Washington Co., AR - Biographies - David E. Robinson

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David E. Robinson, retired farmer and a prominent old resident of West 
Fork Township. Washington Co., Ark., was born in Dickson County, 
Tenn., in 1818, and is a son of William and Sarah (Stafford) Robinson. 
The father was born in Kentucky, and after the death of his parents 
was reared by an elder brother. He served in the War of 1812 under 
Gen. Jackson, and was a participant in the battle of Horse-shoe Bend. 
After the close of that war he located in Louisiana, and afterward 
came to Tennessee, where he was married in 1814. After residing in 
that State and Illinois until 1834 he came to Arkansas, and in the 
spring of 1835 located on a farm of 120 acres on the West Fork of 
White River. While in Tennessee he held the office of justice of the 
peace, and was a soldier in the Seminole and Indian War. He died on 
his farm in  June 8, 1840. His wife was a native of Tennessee, and 
became the mother of the following named children (five of whom are 
living at the present time): Aaron; Lovisa, wife of E. S. Jackson; 
Susan, wife of C. Harper; Catherine, wife of Mr. Wheeler; David E., 
Jacon, Sherod, Anson and William. The mother died in 1877. David E. 
Robinson's early days were spent in Tennessee. Illinois and Arkansas, 
the greater part of his education being received in the two latter 
States. He served one year in the Seminole War, and then returned 
home, and was married in March, 1841, to Mary Harrer, daughter of Enos 
Harrer, who was a prominent man and early settler of . He died of 
cholera while on a trip to Oregon in 1852. Mrs. Robinson died February 
16, 1882, having borne a family of nine children: Alex., John W., 
William H. (deceased), Sarah J.; Elizabeth, wife of E. S. Webb; Frank; 
Dora, wife of J. Emerson; Mary L. (deceased). Mr. Robinson purchased 
320 acres of land in 1850, but has divided it among his children. He 
was a strong Union man during the late war, and throughout life has 
been a Whig and Republican in politics. He has been a member of the 
Christian Church for thirty years, and has lived an active and useful 
life. His son, John W., was born in  March 10, 1844, and was reared to
 manhood in his native county. During the late war he was employed as 
teamster in the quartermaster's department, being a participant in the 
battles of Prairie Grove. Ark. and Iron Mountain. He resided in 
Illinois for some time after the war, and then returned to 
Fayetteville, where he was married in 1870 to Miss Mary M. Forrester, 
and until 1886 resided on a farm on the West Fork of the White River. 
Since that time he has resided on the old home farm, where he owns a 
fine tract of land consisting of 220 acres, with over 100 acres under 
cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are the parents of four children: 
Nora, George W., Rosa M. and John Roy. He is a member of the A. F. & 
A. M., and Christian Church, and in his political views is a 
Republican. Mrs. Robinson is a native of South Carolina, and is also a 
member of the Christian Church. Her father, William Forrester, is 
still living, and resides in Texas.