Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Robinson, George B 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 26, 2006, 1:03 am Author: History Grundy County 1882 George B. Robinson, farmer, P. O. Morris. The subject of this sketch is a son of Mitchell and Maria Robinson, formerly of Michigan, born July 18, 1833, in Cass County, Mich. His father, Mitchell Robinson, was a native of Virginia, and died in Michigan, where he had moved from Ohio, in 1832. His mother, Maria (Colwell) Robinson, a native of Kentucky, also died in Michigan. Subject was raised and educated in Michigan. Married, in Mazon Township, January 8, 1858, to Miss Margaret E. Roseman, daughter of Joseph and Tabitha Roseman, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 16, 1838. The family consists of ten children, all living with parents, as follows: Vena B., born December 1, 1858; Joseph E., December 16, 1859; Rosa M., September 22, 1860; Hettie E., March 15, 1862; Maud E., September 28, 1865; Mamie A., April 6, 1869; Eva S., April 12, 1872; Tracy L., March 2, 1876; Clarence M., April 27, 1878; Ernest, May 31, 1882. Mr. Robinson owns a farm of 160 acres of improved farm land, in Sections 7 and 8 of Mazon Township, and 160 acres in Section 13, of Vienna Township, valued at $60 per acre. His residence is located four miles northwest from Mazon, eight miles southwest from Morris. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Robinson's parents are dead. Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/robinson476nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb