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Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgeway died Feb. 28, 1847, and Samuel Ridgeway died June 22, 1847, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
ROBB, DAVID, was born Jan. 24, 1789, in the town of Acworth, N. H. He was there married to Diana Farr, who was born in the same town, May 15, 1791. They had six children in Acworth, and the family moved to West Virginia, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1830, and settled about two miles south of the present town of Breck- enridge. Of their children-
DANIEL, born July 12, 1815, in New Hampshire, married in Sangamon county to Jennie Rogers. They have a family, and reside near Nebraska City, Neb.
LUC 2, born July 19, 1816, in Acworth, N. H., married in Sangamon county to Preston Breckenridge. See his name.
JOHN, born May 30, 1820, in New Hampshire, raised in Sangamon county, married near St. Joseph, Mo., to Mary E. Broiles, Oct. 15, 1843. They had two children, and came to Sangamon county, where four children were born. Of their six children : MARY J., born August 12, 1844, in Missouri, married Marshall Rames, have four children, and reside near Xenia, Ohio. DAVID, born Jan. 28, 1846, near St. Joseph, Mo., married in
Sangamon county, Nov. 28, 1867, to Ella Gray, have two children, and reside near Breckenridge, Ill. ELIZA E., born and died in Sangamon county, aged ten years. PHOEBE, born Oct. 2, 1850, in Sanga- mon county, married Andrew J. Poffen- berger. See his name. WILLIAM, born Jan. 3, 1844, and JOSEPH, born April 28, 1857, live with their mother. John Robb died August 6, 1858, in San- gamon county. His widow married, Dec. 4, 1860, to Abraham Martin. He died in 1863, and she resides one mile west of Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois.
ELECTA, born Dec. 9, 1821, in New Hampshire, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Clawson. He died, and she lives near Assumption, Christian county, Illinois.
WILLIAM, born Feb. 10, 1824, in New Hampshire, married in Sangamon county to Helen R. McLean. They have five children, and live near Corydon, Iowa.
MARY f., born May 21, 1827, in New Hampshire, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Clawson, had eight chil- dren, and she died. Her children live. with her sister, Electa, who is their step- mother.
Mrs. Diana Robb died Nov. 4, 1835, and David Robb married Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, whose maiden name was Day. She died in 1856, and David Robb died Nov. 3, 1859, in Sangamon county.
ROBBINS, HIRAM, was born Dec. 26, 1793, in Buncombe county, N. C. His parents moved to Overton county, Tenn., thencc to Washington county, Ky., and from there to Vincennes, Indi- ana Territory. At that place he entered the army, and served six months in the war of 1812 with England. The family after the war, moved back to Tennessee, and from there to Pope county, Illinois, where the father died, and the family moved to Madison county. Hiram Rob- bins was there married, Lec. 29, 1816, to Elizabeth Dean. They had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the summer of 1821 within one mile of where Barclay now stands, and in 1823 moved to what is now Cooper township, where they had six living children. He was a soldier from this county in the
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Black Hawk war. Of their seven child- ren-
JOHN was twice married, served three years in the 73d Ill. Inf., and died April 1, 1868.
WILLIAM H., horn March 1, 1821, in Madison county, Ill., raised in Sanga- mon county, married in Greene county, Aug. 11, 1845, to Ann Dodson. She died Aug. 12, 1846. He was married May 14, 1848, to Sarah A. Miller. They had one child, ALICE A., born July 5, 1850, married Benjamin F. Miller, and re- sides three and one-half miles west of Mechanicsburg, Ill. Mrs. S. A. Robbins died in 1852, and Wm. H. Robbins mar- ried, Sept. 4, 1856, to Elizabeth Laswell. They have four children, JOHN W., THOMAS LYON, NANCY E. and ANDREW H., and live near Mechanics- burg, Illinois.
JEREMIAH, born Nov. 29, 1821, in Sangamon county. He has been twice married; served three years in Co. H, 114th Ill. Inf., and lives in Cooper town- ship, Sangamon county.
WILSON, born Jan. 3, 1824, in San- gamon county, married, Oct. 25, 1850, to . Susan A. Cantril. They had six living children. ANNA M., born Jan. 1, 1851, married, Dec. 18, 1871, to George Baker, have two children, and live in Cooper township. MARY E., ALBERT S., MARTHA S., JOSEPH E. and AL- LEN L. live with their parents, two and one-half miles west of Mechanicsburg, Illinois. Wilson Robbins served one year, from June, 1846, under Col. E. D. Baker, in the war with Mexico.
MARY A., born April 27, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Thomas Simpkins, who died, and she married William Taff. They had one child, THERESA TAFF, who married John Johnson. See his name. Mr. Taff died, and she married Joseph Brown, had one child, and Mr. Brown died, and she mar- ried Francis Gough, and she died April, 1862.
ELIZABETH A. married E. Tay- lor, and died in 1847.
HIRAM, Fun., was twice married, and died in McDonough county.
PRUDENCE married M. D. Gough. ELIZA A., born June 21, 1842, mar- ried J. Wesley Veach. Sce his name.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins died Aug. 17, 1866, and Hiram Robbins was married to Mrs. Merada Gordon. For a third wife he married, Oct. 1, 1872, to Mrs. Eliza- beth E. White, whose maiden name was Strode. They reside in Cooper town- ship, Sangamon county, Ill.
ROBERTS, EDMUND, was born in 1785, in Farmington, New Hamp- shire. His ancestors were Welsh, and emigrated to New England before the Revolution. They were members of the society of Friends. Forbidden by their principles to take up arms, they, neverthe- less, assisted in that struggle as far as they consistently conld, hy carrying supplies to the army. The subject of this sketch left New Hampshire when a young man, on horseback, for western Pennsylvania. In 1808 an Indian treaty opened the coun- try between the Mississippi and Arkan- sas rivers, and as far west as Fort Clark now Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Roberts was one of the first eastern men who settled in that country. Steamboats not being used on the western waters then, he made the voyage down the Ohio river in a flatboat, and in 1810 engaged in merchandizing at St. Genieveve, Mis- souri, as a member of the firm of Keil, Bisch & Roberts. He afterwards re- moved to Kaskaskia, Ill., where he as- sociated with himself in business, Thomas Mather and James L. Lamb. Mr. Rob- erts made his trips east on horseback, crossing the Ohio river at Shawneetown, Ill., often sleeping on the ground, with a saddle for a pillow. He was always liable to attacks from Indians and once lost his horse by them, compeling him to walk and carry his saddle until he could buy another. He was married, in 1819, at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, to Susan Lamb, a native of Chester county, in the same State. She was a sister to his part- ner, James L. Lamb. Sec his name. After prosecuting business for many years at Kaskaskia and Chester, he re- moved to Springfield, in the same State, in 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had eight children, three only of whom survive-
GEORGE L., born March 16, 1821, in Kaskaskia, Ill., was married in Leba- non, Ill., to Virginia E. Horner, a native of the latter place. They had two child- ren in Lebanon, EDMUND and VIR-
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GINIA, and reside in Old Mission, Grand Traverse county, Michigan.
GAMES H., born Dec. 12, 1825, in Kaskaskia, Ill., was married Sept. 16, 1863, to Harriet E. Smith, who was born Dec. 6, 1840. Mrs. Harriet E. Roberts died Feb. 28, 1866, leaving two children, LUCRETIA B., horn Sept. 6, 1864, and JAMES H., Jun., who died in infancy. James H. Roberts was married Nov. 9, 1870, to Mrs. Susan M. Slater, whose maiden name was Lamb. They have one child, MARY T. J. H. Roberts and family reside in Chicago, Ill. He is engaged in business at 86 Washington street-Sept., 1876.
MARY R., born July 13, 1829, in Kaskaskia, Ill., was married Nov. 11, IS57, to Benjamin M. Thomas, who was born Aug. 10, 18to, in Philadelphia, Penn. They had three children: SU- SAN R., born Oct. 25, 1858, in Spring- field, Ill .; MARY P., born April 7, 1860, in Chicago, Ill., died July 26, 1863; MORRIS ST. P., born Feb. 27, 1862, in Chicago. Mr. Thomas died Oct. 31, 1864, in Vincennes, Ind. His widow and children reside in Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Roberts was a citizen of Illinois when it contained less than twelve thous- and inhabitants. In 1829 he was ap- pointed one of the commissioners on the part of the State of Illinois to determine the route for a canal to connect the Illi- nois river with Lake Michigan, and lay out town sites; Chicago and Ottawa were two of these towns. Seven years later- 1836-ground was broken, and the work of constructing the canal commenced. Mr. Roberts was a firm friend of educa- tion, having himself been a teacher in his younger days. He was, in the early his- tory of MeKendree college, at Lebanon, Ill., a member of its board of trustees. His two sons were educated there. In 1846 he visited the Eastern States in the interests of this institution, and was suc- cessful in supplying it with funds and teachers. From that to the present time, McKendree college has continued to prosper. In consequence of failing health, he retired from active business about 1836, and passed many of his winters in the south, but continued to make Springfield his home.
Mrs. Susan Roberts died Aug. 4, 1844. She had long been a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, loved and revered by all who knew her. In his funeral ad- dress on the occasion of her death, Rev. Dr. Akers, describing her influence, said : "She moved among her sisters like the moon among the stars." Her husband never recovered from the shock occasion- ed by her death, and he died March 28, 1847, both in Springfield, and the remains of both are buried in Oak Ridge Ceme- tery.
ROBISON, EDWARD, born Oct. 16, 1781, in Loudon county, Va. In 1787 his parents moved to Nelson county, Ky., and a few years later the family moved to Caldwell county, in the same State, leaving Edward at Bardstown to finish his trade as a hatter. He was mar- ried in Caldwell county, March 14, 1809, to Jane Hanley, who was born Feb. 29, 17SS, in Pendleton Distriet, South Caro- lina. They had five children in Ken- tucky, and moved to Pope county, Ill., in 1819, where one child was born. Thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv- ing Nov., 1821, near Springfield. After some changes they settled in what is now Gardner township, north of Spring creek, where they had six children. Of all their children-
GEORGE H., born May 9, 1810, in Kentucky; served his country in the Black Hawk war, Mexican war, and about three years in Co. H, 10th Ill. Cav., in the late rebellion. He died unmarried, Dec., 1873, in Sangamon county.
JOHN H., born Oct. 15, 1811, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Duff. They have three children, GEORGE C., JOHN S .; the latter married Sarah Handley; MAR- THA married Major Moore. J. H. Robison and family reside near Carleton, Yamhill county, Oregon.
MELISSA, born Nov. 11, 1813, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Logan McMur- ry. See his name.
DAVID P., born March 6, 1816, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Sept. 3, 1836, to Lucy Simms. They had ten children; two died young. LUCINDA J. and EMILY L. died, aged seven years. MARY E. H., or "TIP," born Sept. 25, 1840, was mar- ried Sept. 10, 1857, to Thomas A. Sims, who was born Oct. 3, 1835, in Culpepper
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county, Virginia, and brought up in Muskingum county, Ohio. They have six children, JAMES P., LUCY A., MARY E., JENNIE A., GEORGE J. and MARTHA E., and reside in Gardner township, west of Springfield. MARTHA A. married Edmund MeClure. They have four chil- dren, JAMES, MARGARET, LEWIS and CLAUD, and live near Linden, Osage county, Kansas. JULIA, born Oct. 30, 1847, was married to Michael Dolan, who was born Dec. 28, 1845, in Galway, Ire- land. They have three children, JOHN J., ELLEN and T. EDWARD, and live near Berlin, Sangamon county, Ill. ED- WARD J. married Annie Archer. They have one child, and live in Gardner town- ship. GEORGE J., MARION P., KATIE V., and JAMES T. reside with their parents. five miles southwest of Springfield, Illinois.
ELIZABETH, born April 21, 1818, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Richard Hall. They had three children. Mrs. Hall and the youngest child were killed by lightning, April 27, 18.45, in Gardner township. This occurred at the house of Mrs. Hall's mother. Three other members of the family were injured seriously at the same time. Of the other two children: WILLIAM E. married Miss Lowery, in De Witt county. He was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and died in the army. MELISSA mar- ried James Moore. They have six child- ren, two of whom are married, BENTON and CHARLES. James Moore and family live near White Church, Wyandotte coun- ty, Kan. Richard Hall was married, in IS47, to Sarah Sanders, of Springfield. They had three children in Sangamon county, and moved to Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois. Richard Hall died in 1870, near Clinton, and his widow married a Mr. Cobb. They reside near Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois.
ELCY f., born Oct. 22, 1820, in Pope county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon county to Samuel Ray. See his name.
POLLY A., born March 29, 1823, in Sangamon county, married Benjamin Fobes, and died Feb. 24, 1852, leaving one child, SARAH E., who married Jere- miah Messenger, Nov. 21, 1869, and lives in Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa.
MARGARET E., born July 3, 1825,
in Sangamon county, married William H. Morgan. See his name.
SARAH A. and BARBARA A., twins, born Feb. 1, 1827, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
SARAH A. married Benjamin Ken- dall. She died Aug. 28, 1851, from inju- ries received by a runaway team, on the road to Oregon. She left one child- FANNIE, born Nov. 20, 1850, who mar- ried Mr. Henkle, and died, leaving one child, near Corvallis, Oregon.
BARBARA A. married Milo Morris. They had two children-GEORGE H., who lives in Butler county, Missouri. WILLIAM lives near Rushville, Schuy- ler county, Illinois. Mrs. Morris died Aug. 9, 1851, in Loami township.
BURLINDER, born April 20, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Joshua W. Short. They had four children. Mrs. Short and one child died. The other three children-JOHN R. died February, 1876. CHARLES E. married Lola Scripture, in 1873. ANNIE M. lives near Lamar station, Nodaway county, Missouri.
EDWARD Y., born May 17, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Hag- gard. They have five children, viz: FANNIE, MAY, JENNIE, UMA- TILLA and KATE, and live near La- bette, Labette county, Kansas.
Edward Robison died May 15, 1836, and Mrs. Jane Robison died March 12, 1853. Hc in Sangamon county, Illinois, and she in Jasper county, Missouri.
Edward Robison was Colonel of a mili- tary company, in Kentucky, and was al- ways called Col. Robison. He represent- ed Pope county in the first Legislature of Illinois that assembled at Vandalia. He was justice of the peace twelve or fifteen years in Sangamon county, and solemn- ized the marriage of James Parkinson and Mahala Earnest, and many others.
ROBISON, JOHN, was born in Virginia, and married in Maryland to Nancy Robbins. They moved to Dela- ware, where they had four children, and moved to Nicholas county, Ky., where five children were born, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, in Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their children-
ELIZABETH R., born Nov. 26, 1797, in Delaware, married in Kentucky
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to Samuel H. Steche. See name of Eliza- beth R. Steele.
WILLIAM, born about 1799, in Del- aware, married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Mahuldah Tarr, moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, Sangamon county, thence to Madison county, where the parents died, leaving several children.
SALLY and NANCY, twins, born about ISoi, in Nicholas county, Ky.
SALLY died in Buffalo Hart Grove, about IS35.
NANCY married Hiram Starr. Sec his name.
JOHN W., born about 1S03, in Nich- olas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Burns. They had four children, WILLIAM T., born in Sangamon county Aug. 2, 1833, married Dec. 4, 1856, to Julia A. Lunbeck. They had five children; four died under five years. IDA LOU resides with her parents in Springfield. William T. Rob- ison is a clerk in the freight depot of the C. and A. railroad. ELIZABETH M., born April 4, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 20, 1866, to John Finfrock, who was born July S, IS33, near Chambersburg, Penn. They have four children, EDGAR II., FRANK E., GRA- CIE M. and MARY L. Mr. Finfrock en- listed July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf .; served until Aug., IS65, when he was honorably discharged. They live three-quarters of a mile north of Buffalo Hart station. MARY J., born April 20, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 11, 1864, to Joseph W. Martin, who was born Nov. 16, IS3S, in Ohio county, Kentucky. They have four children, JESSE W., WILLIAM II., LENA F. and ROBERT F., and live one-half mile north of Buffalo Hart station. JOHN F., born June 20, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf .; served until Aug., 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married March 20, 1867, to Eli- za A. Guthrie. They have two children, IVA E. and a babe, and live in Atlanta, Illinois. John W. Robison was killed by lightning at one o'clock on the morning of August 2S, IS40, three and a half miles northeast of Buffalo Hart Grove. He was sitting at the bedside of, and was fan- ning his sick mother, who died two days later. His widow married Sept. 20, IS48,
to David S. Warner. She is now a wid- ow, and resides half a mile north of Buf- falo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
MARY, born and married in Ken- tucky, to Alexander James. They came to Illinois with her parents, in IS30, but settled in Shelby county. Mr. James died there in the fall of IS71. His widow re- sides with her son, WILLIAM JAMES who is married, has seven children, and lives near Shelbyville, Illinois.
MILLICENT, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Annanias Heaton. He died in Madison county, leaving a widow and children.
GEORGE, born in Nicholas county, Ky., came to Sangamon county with his parents, in 1830, married, in 1841, to Car- oline Snyder. She died, in IS60, leaving five children. He married Mrs. Jane B- whose maiden name was James. They have two children, and re- side in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.
ELEANOR f., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Phineas Jordan, had four children, and he died. She married James Hibbs, had one child, and Mrs. Hibbs died in Logan county, Illinois.
Mrs. Nancy Robison died Aug. 30, 1840, and John Robison died in 1841. She in Logan, and he in Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
ROBINSON, JAMES T., was born Jan. 21, ISOS, at New Malton, York- shire, England. Of his ancestors, Thomas Robinson, merchant of Malton, England, died Oct. 23, 1779, aged sixty-eight years. His son, Marmaduke, died April 28, 1797, aged seventy-nine. His son, William Barton Robinson, married Alice Black- burn. They had four children. Their two youngest were James T. and Barton, sketches of whom are herewith given. James T. came to New York in IS29, traveled through the Eastern States and Canada, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in December, IS30, in Buffa- lo Hart Grove, just in time to witness the "deep snow." He bought land there, and was married Oct. 10, 1832, to Miner- va Starr. They had five children in San- gamon county, Illinois.
EMMA L., born Feb. 1, IS34, died, unmarried, Sept. 13, 1868, in Sangamon county.
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EDMUND H., horn Dec. 31, 1835, was married Oct., 1874, to Harriet Chap- man. They reside near Buffalo Hart, Sangamon county, Ill.
WILLIAM B., born May 29, IS3S, enlisted July 25, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf. He was captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, was taken to Andersonville prison, entering about the ISth of June; remain- ed three months; taken to Savannah, thence to Millen; back to Savannah, and from there to Florence, South Carolina, where he remained three months, and on the approach of Sherman's army was re- moved to Goldsboro', North Carolina, where he was paroled Feb. 25, 1865; re- leased at Wilmington the next day, and honorably discharged at Springfield May 30, 1865. He was married Feb. 21, 1867, to Arminta Burns. They have two chil- dren, JOHN B. and ALICE CAREY, and reside two miles north of Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois-1874.
JOHN B., born Nov. 21, 1839, enlist- ed at Springfield July, 1861, in what be- came Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years. He was killed in battle at Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862, and buried on the field.
CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1845, raised in Sangamon county, spent three years, 1870, '71 and '72, in Oregon, is un- married, and lives with his mother.
James T. Robinson died Dec. S, 1871, and his widow resides two miles south of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Mr. Robinson had business east, and in the spring of 1831 he embarked on the steamboat Talisman, in the Sangamon river, near Springfield, and went as far as St. Louis on that boat, and from there to Pittsburg on another boat, and over the Allegheny mountains, by stage, to Phila- delphia. The Talisman was the only steamboat that ever ascended the Sanga- mon river.
ROBINSON, BARTON, was born May 19, 1819, at New Malton, Yorkshire, England; studied medicine and graduated with the degree of M. D., in London. He came to America, and joined his brother, James T., at Buffalo Hart Grove, in Dec., 1831. He was mar- ried in Sangamon county, May, IS33, to Mahala Barber. They had two living
children in Sangamon county, and in the year 1836 Dr. Robinson and Jabez Capps laid out the town of Mt. Pulaski, Ill. He moved there, and continued in the practice of medicine. They had two liv- ing children in Mt. Pulaski, and in IS58 moved to Lynn county, Kansas, taking their four sons with them, namely-
HERBERT, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married in Kansas to Hester Black- burn. They have five children, and live near Farlinville, Kansas.
GAMES, born in Sangamon county, married in Kansas to Cassander Black- burn, has four children, and iives near Farlinville, Kansas.
LANDER, born in Mt. Pulaski, Ill., married in Kansas to Jennie Blackburn, and lives near Farlinville, Kansas.
FREMONT, born in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, resides with his parents near Farlinville, Linn county, Kansas.
Dr. Barton Robinson and his wife re- side near Farlinville, Kansas.
William Blackburn and Alice Southing- ton were married Nov. 30, 1725. They were both of Sneaton, England. They had five children. Their fourth child, John, born at Sneaton, Dec. 15, 1733, O. S., married Oct. 6, 1763, N. S., at Malton, to Bertha Turner. Their fifth child, Alice Blackburn, married William Barton Robinson, at Malton. The names of two of their sons, James T. and Barton, head the preceding sketches.
ROBINSON, WM., R., was born about 1776, in England. When he was ten or twelve years old, his parents came to America, and settled in Virginia. When he attained to manhood he went to Blount county, Tenn., and was there mar- ried, in ISOS, to Sarah Witcher. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to Barren county, Ky., where six children were born, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Wil- liams township, in 1836. One of their children only resides in Sangamon coun- ty-
JANE, the third child, born in Ten- nessee, married in Sangamon county to Abel Yocum. See his name.
The children are scattered all the way to the Pacific coast. The family moved to Logan county, where the parents both died in 1860.
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ROBINSON, MRS. ANN, whose maiden name was Norris, was born May 5, 1779, in Harford county, Mary- land. She was married there, in 1805, to Richard Robinson, a native of the same county. They had two children, and Mr. Robinson died in Baltimore, Nov. 5, ISII. Mrs. Robinson, with two sisters, Temper- ance Norris, born May 4, 1775, and Eliza- beth, born March 22, 1777, and Mrs. Robinson's two children, moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving in March, 1835. Of her two children-
ARNOLD R., born Dec. 10, 1807, in Baltimore, Md., came to Springfield, Ill., in 1835, was married at Jacksonville, Ill., March 19, 1840, to Eliza Robison, who was born July 4, 1822, in the city of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson re- side in Springfield, Ill. A. R. Robinson has been for many years an active Free Mason and Odd Fellow, having taken all the degrees in both orders, and always holding some official position. He is Secretary of St. Paul's Lodge of Masons, No. 500; is Grand Tyler of the Grand Chapter, and Grand Council of the State of Illinois. He has been six years in the employ of the United States Government as Custodian of the U. S. Court House and Postoffice, in Springfield, Illinois.
PRISCILLA, born August 9, 1809, in Baltimore, Md., lives with her brother, Arnold R., in Springfield.
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