Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Edward T. Robinson




Husband Edward T. Robinson 1

           Born: 23 Jul 1861 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob R. Robinson (1832-      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Catherine Stouffer (      -1869) 2





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General Notes: Husband - Edward T. Robinson


He attended the common schools of Hempfield township and summer normal schools at Pleasant Unity and Greensburg. Leaving school he became a clerk for his cousin, Homer Robinson, of Greensburg. From 1886 to 1888 he followed farming and stock-raising. In 1888 he purchased the store of J. W. Armbrust at Weaver's Old Stand, and engaged in general mercantile business at that place. His store was stocked with dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes and general merchandise. Politically he was a republican. He served as tax collector of Hempfield township in 1880 and received his appointment as postmaster at Weaver's Old Stand under the administration of President Harrison, May 1, 1889. He was a member of Sewickley Grange, No. 704, Patrons of Husbandry, the Jr. O. U. A. M., and the Methodist Episcopal church of Greensburg.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 686.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 157.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 34.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 213.


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