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Surname: Robison
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From the Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells
Counties,
Indiana,
Lewis Publishing, 1887.
Contributed by:
Thomas C. Robison
JOHN ROBISON, a progressive farmer of Adams County, residing on Section
26, Monroe Township, is a native of Perry County, Pennsylvania, the date
of his birth being September 1, 1835. His parents, John M. and Jane (Baxter)
Robison, were also natives of the same state, and of Scotch descent, and
to them were born nine children, three sons and six daughters. They immigrated
to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1837, and there engaged in farming. The mother
died about the year 1859, aged sixty-two years, and the father died in
Van Wert County, Ohio, in 1872, aged seventy-six years. Both were members
of the Presbyterian Church. John Robison, the subject of this sketch, was
the youngest child of his father's family. He was reared on his father's
farm in Crawford County, and received his education in common schools.
He was united in marriage March 31, 1857, to Miss Sarah E. Kerr, who was
born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1835, a daughter of James
W. and Rosanna (McLelland) Kerr. Of the nine children born to this union
seven are yet living, Jane R., Alva B., William E., John M., Martha A.,
Orrin M., and Esther D. After his marriage Mr. Robison engaged in farming
in Ohio, remaining in that State until April, 1865, when he came to Adams
County, Indiana, and bought the farm in Monroe Township, where he has since
followed general farming. His farm contains eighty acres of choice land,
and its entire surroundings show the owner to be a thorough, practical
farmer.
Critique of above:
"They immigrated to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1837...". Several other records
insist that the family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1835, but I believe
this record to be correct. Note that John was born in Perry Co., Pa., in
September, thus if the family moved in 1835, the move would have been made
in the late fall. I can't imagine traveling that distance in a wagon, with
a new-born son, six other children, and winter coming on. Also, a narrative
of Robert Robison, Johns brother, states the family moved when Robert was
12, and he was born in 1825.
The dates and places of death for the parents are all wrong. John M. Robison
died in 1867; his wife Jane died in 1857. He was seventy, she was sixty-one.
Both are buried in the Goodwill Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio.
Sarah "E." Kerr used the middle name Ellen. In some records you will find
it as Elizabeth. In fact, her given middle name was Nelson or Neilson.
Apparently she didn't like it.
John R. Robison died April 24, 1924, at his home in Vera Cruz, Wells Co.
Indiana. He is buried in the Backesto Cemetery adjacent to the Spring Hill
Church, northeast of Berne, Adams Co. Indiana. There is no grave marker.