John Wesley Robinson and Cora E. Agnew
Husband John Wesley Robinson 1 2 3
Born: 10 May or 12 May 1844 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1 4 5 Christened: Died: 20 Dec 1916 - Bolivar, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 Buried: - West View Cemetery, Bolivar, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: Elliott Robinson (1808-1891) 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mother: Margaret Nixon ( -1847) 1 5 6 10
Marriage: 14 Oct 1880 12
Wife Cora E. Agnew 1 2 12
Born: - Spruce Creek, Huntingdon Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Samuel Kyle Agnew (1813-1869) 4 12 Mother: Harriet Hicks ( -1864) 4 12
Children
1 M Francis Elliott Robinson 12 13
Born: 3 Jul 1881 12 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rebecca May Hammond (1885- ) 12 14 15
2 M John Everett Robinson 12
Born: 1883 12 Christened: Died: Abt 1891 - Tyrone, Blair Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Mary Margaret Robinson 4 12
Born: 1886 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Thomas Nixon Robinson 4 12
Born: 1889 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Paul Agnew Robinson 4 12
Born: 1891 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Eleanor N. Robinson 12
AKA: Eleanor M. Robinson 4 Born: 1893 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Florence Robinson 12
Born: 1895 12 Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M Richard Vincent Robinson 4 12
Born: 1897 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
9 M [Infant] Robinson 12
Born: 1899 12 Christened: Died: the day of birth Buried:
10 F Katherine Robinson 4 12
Born: 1901 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
11 M Kyle Irvin Robinson 4 12
Born: 1903 12 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - John Wesley Robinson
He was educated in the public and select schools and at Jacksonville Academy, at Jacksonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He taught one term of public school, after which he helped his father, clerking in the store and keeping his books. In 1869 he went with his father to Blacklick, where he had charge of the store of the Blacklick Manufacturing Company and was with them until 1872. In that year the Isabella Furnace Company built their coke oven plant at Cokeville, across the river from Blairsville, Pennsylvania, and he accepted a position with Graff, Bailey & Geib, who operated these works, to take charge of the company store, being with them until 1876. In 1880 he, with W. L. Winkle, his brother-in-law, went to Altoona, Pa., where in company with Max Kinkaid, a banker, John Reiley, superintendent of transportation Pacific Railroad Company, and S. C. Baker, land owner and capitalist, he erected the Altoona Fire Brick Works, of which Mr. Robinson was the secretary and for about three years acting superintendent as well. In the spring of 1885 he left Altoona to accept a position with A. G. Morris, of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, as chief clerk, having charge of and directing all the office business for his large lime and limestone business in Blair, Huntingdon and Centre counties. Here he stayed for thirteen years.
In 1898 he removed to Garfield, Pennsylvania, Robinson P. O., to the old homestead where he was born, and took the position of secretary and treasurer of the Garfield Fire Clay Company, of which he had been a member for some time. In 1905 the business was incorporated, the brick works and real estate becoming the Garfield Fire Clay Company, Inc., and the store The Robinson Company, Inc., Mr. Robinson being a director in both companies and secretary and treasurer of the Garfield Fire Clay Company, to which he gave the principal part of his time and attention.
He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as trustee and steward, and was involved in the Sunday school, in which he was teacher of the Bible class. He was a charter member of Altoona Council, of the Royal Arcanum, and was also a charter member of Tyrone Council, No. 943, Royal Arcanum. In politics he was independent, but had a strong leaning to the Prohibition party.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 17.
2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 104, 621.
3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 613.
4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 621.
5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 615.
6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 470.
7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 614.
8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 34.
9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 16.
10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 104, 620.
11 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.
12 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 616.
13 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 620.
14 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 622.
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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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