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Born 1849, Peoria county
From History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883)
HIRAM A. ROBINSON, pharmacist, post-oflSce, Oxford; was born in Peoria county, Illinois, September 22, 1849, where he spent his early life. He attended school in Brimfield, Peoria county, until his seventeenth year; he then commenced to learn the druggist profession with his father, and took charge of his father's business, and since then he has been engaged in the druggist trade. In June, 1879, he came to Oxford and opened a new stock of drugs at his present stand, and is doing a prosperous business. He was married September 30, 1872, to Miss Lizzie Martyn, a native of Indiana. They have been blessed with two children: Claudius L. and Alta A. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an elder therein. Mrs. Robinson is a daughter of Rev. John D. Marty'n, one of the pioneer ministers of Indiana, and a cousin of Wm. Martyn, missionary to China.
As printed in History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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