Mendocino County CA Archives Biographies.....Robinson, Cyrus Dwight July 13, 1822 - November 6, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka californiagengal@gmail.com July 13, 2010, 4:39 pm Source: "History of Mendocino County, California...," published by Alley, Bowen & Company, San Francisco, CA, 1880 Author: The publishing company and Lyman L. Palmer, historian with that company Cyrus D. Robinson, son of Lyman and Susan Sears Robinson, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1823. He resided at his birthplace till he was twenty-one years of age, receiving in the meantime, his education at the common schools. In August 1844, he went to Chicago, Illinois, and there engaged as clerk in a grocery store. In 1847, he opened aq grocery store of his own, which he continued till the spring of 1849. In May of that year he went to Independence, Missouri, and in connection with three others purchased four yoke of oxen and started across the plains to California, arriving in this State October 27th of that year. They then separated and Mr. Robinson and a young man by the name of Robertson, proceeded to the mines on Feather river, and he remained in that vicinity till 1850, when his health failed him and he came to San Francisco and began operations in a grocery store. He disposed of this business and returned to the mines, where he remained but a short time, when he went to Humboldt bay and worked in the woods during the winter. He then went to the mines on Trinity river, and in October returned to Humboldt, and worked in the pioneer saw-mill of that place, which was erected by Messrs. Eddy & White, till December 15th when he took passage on the brig Colorado, which took the first cargo of sawed lumber out of that port on that trip. He remained in San Francisco till May 1852, when he went to Colusa county, and began farming, which he followed till November of that year. He next went to Sonoma county where he remained till the fall of 1853. He then returned to his birthplace and spent the winter there. In March 1854, he took his family and went to Nebraska, where they remained till 1856, when, with his family, he crossed the plains to California. They spent their first year in North San Juan, in Nevada county. He then went tot eh Russian River Crossing, where he maintained a ferry and kept a hotel till the spring of 1858, when he came to Gualala, Mendocino county, and purchased his present place, where he has since been engaged in hotel-keeping, shipping and farming. He erected his present fine hotel building in 1872. Mr. Robinson was married March 13, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth D. Davidson, a native of Erie county, Pennsylvania, born March 1, 1824. Their children are Cyrus D. Jr., Frank L., and Delila L. Additional Comments: Cyrus Dwight Robinson and his wife, Elizabeth, are buried in a tiny cemetery behind Mary Star of the Sea Church, 47950 Center Street, Gualala. Per the tombstones, Cyrus was born July 13, 1822, not 1823 as in this biography and died November 6, 1906. Per her tombstone, Elizabeth was born March 1, 1823 and died August 23, 1902. From census records their children were: Cyrus Dwight Robinson, Jr., born about 1847 in Illinois Frank Lyman Robinson, born about 1849, born in Illinois Lizzie Robinson, born about April 1856 in Illinois, died September 28, 1865 (Per her tombstone that gives death date and age 9 years, 5 months; the 1860 census gives her age as 8 on July 5, 1860, which is likely more accurate.) Delilah Louise Robinson, born August 1, 1856 in California, died November 7, 1945 (per tombstone and California Death Index); she married Edmund Jacobs in about 1884. He was born March 21, 1858 and died May 1, 1943 (per tombstone and California Death Index). Isaac "Ike" Robinson, born about February 1859 in California, died September 17, 1865 (per tombstone that gives death date and age 6 years 7 months) Minnie, born about 1874 in California. No other information found as yet. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/mendocino/bios/robinson1383nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb