Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Robinson, Christopher C 
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CHRISTOPHER C. ROBINSON, deceased, was during his active years one of 
Lockport's most successful citizens. He was recognized as a man of unusual 
ability as a financier. Quick to see an opportunity for an advantageous 
investment, he was equally quick to avail himself of it. He had many and 
varied interests, all of which, with scarcely an exception, proved a source of 
profit to him. Coming to Lockport at the time when everything was booming, he 
furnished the contractors on the canal with beef and also dealt in stock. At 
different times he bought property in Chicago and Lockport, the rise in the 
value of which greatly enhanced his wealth. With no desire for personal 
display, he was economical and even frugal in his life, but free from a spirit 
of parsimony.

In Chelsea, Vt., where he was born March 28, 1812, Mr. Robinson passed the 
years of his youth, meantime learning the machinist's trade. In 1836 he came 
to Lockport, after which he worked very little at his trade, finding other 
enterprises that were more profitable. He made the first drill that was used 
on the Illinois and Michigan canal. In 1857, in partnership with A. S. 
Anderson, he bought a farm just across the line in Dupage County, and for 
seven years made his home on that place, after which he returned to Lockport 
and continued to reside here until his death, February 22, 1872, at the age of 
about sixty years. While he did not care for office, he never failed to vote 
the Republican ticket at elections and was always interested in the success of 
his party. Though not identified with any denomination, he was a believer in 
the Christian religion and aided in works of a charitable and religious nature.

The marriage of Mr. Robinson, April 22, 1857, united him with Miss Lydia A. 
Turner, who was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, and came to Lockport in girlhood, 
since which time she has made her home in or near this place. No children were 
born of her marriage to Mr. Robinson, but they adopted a daughter, Hettie C., 
who married Fred A. Bartlett, and resides in a house adjoining the one 
occupied by Mrs. Robinson in Lockport, and whose love and affection have 
brightened the  home life of Mrs. Robinson.

The home life of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson was ideal, and much of the success of 
his life was due to the wise counsels of his wife, who was a true helpmeet. 
His Christianity was shown by helping his fellow-men, regardless of their 
social position or creed. The inner life is the real life of any man, and 
those who knew Mr. Robinson best admired and honored him most.

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Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present

Biographical Publishing Company; Chicago 1900

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