Merced-San Francisco-Mariposa County CA Archives Biographies.....Robinson, Fred Amherst 1864 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

FRED AMHERST ROBINSON

   Prominent among the well-known and highly esteemed county officials of Merced
County is Fred Amherst Robinson, who as county assessor has won friends among
all classes of people by his genial manners and kindly courtesy.   His training
for public service began in 1898 when he became deputy county assessor under A.
G. Clough and covered a period of twenty years. Six years ago he was elected
county assessor, and he has served with entire satisfaction to the public.

   Fred Amherst Robinson was born in Providence., R. I., on January 19, 1864, a
son of Augustus W. and Mary (Herrick) Robinson. When our subject was a young lad
he had the misfortune to lose his mother. In 1876 he accompanied his father and
an uncle to California and they located in San Francisco where they remained for
two years. The father then engaged in mining at Hornitos, Mariposa County, which
occupied him for three years, when he located in Merced and engaged in the life
insurance business with Sam Bates. In 1888 he returned to San Francisco and
there passed away.

   Fred Amherst Robinson received his education in the grammar and high schools
in San Francisco. His school days over, he engaged in mining for two years, then
took up the study of dentistry and practiced this profession in Nevada County
four years, meeting with fair success. Then he engaged in contracting and
building until 1898 when he became deputy county assessor.

   The marriage of Mr. Robinson united him with Miss Susan Jones, born at
Quartzville, Mariposa County, Cal., and they are the parents of two children:
Ella J. is now Mrs. Keefer; and Lloyd A. is deputy county assessor of Marin
County, Cal.; there are five grandchildren. Mr. Robinson is a Republican in
politics and is affiliated with the Elks of Merced. He finds his recreation in
periodic trips to the mountains, where he enjoys hunting and fishing. Mr.
Robinson is a liberal and enterprising citizen and holds a high place among the
men who have aided materially in the development and upbuilding of this section
of California.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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