BIO:  ROBINSON, Reuben, s/o Elijah G. & Lucretia (Sanford) Robinson

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net  (Phyllis Hill)

ROBINSON   SANFORD   AX   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Harrison Twp., page 868

REUBEN ROBINSON is a native of Daviess County, Ind., born December 31, 1884,
son of Elijah G. and Lucretia (Sanford) Robinson, and is of Irish origin. 
He is the eldest in a family of seven children.  His father was born in
Kentucky in 1816, and his mother in the same State in 1818.  His paternal
grandfather was Elijah Robinson, a native Virginian, who immigrated to
Kentucky in early life, and from there came to Indiana and located in
Daviess County.  He died here in 1845.  Our subject's father died in
Harrison Township, in December, 1879.  Subject was reared on a farm, and
attended the common schools.  He began teaching the "young idea" in 1863,
and continued that occupation eight years, meeting with good success.  Later
in life he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits.  In 1874 he settled
on his present farm of 100 acres.  He was married in 1869, to Miss Catherine
Ax, a native of the "Buckeye State", born in 1850.  To their union six
children were born, four of whom are living:  John W., Ada, Lattie L. and
Lydia.  In politics Mr. Robinson is a Democrat.  He and wife are members
of the Baptist Church.
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