then became a member of the medical staff of the Oregon State
Hospital at Salem, where he remained nine years, at the end of which time he
came to Albany, where he has continued to the present time, building up a large
and lucrative practice. He carries on general practice of medicine and surgery,
though specializing in orthopedics, paying particular attention to the feet and
arches. He is a member of the medical staff of the Albany General Hospital. Well
educated, keeping in close touch with the latest advance in the healing art, he
has gained a wide reputation for his success in combatting human ailments and is
numbered among the leading physicians of Linn county. He has prospered in his
material affairs and is the owner of several good farms in the Willamette
Valley.
     Dr. Robnett was united in marriage to Miss Myra Murphy, of Salem, and they
are the parents of four children, namely: Elmo, who is serving as a civil
engineer with the state highway commission, and is married and has one child;
Ronald, who is taking a course in business administration at the University of
Oregon; Dorothy, who is a student in the same institution; and Charles, who is
in high school. Dr. Robnett is a stanch republican in his political opinions,
has shown a deep interest in the public affairs of his community and served as
mayor of Albany in 1925-26. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the degree of Knight Templar, and
belongs to the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has
membership with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees, and
also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, being at present head of the industrial
department. He is a past president of the Central Willamette Medical Society and
the Oregon State Medical Society, and belongs also to the American Medical
Association. He is an honorable, upright gentleman, true to every duty and
obligation, and is rendering valuable service to his community, at all times
keeping in touch with the latest researches and discoveries in the field of
medical science.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2012 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.