A. S. Robinson

As printed in 1881

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.

As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.