BIOGRAPHY: Robert INNIS, Beale township, Juniata Co., PA
  
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  The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, 
  Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, 
  Pennsylvania.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, 
  Page 894.
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    ROBERT INNIS, deceased, was born in Beale township, Juniata county,
  Pa., April 22, 1851. The Innis family are of Scotch-Irish descent, and
  the oldest settlers in the Tuscarora valley. The grandparents of
  Robert Innis were Francis and Margery (Milliken) Innis, who came from
  Scotland at an early date and settled in the Tuscarora valley; Mrs.
  Innis is said to have been the first white woman that lived in the
  valley. The whole family was carried away captives by the French and
  Indians at the taking of Bighamis Fort. The story of their captivity
  is more fully told in the sketch of Matthew and Sara J. (Innis)
  Rodgers, in this work. The homestead, the claim to which was
  established by the energy and determination of Mrs. Innis, is in
  Beale township, and here the grandparents spent their days and died.
    James Innis, grandfather of Robert Innis, was born in Montreal,
  Canada, and was reared in Beale township, attending the township
  schools. He grew up a farmer and owned the 200-acre farm now occupied
  by his grandson, Robert Innis. He served in the Continental army
  during the Revolution. His first wife was Ann Arbuckle; they had ten
  children: Francis, deceased; William, deceased; Samuel; James,
  deceased; John; Elizabeth, deceased; Nathaniel; Joseph; and Ann L.
  Mrs. Innis died on the homestead, and Mr. Innis afterward married
  Isabella Oliver, of Beale township. Their children are: Sara; Mary,
  deceased; Isabella; Robert; Jane, deceased; Ebenezer; and Nancy. Mrs.
  Isabella Innis also died on the homestead. Mr. Innis was a member of
  the Democratic party and of the United Presbyterian church, in which
  he served as an elder. The older sons went to Brown County, O., rest
  by the first marriage to Indiana. Robertis children were: Sarah Ann
  (Mrs. John Milliken); Elizabeth (Mrs. McConnell Beale); and Mary
  (Mrs. John Adams).
    Ebenezer Innis, father of Robert Innis, was educated in the
  township schools, became a farmer and remained on the homestead until
  his death in 1864. He married Ann Middaugh, of Tuscarora township.
  Their children are: Sarah J. (Mrs. Matthew Rodgers), of Walker
  township; Isabella (Mrs. Alfred Patterson), of Mifflintown; John,
  died young; and Robert. His wife died on the homestead in 1848. He
  was a member of the United Presbyterian church.
    Robert Innis attended the schools in Beale township, and also the
  Tuscarora Academy, under Professor Shumaker. He was a farmer, and
  spent his life on the home farm. After his fatheris death he came
  into possession of the place, on which he planted a peach orchard and
  built one of the finest barns in the county. His death occurred
  January 28, 1897. Robert Innis was married at McCoysville in 1873, to
  Victoria, daughter of William and Jane (Harris) Junk, a native of
  Tuscarora valley, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Her parents were
  members of the United Presbyterian church. The children of Mr. and
  Mrs. Innis are: Ella J. educated at the Millersville Academy, school
  teacher at Rock school, Beale township; Anna M. at home, Alma J., at
  home; R. Francis; Florence V.; and James L. Mr. Innis was a Democrat
  and he was school director of Beale township for several years, and
  tax collector. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church at
  McCoysville, was a trustee of the church, a Sunday-school teacher and
  for some years, a superintendent of the Sunday-school.