Anderson County, KY - BIO: ROBINSON, Gabriel, s/o Gabriel & Mary (Rice) Robinson Submitted by: Diana Flynn Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 22:10:24 -0400 "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE RAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 290 GABRIEL ROBINSON is a native of Anderson County, Ky.; was born January 31, 1828, and is the sixth of the eight children of Gabriel and Mary (Rice) Robinson, of Irish and German extraction. Our subject was reared on a farm, and secured but one month's schooling during his youth. At the age of thirteen, he became a learner of the blacksmith trade, at Middletown, Ky., where he remained until 1852; then moved to Washington County, and thence to Leesville, Ind., where he worked at wagon-making, and also managed a blacksmith and wagon shop until 1864, when he came to this county, where he carries on the same business. December 25, 1847, he married Mary E. Gwathmey, to which union were born two children--Kate M. and Camden. In May, 1846, Mr. Robinson enlisted for the Mexican war, in Company I, First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He served in the battles of Monterey, having made a forced march of sixty-nine miles in seventeen hours, and Buena Vista, being discharged in May, 1847. Mr. Robinson was also in our late war, a recruit of Company K, Sixty-seventh Indiana Regiment, going out as private, and being promoted to a Lieutenancy, as which he resigned in April, 1863 having served at Munfordville, siege of Vicksburg and other engagements. Mr. Robinson is a member of the I. O. O. F. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com *************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.