ISAAC W. ROBINSON, merchant and Notary Public, Williamsburg, was born in
  Franklin Co, this state, July 20, 1845, the eldest child of Isaac W. And
  Margaret (Knox) Robinson, he of South Carolina and she of Tennessee. The
  father was a farmer and stock dealer during life, and she was a strong
  Democrat in politics.  The parents moved to Jefferson County when our
  subject was about two years old.  There were six children in the family,
  four of whom survive ----Isaac W., William A., Mary J., and John A.  Our
  subject obtained his early schooling first in an old log schoolhouse,
  and he afterward attended a select school about eighteen months.  During
  his life, he has dealt extensively in stock, and has also given some
  time to farming pursuits.  Thinking that he would take up law as a
  profession, he studied during his leisure moments in this direction for
  many years.  He, however, went into business in partnership with J.D.
  Norris, and being burnt out some time afterward, received considerable
  set-back, but opened a general store himself in February, 1878, which he
  still runs, carrying a line of drugs, groceries and dry goods.  He has
  been Assessor in this and McClellen Township, and has also been for
  several years  Notary Public.  He married Louvina J. (McConnaughey)
  Gilbert, widow of William H. Gilbert, and daughter of James
  McConnaughey, of this county, and is blessed with two children---James
  W. And Martha J. In March, 1864, mr. Robinson enlisted in the
  forty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Col. Opdyke, which regiment
  was engaged in many heavy battles through the Southern campaign, and was
  finally sent to Texas, where they remained until mustered out at
  Springfield, this state; politically, Mr. Robinson is a republican.

  Source: history of Jefferson County By William Perrin 1883
  Submitted by Misty Flannigan
  misty@midwest.net


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