HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY 415 of Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, joining the army on the 5th of May, 1864, and receiving hon- orable discharge therefrom on the 5th of September following. John Robison of this review was but nine years of age when brought to Indiana with his parents. He was reared upon the home farm and continued under the parental roof up to the time of his marriage, which important event in his life occurred on the 9th of October, 1871. The lady of his choice was Miss Elmira Smith, who passed away nine years later, her death occurring in 1880. She was a native of Marion county, Indiana, and a daughter of Jackson and Hattie Ann (Darby) Smith. There were three children born of that marriage, of whom two are now living. Andrew J., the elder, is in business with his father, under the firm style of John Robison & Son, he married Martha Hewett, and they have two daughters, Mildred and Irene. Olive Blanch Robison became the wife of Harry Race and they have one son. In 1881 Mr. Robison was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth Stough, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Stough, who were pioneer residents of this locality. Unto Mr. Robison’s second marriage there have been born four children: Alpheus, who died at the age of thir- teen years; Edith, Ruth and William, who are still under the parental roof. At the time of his first marriage Mr. Robison turned his attention to farming and was also engaged in public work. In 1881 he became con- nected with the business of market gardening and also established a whole- sale butchering business, carrying on those interests in connection with the cultivation of his farm. In 1890 he disposed of his butchering business but continued the work of market gardening until 1898, when, associated with his son Andrew, he engaged in the wholesale and commission busi- ness as dealers in vegetables, fruits, butter, eggs and poultry. They are conducting a profitable business, having now a liberal patronage and their trade is constantly growing. Mr. Robison gives almost his entire atten- tion to his business interests and yet is never remiss in the duties of citizen- ship. He votes with the Republican party, but has never sought or cared for office. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church and are loyal to its teachings. JOHN JENKINS, one of the successful farmers whose fine farm-home is situated in Sugar Ridge township, Clay county, Indiana, is a native of Putnam county, this state, born March 15, 1846, a son of John and Eliza- beth (Mace) Jenkins, natives of Tennessee. They married and moved to Putnam county, Indiana, about 1835, and there rented a farm, living there until 1859, when they moved to Washington township, Clay county, and purchased eighty acres of land. Some years later they sold this and bought in Illinois, but almost immediately traded for a farm in Jackson township, Clay county, Indiana. After farming there several years, they sold and purchased eighty acres in section 19, Sugar Ridge township. This farm he subsequently divided between his four sons and bought forty acres in section 28 of the same township, where the father died in 1894, his wife having died in 1878, leaving nine children to survive her, while two had previously died. The family of children left motherless were five sons and four daugh- ters, the subject of this sketch being the fourth child. He made his home with his parents and worked on the farm until he enlisted in company D, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Indiana Regiment of Infantry, the date of his enlistment being March, 1865. He was taken ill in Indianapolis and Vol. 11—27