Hugh Robinson

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When about ten years of age, Hugh accompanied his parents when they came to Livingston County, and settled in the southern part of Avoca Township. On the loth of January, 1853, the mother)- died, and the father followed her over the river in December, 1860. To them were born a large family of children, of whom the following survive:.lohn M., now in Kansas: IMaria, the wife of Joseph Brown, of Iroquois County, Ill.: Darius A., now in Nebraska; Nancy S., Hugh; Effle G.. the wife of William E. Fox, of White County, Ind.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Timm, of Joliet, Ill., and Irene M.

James K. Robinson, the father of the subject of '

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Our subject was born in Ireland, Jan. 1, 1835, and is the son of Owen and Judith (Faj-) Mulligan, natives of the same country. His father was a farmer of modest means, and Michael early in life was trained to habits of industry, learning to rely upon himself, which proved an excellent school and the secret of his future success. His education was quite limited, and when nineteen years of age, finding little to encourage him upon his native soil, he resolved to seek his fortunes upon the other side of the Atlantic. Accordingiy, in the spring of 1856 he took passage on a sailing-vessel bound from Liverpool to New York City, and after a vo'age of four weeks and three days landed in the great metropolis, of which he had heard so much. Staying in New York a short time, he migrated westward, and in 18.")8 took up his residence in LaSalle County, this State. Eight years later he found himself in this county, and in 1867 purchased the land which comprises his present homestead. He has effected a marked change in its appearance, and is now numbered among the thrifty and well-to-do f.'ii'mcrs of Broiiglito.i Townshij).

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The wife of our subject was_ born in LaSalle County, this State, Dec. 13, 1844, and is the daughter of Mathew and Bridget (Conley) Corrigan, natives of Ireland. They emigrated to the United States early in life and cast their lot with the pioneers of LaSalle County, Ill. The father died at the homestead Nov. 15, 1875, while the mother is living and a resident of Chicago. The parental household included twelve children, those living being: Michael, of Kansas; Mary A., the wife of Alexander Wallace, of Missouri; Margaret and James, residents of Chicago, and Julia, Mrs. Mullisan.

( TEPHEN POTTER has been a resident of Round Grove Township, and located on l/_) section 15, for thirty-three years, during which time he has been a witness of the rise and progress of one of the best counties within the borders of Illinois. He has been an active participant, so far as his field of operations is concerned, in this work of development and improvement, and at this day can look upon what he has accomplished with considerable satisfaction. Mr. Potter was born on the ist of April, 1806, and is the son of Theodore and Wealthy (Weller) Potter, both natives of the State of New York, of English- German extraction. They afterward removed to Ohio, when that country was very new, and the mother died in Cuyahoga County. Some years after her death the father removed to Michigan, and was overtaken by a snowstorm, and frozen to death somewhere in the vicinity of Hastings, Mich. They were the parents of ten children, of whom our sui)ject was the fourth child. He was reared on the farm, and remained at home until he was of age, although previous to that time he had worked away from home for short seasons, hut retained his place in the household. After he had reached his majority he worked by the month continuously, for one man, on a farm and in the lumber woods for over seven years, and then went to Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

August 25, 1834, in Essex County, N. Y., Mr. Potter was married to Mary Ann Killnier, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Dickson) Killmei, who were natives of New York State and of German and Irish ancestry. Mrs. Potter was born in Washington County, N. Y., on the 23d of February, 1814. About one week after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Potter migrated to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and settled on wild timber land, consisting of ninety-one acres, which they at once set themselves about clearing and improving. They remained there for ten years, engaged in improving and general farming on this land, and then sold it and removed to Will County, Ill., settling in Joliet. They remained here for ten years, five years of which time he was engaged in teaming. In 1849 Mr. Potter left his family in Joliet, and went to California, going by the overland route, where he remained for five years and engaged in the mines most of that time. He returned to Joliet in February, 1854, and in the following April moved to Livingston County, and settled in Round Grove Township, on lands which Mrs. Potter had purchased during his absence, which consisted of 160 acres, located on section 15. They have since been residents of Round Grove Township, and have been successful in their undertakings. Mr. Potter began adding to his estate, and continued until at one time he owned 400 acres, but has disposed of all of this, with the exception of a quarter section. He has erected excellent buildings on his farm and made good improvements in the way of ditches, fences, orchards, etc., as may be seen by an examination of the view which is given on another p.age of this Album.

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l>IVlN(iST()N COUNTY.

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Our subject was the youngest son of his father's family, and was reared to manhood in his native State, where he received a good education in the common schools. When sixteen years of age he repaired to the town of Huntingdon to learn the printer's trade, of which he gained a good knowledge, and which he followed until the outbreak of the late Rebellion. He was one of the first to respond to the call for volunteers, enlisting in July, 1861, in Company D, 41st Penns3dvania Infantry, and which afterward became the 1 2th Regiment of the Pennsylv.".nia Reserve Corps, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. Yonng Brewster, with his conu'ades, took part in many of the important battles of the war, being in the seven days' siege of Richmond, in the second battle of Bull Run, and was present at South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and other minor engagements and skirmishes. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he received his honorable discharge in June, 1864. He had borne with true, soldierly courage the hardships and privatitnis of army life, and is willing that its sufferings and trials should be remanded to the pages of the past, with the unwritten history of thousands of others, who shared in the perils of those memorable years.

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As printed in Portrait and bigraphical album of Livingston County, Ill. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1888). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.