Husband Thomas Robinson 1 2 3
Born: 4 Jul 1825 - County Armagh, Ireland 1 4
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Father: Thomas Robinson, Sr. ( - ) 1 4
Mother: Arabella Riley ( - ) 4
Marriage: 20 Jun 1854 1
Wife Ann Eliza DeWolf 1 6
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Father: Dr. Eli G. DeWolf ( -1847) 6 7
Mother: Sarah A. Harris ( -Bef 1883) 8
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1 M Eli D. Robinson 1 9 10
Born: 5 Mar 1855 - Penn Twp, Butler Co, PA 10
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Spouse: Emily E. Rogers ( - ) 11
Marr: 14 Mar 1883 11
2 F Sallie A. Robinson 9
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3 F Clara B. Robinson 9
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4 F Adelaide K. Robinson 9
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5 F Arabella Robinson 9
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6 F Lexie Robinson 9
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7 M Charles C. Robinson 9
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8 M George E. Robinson 9
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9 M Thomas Robinson 9
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Robinson
He came to the United States with his parents in the spring of 1832. The family located in Middlesex (later Penn) Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1836. He received a limited common school and academic education. He was admitted to the bar in 1855. He was elected to the Legislature in 1860, and was the nominee of his party for the State Senate in 1876, but did not receive the district nomination.
For many years he was editor and proprietor of the Butler Eagle and only ceased his duties as such about 1881, when he passed his interest in the establishment to his son, Eli D. Robinson, after having established it on a basis of confidence with the people generally as a true and faithful exponent of Republican principles. He had previously owned and edited the Butler Citizen.
Politically, he was always an ardent Republican, and as a journalist steadily sustained with zeal and ability the principles of the party and its organization. During the Civil War, his paper supported the cause of the Union with marked ability, and always had words of cheer and comfort for the soldier in the field. As a delegate to the Republican National Convention, he voted for James G. Blain, in obedience to what he believed to be the sentiments of his constituents as well as in harmony with his own opinion, and when that distinguished statesman could not be nominated, he voted for the late lamented Garfield.
As an attorney, his career was not as extensive as it would otherwise have been, owing to the duties devolving upon him as editor, but in the several courts of the county, as well as in the Supreme Court, it was characterized by more than ordinary success. With zeal and fidelity he represented the interests of his clients. Later, he held the position of County Solicitor.
A leading trait of Mr. Robinson's character was strong and unswerving fidelity to his friends, adhering to them in adversity as well as prosperity. [HBC 1883, 64]
He was reared on the family homestead, and his early educa-tional advantages were such as the pioneer schools of his neighborhood afforded. Being ambitious to obtain a better education, he entered the old Butler Academy in 1851, where he prosecuted his studies for a period, and later taught school for two years. In 1854 he was appointed clerk in the county commissioners office, and was one of the active spirits who agitated and brought about the re-or-ganization of township lines the same year. About this time he commenced reading law under George W. Smith, was admitted to the bar September 25, 1855, and soon built up a fair practice, which grew with the passing years. He always looked after the interests of his clients with zeal and fidelity, and his pleadings in the several courts of the county and State met with more than ordinary success.
Before his admission to the bar he had entered politics, and was a delegate from Butler County to the first Republican convention, which met in Masonic Hall, at Pittsburg, February 22, 1855. In 1860 he was elected to the legislature, and some years later, served as a clerk in the House. During the war he was one of the earnest supporters of the Union, and did all in his power to uphold the flag in those dark days of civil strife. In 1863-64 he was chairman of the Repub-lican county committee; in 1876 was the choice of the county for State senator, and in 1880 was a Blaine delegate to the Republican National Convention, at Chicago, which, however, nominated Garfield for the presidency. He was later superintendent of public printing at Harrisburg. He was in active political life forty years, and was recognized as one of the local Republican leaders during that period. Throughout his life he was an unswerving advo-cate of the principles of his party, and one of the most stubborn and successful fighters within its ranks. During his journalistic career his literary abil-ity was apparent in the editorial columns of his paper, which bristled with the keenest and most vigorous invective against political opponents and their measures.
Mr. Robinson always took a deep interest in the public schools of But-ler, and served on the school board three years. He was also connected with the prosperity of the Slippery Rock State Normal School, and served as a trustee of that institution. The temperance cause, too, had in him one of its stanchest supporters, and much of its success in Butler county was due to his wise foresight and legal advice.
He and his wife had thirteen children. The family was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. [HBC 1895, 709]