Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Francis Elliott Robinson and Rebecca May Hammond




Husband Francis Elliott Robinson 1 2

           Born: 3 Jul 1881 1 3
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         Father: John Wesley Robinson (1844/1844-1916) 4 5 6
         Mother: Cora E. Agnew (      -      ) 1 4 5


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Wife Rebecca May Hammond 1 3 7

           Born: 25 May 1885 3 7
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         Father: William McClure Hammond (1840-1902) 1 3 7
         Mother: Anna A. Brett (1849-1886) 3 7




Children
1 M Richard Elliott Robinson 1 3

           Born: 29 May 1912 3
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2 F Mary Elizabeth Robinson 3

           Born: 26 Nov 1914 3
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General Notes: Husband - Francis Elliott Robinson


He obtained his public school education in the schools of Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He completed his school years at Bloomsburg State Normal School, being graduated from that institution with the class of 1902. He began business life as a clerk in the Bolivar Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, so continuing for eight months, then going to the Bolivar National Bank in clerical capacity. Upon the reorganization of the bank, Mr. Robinson was elected a director and advanced to the position of cashier, a post he filled until 1909. He then became associated with his father in the management of the Garfield Fire Clay Company, being elected treasurer and general manager of the company. He was still a director of the Bolivar National Bank, and served the Robinson Store Company, of Robinson, in a similar capacity, and was president of the Bolivar Light and Heat Company. A Republican in politics, Mr. Robinson did not seek political preferment, but served as councilman. He was a member of Acacia Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania; Bolivar Council, Royal Arcanum; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the official board.

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Sources


1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 616.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 620.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 622.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 17.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 104, 621.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 613.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 18.


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