Husband Elliott Robinson 1 2 3 4 5 6
AKA: Elliott Ratinson 7
Born: 8 Oct 1808 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4 5 8
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Died: 10 Jun 1891 - Robinson, Indiana Co, PA 9
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Father: Irwin Robinson (1762-1829) 1 5 10 11 12 13 14
Mother: Catherine Elliott ( -1859) 1 2 5 10
Marriage: 1848 15 16
Other Spouse: Margaret Nixon ( -1847) 5 9 17 18 - Abt 1833
Other Spouse: Sarah Jane Doty ( -1894) 9
Wife Sarah A. Lynn 9 15 16
Born: 1827 7
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Died: 1859 9
Buried:
Father: Robert Lynn (1789- ) 19
Mother: Rebecca Thompson ( - ) 20
Children
1 F Caroline Margaret Robinson 9 16 18
Born: 1849 18
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Died: Aft 1913
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2 M William I. Robinson 4 9 21
Born: 31 Jul 1851 18 22
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Died: 1913 23
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret McHail ( - ) 9 18 24
Marr: 28 Mar 1883 18 23
3 M Thomas J. Robinson 9 16 18
Born: 1853 9 18 25
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Died: 1907 9
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Alice Kennedy ( -Aft 1913) 9 18 22
4 M Simpson N. Robinson 9
Born:
Christened:
Died: in childhood
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 F Emma R. Robinson 9
Born:
Christened:
Died: in childhood
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 M James Robinson 9
Born:
Christened:
Died: in childhood
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Elliott Robinson
As a young man he was the owner of boats which he ran on the Pennsylvania State canal, and later owned and operated two grist mills, one in Boliver and the other in Indiana County. He also manufactured lumber in Westmoreland and Indiana counties. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of brick, being the second man to engage in that business in Westmoreland County. The first brick works which he erected at Bolivar were in consequence known as Reese Hammond and Company No. 2. In connection with Brenizer and Company, he rebuilt what is known as Reese Hammond and Company No. 1, and his next work was the erection of the Blacklick Manufacturing Company brick works. Returning to Bolivar, he, with three others, built the Enterprise, or Lincoln Fire Brick works, and afterward he was interested in the Garfield Fire Clay Company to the extent of backing his three sons, John W., William I. and Thomas J., and his stepson, C. W. Sutton. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was instrumental in building more churches than any other man in the community, giving largely of his time and means.
He was a soldier in the Civil War.
He was born in Fairfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was very young when his parents went to the farm in West Wheatfield township, Indiana County. After his father's death in 1829 he bought the interests of the other heirs in the property left by his father, and he became the sole support of his widowed mother, who made her home with him until her death. While yet a young man he engaged in canal boating, running a section boat between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He built and operated both saw and flour mills in Wheatfield township, Indiana County, and in Bolivar, Westmoreland County. He was largely interested in the lumber business during the greater portion of his life, as well as in farming and merchandising. When the Pennsylvania railroad was building he had the contract and built the section of the road from Bolivar west about two miles. He was a pioneer in the fire brick business, being the second man to engage in that industry in Westmoreland County. In about 1856 he and C. A. R. Benny, of Pittsburgh, built what was known as Reese, Hammond & Co. No. 2 Works. In connection with Breniser & Company he rebuilt what was known as Reese, Hammond No. 1 Works.
In the spring of 1869 he moved to Blacklick, Indiana County, where in company with F. M. Kinter and Charles A. Hadley he built the Blacklick Manufacturing Company's fire brick works. Here he lived and operated the works for about three years, when he returned to his home in West Wheatfield township, and soon after he with three others erected the Enterprise or Lincoln Fire Brick Works. He was interested in the Garfield Fire Clay Company to the extent of backing his sons William I. and Thomas J., who started that industry in 1887.
Very early in life he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and was an active member of it all his life, filling every office in the church, from trustee to local preacher. He was instrumental in building more churches, and in organizing more new congregations, than any other man in the community, giving largely of his time and means to these objects. [HIC 1913, 614]
His children were ten in number, six sons and four daughters. Three of the male children died in infancy. The three sons were pupils at the Jacksonville Academy, and the Millersville State Normal School. His daughters were scholars at the Beaver and the Blairsville Female Seminaries.