Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....William H. Robertson May 10 1861 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON, M. D.-The ancestors of Dr. Robertson were among the
earliest English settlers of North Carolina, in which state two brothers bearing
the name located at a period long antedating the war of the Revolution. From
there the family eventually migrated to Georgia, where, on the 20th of May,
1824, was born John W. Robertson, who, by his wife, Harriet E. Bennett, whom he
married about the year 1845, became the father of thirteen children, five boys
and eight girls, Dr. William H. Robertson being one of the number. John W.
Robertson; in early life, learned the miller's trade and later engaged in
farming, which he still carries on in the county of Barbour, Ala. Dr. Robertson
was born May 10, 1861, in Tallapoosa county, Ala. He received a high school
education and commenced his professional studies in the office of Dr. B. C.
Bennett, of Louisville, under whose able instructions he continued until the
fall of 1885, when he entered the medical college of Mobile, from which he
graduated March 29, 1887. On receiving his degree the doctor began the practice
of his profession at Clayton, with Dr. J. J. Winn, with whom he remained twelve
months, since the expiration of which time he has practiced by himself. He is
vice-president of the Barbour county Medical society, is also health officer for
the county, and as a member of the State Medical association has become well
known among the successful physicians of southern Alabama. The doctor is active,
popular and prominent in the deliberations of the medical societies with which
he is identified, and though still a young man has already attained an eminence
in the profession which fairly entitles him to a conspicious place among its
leading members, and which bespeaks for him a bright and useful future.
Politically a democrat, he has never been an aspirant for official favors, and
while earnest in his support of party principles he is charitable toward those
who differ from him in political faith. He stands high in Masonic circles,
being, at this time, high priest of Clayton chapter, No. 63, and in religion is
no less active, being a deacon in the Baptist church of Clayton. The doctor was
married December 28, 1887, to Miss Mary S. Foster, daughter of John A. Foster,
and is the father of two children, John Foster, deceased, and William H. Robertson.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama" p. 456


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