The Coshocton County histories sketch four Robinson households and never say that any of them were related. The oldest line began with Major Robinson of Clarksburg, Virginia, who settled near Conesville in 1801 and died in 1815; his son Judge James Robinson served in the legislature, and his grandson James E. Robinson, a landowner and county commissioner, was the father of William L. Robinson, born in Franklin Township in 1851, who took over the home farm after his father's death. A. S. Robinson, born in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1811, learned wagon making, preached nine years in the Protestant Methodist church, and farmed near Spring Mountain. W. H. Robinson, born in Philadelphia in 1812, came to Coshocton in 1836 as a carpenter and later sold insurance, while L. W. Robinson, a Yale graduate born at Hudson, Ohio, in 1855, came to take charge of the Union Coal Mining Company's interests there. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Coshocton County history.
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A. S. Robinsonborn 1811Most recent in our records
L. W. Robinsonborn 1855Each number matches a section below. Tap a name to jump to that person.
Pioneer near Conesville
Son of Major Robinson; judge and legislator
Son of Judge James Robinson.
Farmer and stock raiser, Franklin Township
WILLIAM L. ROBINSON.
William L. Robinson, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising in Franklin township, Coshocton county, is numbered among the substantial citizens of this section of the state. He was born in Franklin township, December 26, 1851, and son of James E. and Anna E. (Frew) Robinson. The family was one among the first settlers of Coshocton county and were large landowners in the Muskingum valley, being extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1837, James E. Robinson removed with his family to Delaware, Ohio, where they remained for four years, the purpose of their removal being to afford their children good educational advantages. In 1871. however, they returned to the home farm, the father having died during their residence in Delaware. The mother still survives. The family numbered four children: Mary J., the deceased wife of James S. Stocking, a resident of Washington, Pennsylvania; William L.; Charles F., who is deceased; and Ella R., the wife of W. H. McCabe, of Coshocton.
William L. Robinson, whose name introduces this review, spent his boyhood and youth in much the usual manner of farm lads, assisting in the work of the fields during the summer seasons, while in the winter months he pursued his studies in a private school and later enjoyed the advantages of the high school at Delaware, Ohio, and the Ohio Wesleyan University. After the death of his father he took charge of the home farm and this occupation has claimed his time and attention to the present day. He is extensively engaged in general farming and is numbered among the county's most progressive citizens.
Mr. Robinson was married April 28, 1881, to Miss EInora Lee, a daughter of Dr. Samuel H. and Anna (Triplet) Lee, of Coshocton. Their union was blessed with a son and daughter, James L. and Elizabeth L. The wife and mother was called to her final rest June 25, 1887. On the 6th of August, 1890, Mr. Robinson was again married, his second union being with Helen E. Kyle, a daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Gordon) Kyle, who were former residents of Granville, Ohio, but now make their home in Riverside, California. The Kyles established their home in the Buckeye state in 1858, coming thence from Vershire, Vermont.
Mr. Robinson is a republican in his political views. He is interested in the welfare of the country at large and is ever found on the side of right, reform and progress. He is highly esteemed in the community in which he has so long made his home, numbering his friends by the score.
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Wagon maker, minister and farmer
ROBINSON A. S., Monroe township; was born in 1811, in Fairfax county, Virginia; son of A. S. and Elizabeth (Duval) Robinson, and grandson of John C. and Verlinda (Summers) Robinson, and of William and Nancy (Johnson) Duval. Mr. Robinson, while very young, was taken by his parents to Prince Williams county, where he lived until 1821. After the death of his father he lived with his grandfather Robinson, in Fredrick county, Virginia, two years. ' From there he went with his grandfather to Hampshire county. After living there two years, he left his grandfather and went to Loudon county; then to Prince Williams county; then back to his mother; thence to Loudon county again, staying but a year or two in each place. In 1830 he began the wagon-makers' trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years. After spending one year in Fredrick county, he came to Perry county, Ohio; followed farming there two years; farmer eight years afterward in Muskingum county; then was a minister in the Protestant Methodist church for nine years. Ever since then he has followed farming, near Spring Mountain, Coshocton county, Ohio. He married Miss Mahala Lyder, February 9, 1832, in Loudon county, Virginia. She was born in December, 1806; daughter of Lewis and Susannah (Bradfield) Lyder, and granddaughter of Jacob and Margaret Lyder, and of Jonathan Bradfield. Their children were as follows: Susannah, deceased; Samuel, married to Frances Menifee, whose children were Charles, Mary E., George _T., Lou A., and Letitia, deceased. John W. married Miss Martha Duval, whose children are, Clifford L., Emma, Joseph, William A., Roberta, and Dinkey. Arthur L. lives at home.
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Carpenter and insurance agent
ROBINSON W. H., Coshocton; insurance agent. Equity building; was born January 11, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; son of William Robinson, American born of Scotch ancestry; lived on a farm until the age of ten years, when with his parents he moved to Savannah, Georgia; attended school until the age of seventeen, then went to New York City and attended school there a short time, from which city he moved to Orange, New York, and was' apprenticed to the carpenter trade, and served four years. In 1836, came to this city and followed his trade until 1871, when he established his present agency, and conducted it to the present time. His first marriage was January 6, 1834, to Miss Sarah Anne Matthews, daughter of James Matthews, of Orange, New York. By this marriage he became the father of six children, two of whom, Esther M. and Charles C.,have died. Their living children are Mary E., married to Calvin Skinner, of this city; Harriet N., married to James Stonebock, now residing at Crystal Plains, Smith county, Kansas; William H., married to Louisa Johnson, of this city, and Sarah Frances. Mrs. Robinson died February, 18(54. Mr. Robinson afterward married Miss Susan C. Deman, and by this marriage became the father of two children, viz: Clara D. and Howard.
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Mining engineer; superintendent of the Union Coal Mining Company
ROBINSON L. W., Coshocton; general superintendent Union Coal Mining Company; was born September 19, 1855, in Hudson, Ohio; son of Warren Robinson, a native of Connecticut, and Sarah Woodward, a native of Maine. When aboujfceven years of age he moved to New Haven mth his father's family to be educated, and received a good elementary education in the public schools of that city; was then placed under a private tutor for three years. At the age of eighteen years he entered, Yale college, and was graduated at the age of twenty-one. After completing his college course he engaged as engineer in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, and was transferred to this place to take general charge of the company's interests here, and do the engineering of the place. Mr. Robinson was married September 9, 1880, to Miss (DoUie) Ruth May, daughter of Lewis De Moss, Esq., of this city.
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