Theodore L. Robinson

As printed in 1882

THEODORE L. ROBINSON, cashier of the Nodaway County Bank, and one of the leading business men of Nodaway County, is a native of Callaway County, Missouri, where he was born on the 8th of February, 1833. His father was a merchant, and the son may be said to have been bred to this business. In 1844 the family removed to Buchanan County, and the subject of this sketch was for a time employed in the old Mansion House, a leading hotel in St. Joseph at that period, and then accepted a position with John Curd, a pioneer and prominent merchant. In 1849, m common with many others, he crossed the plains to California, with an ox team, and remained there until 1855, engaged in mining, then returned to St. Joseph and once more became associated with his old employer. In 1857, in company with Mr. Curd, he engaged in business in Maryville, since which time he has been a permanent resident and continuously in active business, and in which he can well claim to have been engaged for more consecutive years than any other man in the county. In 1873 he became connected with the bank, and in the capacity of cashier and general manager, he has proved himself a safe, conservative and successful financier, and has secured the confidence of the community in which he resides. He is a plain, candid, wide-awake man, assumes nothing, and attends to his duties assiduously. He commenced life without means, and may well be termed the architect of his own fortune, and thoroughly merits the esteem in which he is held. As a citizen, he has always manifested an active interest in all that has had a tendency to promote the interest of the county and prominent in all educational matters. Mr. Robinson was married October 9, 1859, to Miss Rebecca J. Ray, a daughter of Jumes Ray, a. prominent citizen of this count)', who removed from Nelson County, Kentucky. Their family consists of five children: James B., Martha E., Theodore L., Fred. P. and Jennie I.

As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.