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 1809 - 1880

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• Birth	29 May 1809
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	01 SEP 2009 00:41:51 GMT-5
  Died	12 Dec 1880
  Buried	Upper Tuscarora Presbyterian (Lack Twp.) Cemetery, Juniata County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I3989	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Family	Hench Catharina or Catherine,   b. 20 Oct 1810, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1889, Waterloo, Juniata County, Pennsylvania
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Robinson Jason T.,   b. 11 May 1844, near Waterford, Juniata County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1905   2. Robinson Alexander Ross or Albert Ross,   b. Abt 1852   3. Robinson Mary Anna,   b. Abt 1849   4. Robinson Nancy   5. Robinson John   6. Robinson William H.,   b. 1836,   d. 1916   7. Robinson Ephraim,   b. 22 Jun 1840,   d. 12 Mar 1874   8. Robison or Robinson Rachael,   b. Abt 1838   9. Robinson Elizabeth   10. Robinson Margaret A.,   b. Abt 1855
  Family ID	F1643	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Inscription: ROBERT ROBINSON BORN MAY 29, 1809 DIED DEC, 12. 1880 AGED 71 YRS 6 MOS & 16 DAYS Robert Robinson I, came from Ireland to Perry County, bought land in the Raccoon Valley and lived there the remainder of his life. His son Robert Jr farmed on his father’s farm for some years in Raccoon Valley, Perry County, then kept a hotel in Newport for two years. Then he bought a farm in Lack Township in 1851, built a house, cleared more land and made other improvements. After seven years, he moved to Waterloo, Lack Township, bought a farm of 175 acres. He kept store in Waterloo, was a postmaster for over 20 years. He built a new house, barn and planted an orchard. Robert Robinson, farmed for some years in Raccoon Valley and then removed to Newport where he kept hotel for two years. Having bought a farm of 310 acres in Lack Township, he removed thither, and in 1851 built a very comfortable house, cleared more of the land, and made many improvements. After a seven years residence in this place, Mr. Robinson removed to Waterloo, Lack Township, where he boughta farm of 175 acres. In connection with farming, he also kept a store in Waterloo and was postmaster in that place for over twenty years. With characteristic energy and progressiveness, he turned hisattention to the improvement of his farm and land, erecting new buildings, including a new house and barn, planting an orchard, and in many ways adding to the value of the place. Mr. Robinson was married in Raccoon Valley to Catherine, daughter of John Hench, a farmer of Perry County. They had these children: Nancy, widow of William Piles, of Lack Township; John, deceased; William H.; Ephraim, deceased; Rachael (Mrs. George Campbell), of Lack Township; Jason, of Lack Township; Elizabeth, died young; Anna (Mrs. Samuel Montgomery), of Shade Gap, Huntington County; Ross, of Shade Gap; and Margaret (Mrs. William Williams), of Phillipsburg, Centre County. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robinson died in waterloo. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Robinson was all hislife a friend and advocate of the cause of temperance.

• Sources

  [S39] 1870 Census, page 24 (Lack, Juniata, Pennsylvania) (Reliability: 4).