William D. Robinson and Mary Kelly

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Husband William D. Robinson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Oct 1820 or 2 Oct 1820 - Parkers Landing, Armstrong Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Elisha Robinson (1791-1874) 2 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Rohrer (      -1881) 1 2 3 6 7

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       Marriage: Jun 1852 2

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Wife Mary Kelly ²

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         Father: Hon. Eben Smith Kelly (1794-1829) 2
         Mother: Nancy Davidson (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 F Emma Robinson ⁸

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         Spouse: Elder Montgomery (      -      ) 8

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2 F May Olive Robinson ⁸

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         Spouse: William Gates Reynolds (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 3 Nov 1883 8

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3 F Cornelia Robinson ⁸

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General Notes: Husband - William D. Robinson

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He received his early education in the subscription schools of that day. He then attended for two years a select school taught by a man of the name of Piersol, and in 1835 entered the freshman class of Meadville college, where he spent two years. Returning home from Meadville, he learned the trade of tanner with his father, but did not follow tanning very long. He next, turning his attention to the mercantile business, was a clerk at Brady's Bend for three years, and then opened a store at Parker's Landing, which he conducted until 1868. He also bought stock, which he drove to Philadelphia, where he purchased his goods. In 1864 he became the pioneer of the oil business at Parker City, where he sunk the first well of that place. He continually widened his field of operations as an oil producer and was interested in wells in Armstrong, Bradford, Butler, Venango and Clarion counties. In 1880, after a very successful career, he retired from the oil business and left to other hands the care of his interests. In 1858 he removed to Kittanning, where he then resided in a beautiful home with pleasant surroundings.
He was a democrat and active in politics, although never an aspirant for office or public favor. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he frequently served as a vestryman.

He and his wife had five children; three were still living in 1891.

1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 575.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 379.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 982.

4 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 575, 580x.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 981.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 227.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 892.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 380.