Gen. William Robinson and Mary Parker

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Husband Gen. William Robinson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 17 Dec 1785 - Pennsylvania 1
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         Father: James Robinson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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       Marriage: 3 Jul 1810 4

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Wife Mary Parker ^{3 4}

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           Born: 1789 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3
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           Died:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Maj. Alexander Parker (1753-Abt 1792) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Rebecca Blair (1753-1826) 7 8 9 10

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Children

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1 M James Robinson ¹¹

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2 M William O'Hara Robinson ¹¹

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3 M Alexander Parker Robinson ¹¹

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4 M Charles McClure Robinson ¹¹

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5 M John Robinson ¹¹

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6 M Francis Pringle Robinson ¹¹

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7 F Anna Robinson ^{11 12}

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         Spouse: J. C. Blair (      -      ) 11 12

         Spouse: Maj. James Postlethwaite Speer (1825-      ) 11 12

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8 F Mary Parker Robinson ¹¹

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9 M Henry Robinson ¹¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. William Robinson

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He was the first white child born in Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny river. He early became familiar with Indian warfare, and in childhood his home was defended by his mother from an attack of the red-skins, with whom he had frequent contests until they were driven westward; with those who remained, the Cornplanters, he was in friendly intercourse until his death. He received a classical education and graduated at Princeton, then studied law with Hon. James Ross and was admitted to the bar, but never engaged in practice. At the death of his father, James Robinson, he became owner of an extensive tract of land upon which a portion of Allegheny City later stood, and for years was largely interested in commercial and manufacturing pursuits. His title as general he held by virtue of a commission in the State Militia. He was connected with the "Aaron Burr conspiracy," in 1806. His enterprise and personal influence were zealously and beneficially exerted in many of the internal improvements of Pennsylvania, especially in the building of canals, to which he devoted lands, and in the construction of the Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad, upon the success of which he ventured his entire fortune. He aided in building the first iron mill in Pittsburgh and the first suspension bridge over western waters. He was President of the Exchange Bank of Pittsburgh, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, first Mayor of Allegheny City, and built a portion of Allegheny City which he named Buena Vista, calling the streets therein after the battles of the Mexican War. He was patriotically active in the Civil War, and his grandson, Captain William O'Hara Robinson, gave his life in defence of the Union at the fight in the Wilderness.

1 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 649.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1096.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 584.

4 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 650.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 579, 583.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 34.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 985.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.

9 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 384.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 579.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 593.

12 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 373.