Robinson Genealogy

Nadene Goldfoot                                             

The mystery man is our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in Vermont?  New York?  He was married to Julia Ann Tuller of Royalton, Windsor, Vermont on December 18, 1834. Finding his father means finding the rest of the ancestors.  Our grandfather's oral history was that his people came over not on the Mayflower but the ship after that.  It was John Robinson, Reverend in Holland who sent the Pilgrims over on the Mayflower.  Many people are descendants of him.  However, a lot of other male Robinsons also came over during this period and landed in Massachusetts, then spread out over the whole New England area. Many were named, John Robinson.   The Civil War era even brought them to the South.
                                                                                 
I cannot help thinking that Abiathar's New York birthplace proclamation on the 1900 census of Wenona Marshall, Illinois was incorrect.  Maybe his 2nd wife gave this false information to the census taker.  The 1870 and 1880 censuses claimed Vermont.

I have scoured the findagrave sites for Robinsons in many towns in Vermont looking for clues.  Strafford held many Robinsons.

We have a DNA Y haplogroup match of 2 men who match my male Robinson cousin.  It is a rare reading of a common haplogroup that men carry.  R-L21.  The first allele is a 12 and not a 13, making it unique among the R haplogroup men.

Ireland is the country with the most matches to my Robinson cousin.  26 perfect matches out of 140 tested  which is a 0.2% (genetic distance of 1)  and he had 4 perfect matches from

26140

0.2%

 England out of 39,976 tested which was a 0.1%).
                                                                     
I have worked very hard trying to connect our tree to theirs and come out with the farthest ancestor being in Meppershall, England.  Now I see that the man ending in Meppershall must have an ancestor that we have, but we don't necessarily have to be on target ending in Meppershall.  I found such an ancestor.
                                                                           
Our haplogroup match had many Robinsons in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  However, we do not have a DNA segment match with any of these haplogroup matches.  They all came from the same branch but weren't family-related.
                                                                               
 Yesterday, after sending me part of his tree, I started searching with a new father for Abiathar, one I suspected many years ago who was in Royalton, Vermont.  It was Cyrus B. Robinson b: 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont where Abiathar's wife, Julia Ann Tuller, was from.
                                                                               
Cyrus's wife was Thankful, Preston.  The Prestons were from Strafford and Sharon, Vermont.   Cyrus's father was Daniel Robinson, Jr. b: 1769 in either Massachusetts or Rushville, Yates, New York.
                                                                           

Strafford, Orange, Vermont

Ah ha!  Daniel's  wife was Betsey Elizabeth Buel.  Both died in Strafford, Orange, Vermont.  Orange is the county very close to Royalton which includes Tunbridge, the town where Abiathar and Julia Ann married.  Strafford turned out to be quite a key to my search.  It also holds a lot of Robinsons in its cemetery.

Descendants of CYRUS B. ROBINSON, another possible father of Abiathar Smith Robinson.

1  [2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father b: November 04, 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 24, 1864 in Sharon, Windsor, VT
.. +Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1858 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2  [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85
. 2  Edna N. Robinson b: April 23, 1833 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 08, 1925 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont
..... +Henry J.W. Flanders b: February 26, 1827 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire d: July 03, 1880 in prob. Royalton or Chelsea, Vermont
. 2  Mary A. Robinson b: May 03, 1834 in Vermont d: December 23, 1872 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Unknown Smith b: Abt. 1872
*2nd Wife of [2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father:
.. +Martha Unknown b: Abt. 1810 in New Hampshire d: Aft. August 1870 in prob. Sharon, Windsor, VT

I had previously chosen Hiram Robinson b: 1806 in Strafford and his wife, Zeruiah as possible parents, and it turns  out according to my FAMILY TREE MAKER  software program that Hiram and Cyrus as 5th cousins. 

I started to find more information about Thankful Preston and found more.  Her family had been in Rockingham, New Hampshire!

Descendants of Edward Preston, Thankful's father:

1  Edward Preston b: Abt. 1750
.. +Edna Greenough b: Abt. 1752
. 2  [1] Edward Preston b: February 05, 1773 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: June 09, 1861 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Judith Judea b: 1795 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [1] Edward Preston:
..... +Thankful Bidwell b: April 21, 1775 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire d: February 24, 1845 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... 3  Moses Preston b: August 27, 1798 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 27, 1870 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
......... +Almira Baldwin b: 1804 in prob. Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... 3  Lucinda Preston b: July 22, 1807 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 12, 1856 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +HARRY Robinson b: October 22, 1803 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: October 12, 1850 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... 3  Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1858 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father b: November 04, 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 24, 1864 in Sharon, Windsor, VT
..... 3  William Preston b: May 08, 1815 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 26, 1830 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... 3  [2] Edson Preston b: April 23, 1816 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +Harriett b: 1819 in New Hampshire d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... *2nd Wife of [2] Edson Preston:
......... +Sarah b: 1831 in Vermont

Nadene Goldfoot
                                                             

Abiathar Smith Robinson 1829-1904 Younger picture from 2nd cousin Tom

I'm on another tangent today of still delving into the mystery of who Abiathar Smith Robinson's parents really are because I have no hard evidence, great theories.  He appeared in my maternal grandfather's bible as the father of Grandfather Frank Hugh Robinson, my mother's father.  Frank ran away from home at about age 16 according to his oral history over his father not letting him remove his horse from a pasture where the bull had entered.  It was on a Sunday and his father wouldn't allow it.  Thus Frank removed himself forever from his family.  He did try to locate them later in life, but he said the building of records had burned down. However, I had found him living next door to one of his sisters later on during his first marriage.  It must have been after that that he lost communication with anyone.  So we have never learned more about the family other than Abiathar, born December 1829 was very strict religiously.  He hasn't appeared on any records other than 1852 marriage, and 1870, 1880, 1900 census. Being born before 1850 is hard on me as his name was not on any census and this means that his father could have been but he was just a tally mark.  No name. He missed being on any 1850 census or ancestry.com would have found it.  I've hunted online for over 10 years and he hasn't showed up.  A Waterman cousin, professional librarian, hunted in person, going to county offices, and couldn't find hide nor hair of him.
                                                                     
Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York or Vermont according to census information was married to Julia Ann Tuller in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont  on February 29, 1852, which is very close to Royalton, Vermont where she was born and raised.
   
 Tunbridge is full of Robinsons and Tullers and Durkees who are buried there according to my source, findagrave.com.  Now I find a Smith Cemetery there as well. Only 2 people are buried there.  
                                                                       

Too small to be tended by anyone

                                           Tunbridge's Smith Cemetery-2 interred 
To find the graves of the  2 people here, From Tunbridge village go north on VT Route 110 about 1/4 mile and turn right onto Strafford Road just before you cross the highway bridge. Go about 3-3/4 miles on Strafford Road and turn left onto County Turnpike. Go about 6/10 mile to Bicknell Road. Turn right onto Bicknell Road and go about 1 mile and drive a short distance up the hill beyond Larkin Road. The cemetery is on the left being located at the edge of a pasture, the plot surrounded by an electric cattle fence. It is said that there are seven graves with the first burial dated 1807 and the last in 1881. That was probably Major Smith who was buried that year.

Alma Andrus Smith was born June 10, 1805 and died January 6, 1853.  Her husband was Major Smith, also buried there.

Major Smith was born November 14, 1804 and died September 23, 1881.  His parents were Joseph and Hannah Fifield.  This information and the following is from the Tunbridge section in Hamilton Child, Gazetteer of Orange County, Vermont 1762-1888: "Major SMITH, remained in this town and cared for his parents in their old age. He always lived here, and is buried in the family burying-ground on the old farm. Of his children, two sons and one daughter, Azro A., the eldest, is pastor of the Congregational church at Johnson, and the daughter died in 1863, leaving, one child."

Hanna Fifield Smith was Major Smith's mother. Hannah married Joseph Smith at Gilmanton, Belknap,  NH on 23 Feb 1794 with Rev. Isaac Smith officiating. 

Joseph Smith, developer of the Mormon Religion, was from Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire . Was his mom Joseph Smith's  daughter in law?  Information below is from "findagrave.com"

Birth:  unknown Death:  unknown "Stephen and Joseph SMITH. brothers, came from Gilmanton, "Belknap, New Hampshire., and located in this town [Tunbridge VT] in 1793. They each purchased land, made a clearing: and built a house of logs in the then wilderness, the nearest neighbor of Joseph being a Mr. MOODY, three miles to the southeast. February 23, 1794, Joseph SMITH was married to Hannah FIFIELD, at Gilmanton, by Rev. Isaac SMITH, for whom they had both worked for several years, and soon after started for their forest home, on East hill, in this town, the place now occupied by their grandson, Walter F. SMITH. Mrs. SMITH deemed it no hardship to take her first child in her arms and go to Stephen SMITH's, the place now occupied: by George L. SWAN, on West hill, a distance of five miles, her only guide being marked trees, and return the same day. Who of her great-grandchildren would be equal to the task at the present time? Joseph and Hannah SMITH reared two sons and four daughters, the eldest of whom, Josiah, settled and died in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. The other son, Major SMITH, remained in this town and cared for his parents in their old age. He always lived here, and is buried in the family burying-ground on the old farm." Source: Hamilton Child, Gazetteer of Orange County, Vermont 1762-1888 "During these early years, Dea. Simeon Hunt started a settlement in the N E. corner of the town [Tunbridge], whose "good wife" made the bread for Joseph Smith during the summer of 1792, while preparing a home for his family of children, which he brought on an ox -sled, with all his goods, in the following winter, driving their only cow, and were obliged to get her shod before reaching their new home in the woods. The old clock which was brought with much care on that sled, still stands in the same corner of the room where it has been faithfully beating time for 67 years. Faithful old sentinel ! let him serve out his three score years and ten. Dea. Major Smith, the son of Joseph, lived on the same spot where his father made his early strike for a home." Source: Abby Maria Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, vol 2, pp. 1121-22 Family links:  Spouse:   Hannah Fifield Smith*  Children:   Major Smith (1804 - 1881)* *Calculated relationship Note: He is probably one of 7 persons buried in the Smith Cem., Tunbridge VT but this has to be checked. Burial: Unknown

Son Major Smith

Birth:	Nov. 14, 1804 Tunbridge Orange County Vermont, USA
Death:	Sep. 23, 1881 Tunbridge Orange County Vermont, USA
Major was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Fifield) Smith. This information and the following is from the Tunbridge section in Hamilton Child, Gazetteer of Orange County, Vermont 1762-1888: "Major SMITH, remained in this town and cared for his parents in their old age. He always lived here, and is buried in the family burying-ground on the old farm. Of his children, two sons and one daughter, Azro A., the eldest, is pastor of the Congregational church at Johnson, and the daughter died in 1863, leaving, one child." Family links: of Major Smith  Parents:   Joseph Smith   Hannah Fifield Smith  Spouse:   Alma Andrus Smith (1805 - 1853)*

                                                                       
THE Mormon Joseph Smith, however, was born in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont on December 23, 1805.
Mary A. Robinson, b: May 3 1834 married a Smith and died in Sharon, Vermont December 23, 1872 of stomach inflamation.  Mary was the daughter of Cyrus B Robinson b: November 4, 1808 and Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 of Royalton, Vermont.  Cyrus is a  good candidate for being Abiathar Smith Robinson's father, being the right age and in the right place. 

"May 16, 2014 - Family experiences may have shaped Joseph Smith's questions about God, ... The new Smith family lived at the Tunbridge farm for six years before Joseph determined to ... the family moved again to Tunbridge, then to Royalton, Vermont. ... Here, with Don Carlos's birth, the family grew—but little else did."

Joseph met his wife, Lucy Mack, through her brother, Stephen Mack. "To distract her from her grief, Stephen Mack invited Lucy to stay with him at his home in Tunbridge, Vermont. There, Lucy’s "depressed"  mood began to change after she became acquainted with a tall, strong 23-year-old named Joseph Smith. Joseph and Lucy were married on January 24, 1796." 

For months, Lucy and the children waited in Norwich, Vermont hoping for good news from him. At length, Joseph Smith Sr. sent word for his family to join him in a town called Palmyra, over 300 miles away in the fertile, wheat-growing Genesee country of New York.

I found a Moses Robinson in the Genesee, Allegany, New York area who was already on my tree leading to a 1600 George Robinson, not the Reverend John of the Pilgrims boarding the Mayflower.  This was the line I had first thought our genealogy would lead us. A Smith girl could have married or had an affair with a Robinson boy from this area where Abiathar could have been born.  But I'm counting on him being connected to the Reverend John Robinson line as his DNA is leading me to believe.
                                                                         

                                              Tunbridge's Durkee Cemetery- 64 interred

Going back to Tunbridge, there are a few Smiths on record there with findagrave.com.  Emily Nelson Smith born in 1820 and died on January 2, 1900 is buried in the Durkee Cemetery.  Julia Ann Tuller, Abiathar's wife's mother was Asenith  Durkee.   The Smith middle name very likely is for her.  Her husband was Pvt. George W. Smith born August 13, 1822 and died December 29,1921 in Tunbridge.  George was born in Peru, Maine and was senile at death. He lived all his life in Maine, but was boarding with Joseph and Mary Fay in Strafford, Orange Vermont on June 4, 1900 when the census was taken.This took place 5 months after his wife had died.   He was 77 years old then and was a widower.  He was listed as a farm laborer. The question I ask is why are they buried in the Durkee Cemetery if all their life was spent in Maine?  

I found an Emily Nelson on the 5th August 1870 census of Strafford, Orange, Vermont.  On it was Levi Nelson, 85, wife Mary 80, and Aaron Nelson 53 and Emily Nelson 44 who could have been Aaron's wife.  That means that Aaron could have later died and Emily was a 2nd wife to George W. Smith.  I doesn't explain the Smith middle name of my  1829 born ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson.  I saw that below their names was listed Joseph and Mary Fay!  I don't have them in my name bank, but I do have many Fays. Fays have married Robinsons in Bennington, Vermont.  

John Robinson b: 1803 d: May 20, 1870 was born and died in Tunbridge and buried here.  I've long thought that could have been the John Robinson living with Julia Ann Tuller's family in Royalton, VT found on the 1850 census with Julia and her family.  I thought perhaps he was Abiathar's father.  They had given his age as 51 then, making his birth 1799 on the census.                                                  

An Irish Robinson family James b:1813 and Mary Clemons b:1816 Two Robinson brothers John and James; their wives and children, a sister of the two brothers and their widowed mother made up the group coming to the New World.(no relation but we match Irish DNA haplogroup more than English)

                                                  
                                              Robinson Cemetery
I found 2 Joseph Fays buried in the Robinson Cemetery in Strafford, Orange, Vermont. 

Joseph L. Fay with headstone was born about 1808 and died at age 62 on November 5, 1870.
Joseph Fay with headstone was born 1843 and died at age 81 in 1924. 
Fays number 12 in this cemetery: 

Bartletts, 5 of them are buried here.  They are Abiel, Charles H, Rebekah, Ruth and Samuel.  Bartletts are also on my DNA match of segments on chromosomes who is a 3rd cousin.  

Durkee-3 of them are here. 

Robinson-24 are here.  

I might be able to connect everyone in this cemtery to either Abiathar or most likely Julia Tuller, his wife.  It could even turn out that the John Robinson living with them was a relative from Tunbridge!  Good grief!  I never thought of that.  
                                                                

Wallace and Julia Smith, a Pioneer Family in 1800 (no relation).

Smith is worse than Robinson.  Robinson was the 16th most popular surname, now has dropped to the 20th.  Smith is number 1.    " If you have a Smith in your family, you have a staggering 81 million records to pore through on Ancestry. Smith has long been the most common surname in both the United States and Great Britain. Each U.S. census lists more and more Smiths, from 274,919 in 1850 to 2,376,206 in 2000. Yet the name is far from generic and has a rich and complicated history."  Robinson can also be a Jewish name, and I through my father, am Jewish.  Clark, which is on the Robinson tree, is number 21 in popularity.

I've always wondered about the Smith middle name.  Usually it means the parent of the mother, and that Mom was a Smith.  Look at this common pattern, part of the family below:
Descendants of Harvey A. Robinson

1   Harvey A. Robinson b: August 23, 1821 d: March 13, 1866 in Hume, Allegheny, New York
.. +Elizabeth Fuller b: 1824 d: 1856
. 2   Hubbard Fuller Robinson b: 1856 d: 1891


Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith
https://history.lds.org/article/historic-sites-palmyra-vermont-new-york?lang=eng
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/smith-a-short-history-of-americas-most-popular-surname/
https://www.thoughtco.com/most-common-us-surnames-1422656

Nadene Goldfoot                                                                    

A younger Abiathar Smith Robinson, going bald on top but with darker hair. born 1829 in Vermont-father is not known for sure but DNA testing shows the line is R-L21.  Oral history was that they came from Wales but DNA shows matches with the Irish.  DYS393=12; DYS390=21; not common.  We were told the ancestors came over on the ship after the Mayflower-presumably from England.

Abiathar is the old man on the right with my grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson. In this picture they are in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois where Frank was born. Abiathar was born in Vermont, possibly even New York.  Everyone was a farmer in those days, and so they moved around trying to find the perfect spot to make a living.  Abiathar was very religious, not allowing any work on a sabbath.  We know this from the fight these two had later when Frank was about 16 which caused him to leave home and never to return.  Frank  was the 8th of Abiathar's 10 children:  6 boys-Edward, Edgar, John C, William S, Frank Hugh and Arthur Roy, and 4 girls:  Nellie, Emma, Julia and Minnie.

In trying to find who could be Abiathar's father, as he appeared marrying Julia Ann Tuller of Royalton, Vermont in February 1852 from Tunbridge, where they married.  Tunbridge is in Orange County and Royalton is in Windsor  County, and they kept excellent records in Orange, or at least retrievable ones that I've found on familysearch and ancestry.com and findagrave.  One family could have 10 children and soon the area was loaded with Robinsons who moved out as farmers into nearby communities seeking land for farming.  I thought Hiram was as good as any other prospect.  Incidentally, New England was also full of Hiram Robinsons.  In my own name bank, I've counted 16.
                                                                           

Frank Hugh Robinon's son, Edward Kenneth Robinson, born 1915, he bears his grandfather Abiathar's shape of head and receding hairline on top.

Descendants of HIRAM Robinson--without paper proof, he's just conviently close by.

1   [5] HIRAM Name of Phoenecian king of Tyre:  The Hebrew Bible says that he allied himself with King David of the United Kingdom of Israel (2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Chronicles 14:1). Robinson b: December 06, 1806 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: February 06, 1892 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. +Zeruiah Zeruah A. Tyler b: January 19, 1808 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 03, 1847 in prob Strafford, Orange, Vermont Zeruiah /zəˈruːjə/ (‎צרויה, sometimes transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. She was a sister of King David. According to 1 Chronicles 2:13-16 and also the Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 55), Zeruiah was a daughter of Jesse (sister to Abigail another of Jesse's daughters according to 2 Samuel 17:25). Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David's army (and also David's nephews).Love her biblical name.  They were into studying the Old Testament and especially admired King David, I see.  It's interesting to me that Christians had picked names from the Bible that we Jewish people do not necessarily use.  We use the names of  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph,  and some of their descendants .along with names such as David, Samuel, Joel, Joshua, etc.  

The only problem I see here is that Hiram wouldn't have married Zeruiah until 2 years after Abiathar was born in 1829.  They married in 1831, if records I found were correct.  I guess this happened in the past as well as with today's people.  She was certainly old enough.  Abiathar was very religious.  Would he have done this?  Zeruiah died young in 1847, and Hiram remarried Abigail George.  I'm not sure who Abiathar's siblings' mother would have been.  He would certainly have been Zeruiah's son.  His name of Abiathar, another biblical name connected to King David, certainly fits. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam ( 1 Samuel 22:20-23 ; 23:6 ). He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader ( 1 Samuel 30:7 ). When David ascended the throne of Judah, Abiathar was appointed high priest ( 1 Chronicles 15:11 ; 1 Kings 2:26 ) and the "king's companion" ( 1 Chronicles 27:34 )  
                                                                                   

Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont and a covered bridge they are noted for.

.... 2   [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
........ 

This is Hetty Green Robinson also born in  1834 like our Julia Ann, but in Massachusetts.   known as Henrietta Howland Robinson, closest I could get to a picture of this era.   This lady died at 81 of a stroke in 1916.    (née Robinson; November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), nicknamed the "Witch of Wall Street", was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Known for both her wealth and her miserliness, she was the lone woman to amass a fortune when other major financiers were men. Give her cudos for doing something women just didn't do then.  She was a first!

+Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois  Julia married Abaithar at age 17, lived in a gorgeous green state with covered bridges and during the Civil War had moved to Canada, then returned to Wenona, Illinois when it was over.  Why they left is not known, only a fact discovered by the descendants. She was probably a lot happier than Henriettq Robinson ever was, even with all her money.   

.......... 3   [1] Edward Rix Robinson b: November 1852 in Vermont d: in 1922
.............. +Charlotte Nettie Anette Jenette Jenson b: 1835 in Pennsylvania d: in Illinois
.......... *2nd Wife of [1] Edward Rix Robinson:
.............. +Nora E. Gunning Stull b: 1856
.......... *3rd Wife of [1] Edward Rix Robinson:
.............. +Nora E Gunning Stull b: 1836 in Indiana

A Charles Robinson, same cemetery of Wenona, Illinois.  I note the broken headstone lying upside down on the left of Robinson,  of a soldier in the infantry.  I took the picture years ago.

Charles T Robinson b: 1891 He's one of ours! He's the son of John C. Robinson,  son of  Abiathar Smith R.

Edgar C Robinson born in 1892 as a soldier in WWI.  He's also a son of John C. Robinson son of Abiathar Smith R.

                                                 Descendants of Edgar Clyde Robinson, Sgt
Generation No. 1
1.  EDGAR CLYDE9 ROBINSON, SGT  (JOHN C.8, ABIATHAR SMITH7, HIRAM6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, EBENEZER3, SAMUEL GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born November 16, 1892 in Slaten, Minnesota, and died February 20, 1960 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois.

Notes for EDGAR CLYDE ROBINSON, SGT:
5/10/08 from ancestry connection service: There is an Edgar C Robinson b: 11/16/1892, served in Co H 20 Inf WWII and died 2/20/1960 buried in the Wenona Cemetery.  Near him is a Bert, John, and Arthur.   (At his age I would think it was WWI but I can't find him there, either)
 5/10/08  He died at age 67 years3 months 4 days.
5/12/08  I received a picture of his headstone through findagrave and it said Edgar C. Robinson, Illinois, Sgt Co H 20 Infantry WWI, Nov 16, 1892-Feb 20, 1960.

More About EDGAR CLYDE ROBINSON, SGT:
Date born 2: November 16, 1892, prob. Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
Date born 3: 1894, Minnesota
Burial: February 23, 1960, Lot 81 Blk 3 Wenona Cemetery, Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
Census 1: Bet. June 06 - 07, 1900, Wenona City, Illinois, age 7 Clyde
Census 2: January 02, 1920, La Salle City, Illinois, age 26
Census 3: April 02, 1930, LaSalle,  LaSalle, Illinois age 37
Individual: December 12, 1955, Signed for headstone of brother, Charles T in Wenona
Military service 1: 1917, Sgt, Co H, 20 Infantry WWI
Military service 2: 1942, WWII Draft/Reg: age 49 La Salle, Illinois
Occupation 1: 1920, Plumber, house builder
Occupation 2: 1930, house mover, probably with brother Charles
Occupation 3: 1942, unemployed
Residence 1: 1930, 3rd St, LaSalle, IL with mother; Charles & John
Residence 2: 1942, No phone: 223 Hennepin LaSalle, LaSalle, Ill
Residence 3: December 12, 1955, 359 1st St. LaSalle, Illinois
Residence 4: May 10, 2008, Ancestry connection service

.......... 3   Edgar Clyde / b: 1853 in Vermont/Illinois d: 1903 in Wenona, Illinois
Clayton Robinson
.............. +Mary Elizabeth Acuff b: 1859 in Illinois
.......... 3   [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson b: October 1857 in Upper Canada (Eng.) d: December 28, 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas County
.............. +Daniel C.G. McCullom McCollem b: August 15, 1857 in prob. Magnolia, Putnam, Illinois d: March 07, 1891 in Omaha, Nebraska, age 36
.......... *2nd Husband of [2] Nellie Elizabeth Robinson:
.............. +Alexander Charles Sillik b: July 17, 1855 in Ohio/Livingston, Madison, Illinois d: July 07, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
.......... 3   Emma "Hattie" Robinson b: August 1861 in Canada d: December 29, 1930 in Streater, La Salle, Illinois
.............. +George D. Miller b: September 23, 1855 in Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: July 02, 1924 in prob. Wenona, Illinois
.......... 3   John C. Robinson b: April 21, 1864 in Montreal, Canada (Eng). d: June 05, 1923 in La Salle, Illinois
.............. +Hermia Howell b: August 09, 1863 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois d: October 27, 1936 in La Salle, La Salle,  Illinois
.......... 3   Julia Robinson b: 1865 in Vermont d: 1903
.......... 3   William S. Robinson b: June 1867 in prob. Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois d: April 19, 1935 in Peoria/ LaSalle,  Illinois
.............. +Carrie A. Monninger b: February 05, 1867 in Dana, Illinois d: December 14, 1943 in Davenport, Iowa                                                

One of the Robinsons in Wenona in its heyday. Have these terrible haircuts returned today?

Robinson brothers in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois love their pointed toed shoes! Could be Charles and Edgar out of the service.

                                                                                                         

John F. Robinson before or after soldiering days of WWI. in Wenona, Ill. I think he has a "Bing Crosby look to him." At least the hat covers those terrible haircuts.

John F Robinson b: 1896 Uniforms make men look so good! This should be John Franklin "shorty" Robinson, son of John C, son of  Abiathar R.

A young Frank b: 1870 before mustache days.

Frank Hugh Robinson with mustache is on the left with possibly his younger brother or a friend.

.......... 3   [3] Frank Hugh Robinson b: June 21, 1870 in Wenona,Marshall County, Illinois d: May 27, 1952 in Hillsboro,Washington County,  Oregon, age 81 my grandfather.  
.............. +Alice Mitchell b: January 1877 in Iowa d: 1902 in Iowa/Nebraska
.......... *2nd Wife of [3] Frank Hugh Robinson:

Our grandmother, Augusta, from Sweden.  She always kept mints for us in her dresser in her little bedroom.  I loved to hear her try to say, Jam and Jelly (Yam and yell-EE) No wonder I became an English language instructor both in the states and in Israel.  My father's mother couldn't speak English at all, only Yiddish.  Frank and August's only son, Edward Kenneth Robinson, built their little house next door to himself.  Ed's children had the advantage of living between both sets of grandparents in rural Hillsboro, Oregon.  They weren't spoiled, surprisingly.

.............. +Gustafva"Augusta" Johansson Gustafson b: January 31, 1870 in (Village) Lumsheden, Svardsjo parish, Kopparbergs lan (county)Dalarna Province,  Sweden d: April 19, 1955 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, age 85
.......... 3   Minnie J. Robinson b: November 1875 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: 1923 in Illinois
.............. +Louis Sherman Cusac b: January 20, 1866 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, d: October 05, 1944 in Limestone Twp., Peoria County, Illinois
                                                                               
   

Arthur Roy Robinson, 10th and last of Abiathar's children, born 1879 in Wenona.

.......... 3   Arthur Roy Robinson b: May 18, 1879 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois d: April 17, 1927 in Peoria, Illinois, Peoria County Hospital
.............. +Minnie Mae "Ross"Smith b: June 22, 1885 in Varna, Marshall, Illinois d: February 07, 1974 in Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois
.... *2nd Wife of [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
........ +Mary Jane Unknown Walters b: November 1832 in Ohio d: July 1918 in Streator, Illinois, age 85
.... 2   [6] Marcia Marinda A. Robinson b: 1832 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.... 2   [7] DANIEL WALLACE Robinson III b: January 03, 1834 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 02, 1904 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
........ +[8] Louisa Eloise A. Fulham b: November 15, 1833 in Vermont d: March 26, 1911 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.......... 3   [9] Herbert Elmer Robinson b: March 31, 1862 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.............. +[10] Nellie M. Stoddard b: Abt. 1862
.......... 3   [11] CHARLES L. Robinson b: September 25, 1864 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 17, 1882 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.......... 3   [12] Willard "William" H. Robinson b: August 1870 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.............. +[13] Carrie L.A. b: February 1872 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.......... 3   [14] Phillip S. Robinson b: 1876 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.... 2   [15] Emily M. Robinson b: 1841 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [5] HIRAM Robinson:
. +Abigail George b: October 20, 1815 in Vermont d: February 26, 1901 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.... 2   [6] Marcia Marinda A. Robinson b: 1832 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont

MORE: THEY ABOUND:added 4/26/17 sent by cousin Cheryl (Going back to George of Scotland)
Descendants of Zadock Robinson 1 Zadock Robinson b: July 07, 1763 in Foxboro, Massachusetts d: December 22, 1814 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont .. +Lois Hebbard b: July 03, 1768 in Lebanon, New Hampshire d: September 02, 1858 . 2 Zadock Robinson b: December 1789 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 Nancy Robinson b: March 30, 1791 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 Jedediah H. Robinson, Dr. b: May 22, 1793 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: June 21, 1861 . 2 Silas A. Robinson b: January 24, 1795 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 David Robinson b: November 02, 1796 in Mass/Strafford, Orange, Vermont ..... +Luna b: 1799 in Vermont ..... 3 Preston K. Robinson b: 1826 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont ..... 3 Harriett Robinson b: 1829 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont ..... 3 James L. Robinson b: 1831 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont ..... 3 Abby Robinson b: 1834 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont ..... 3 Eleanor Robinson b: 1836 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont ..... 3 Adeline L. Robinson b: 1840 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont . 2 John R. Robinson b: November 18, 1797 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 Polly Robinson b: September 03, 1799 in St. Armand, Canada d: August 11, 1847 ..... +Jesse Paine b: Abt. 1799 . 2 Lois Robinson b: August 04, 1801 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 Harriett Robinson b: September 12, 1803 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont . 2 Thomas J. Robinson b: February 17, 1806 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
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