ROBINSON, John L., M. D., Whiteside County, IL., then Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Miller, Jul. 1998 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 657-658. Edited by Alce Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. Robinson, John Lorenzo, M. D., son of Wllliam L. and Eltza (McNeill) Robinson, was born in Fenton township, Whiteside county, Ill., Oct. 14, 1851. The parents were natives of Ohio and Ireland respectively, the father having spent most of his life in Fenton, Ill., and the mother when 16 years old came to America, first to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi river to Illinois. They were married in Whiteside county and became the parents of 3 sons, namely: John L., James, deceased, and Sanford, now living at Kewanee, Ill. J. L. Robinson spent his youth in Illinois, attended public school in Annawan, Ill., where he passed through the high school grades. Succeeding this, he worked for a while in a drug store in Annawan, and in 1882 entered the Chicago homeopathic college, graduating in 1885 with the degree of M. D., and began practice at once in his home town, where he remained until 1889. In that year he came to Hammond, La., where he has practiced medicine since. For post-graduate work done in absentia, Dr. Robinson was granted an additional degree of medical doctor by the Hannemann medical college and hospital of Chicago in 1905. Dr. Robinson has taken great interest in school matters in Hammond and acted as president of the school board for 15 years. He and 2 others were instrumental in creating a public sentiment resulting in the issue of $6,000 bonds to build a school and in 1913 $50,000 bonds were voted for school purposes. He installed and brought into existence the Central drug store, which he carried on for more than a decade and then sold. He has continued the practice of his profession and is one of the well-known and successful physicians of the state. For a period of 16 to 18 years the doctor was a prominent member of the board of health and some of the time was its president. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy and the Southern Homeopathic Medical association. He belongs to the Masonic order, the Woodmen of the World, the Woodman's Circle and was formerly an Odd Fellow. He adheres to the principles of the Congregational church. Dr. Robinson has been married twice, the first time to Miss Ella V. Way, by whom there were 6 children. The second marriage, Feb. 8, 1912 was to Miss Ann Elizabeth Norwood, of West Feliciana parish who was a graduate nurse in the Touro infirmary.