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Born 1832, Albemarle county
From History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages. Together with a condensed history (1882)
JOSEPH B. ROBINSON.
Joseph B. Robinson, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, October loth, 1832. His father, Tandy B., was a native of Trginia, where he was reared to manhood and married Elizabeth Barnes, also a native Virginian. He removed to Missouri in the fall of 1834, and settled first in Howard county, removing to Boone in 1838, where he had previously entered the farm upon which his son, Joseph, now resides. He died January 26th, 1874, and his wife October 15th, 1876. The subject of this sketch has lived in Boone county continuously ever since he was six years old, except two years spent in BHnois, during the late civil war. He worked ten years at his trade, but has made farming the chief occupation of his life. Was married May lath, 1872, to Mary L., daughter of Joseph L. Caldwell, of Boone county, formerly of Adair county, Kentucky, where Mrs. Robinson was born. They have two children, Edward and Oarl. He has an excellent farm of 300 acres. He is a member of the order of A. O. U. W.
As printed in History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages. Together with a condensed history (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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