D. W. Robinson Biography, Genesee County, Michigan

This Biography extracted from “Portrait and Biographical Record of 
Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan…”, published be Chapman 
Bros., Chicago (1892), p. 969-970


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D. W. ROBINSON. Our subject is a genial man who numbers his friends by 
the score. He has done much toward improving and building up this 
township and has contributed generously toward all institutions that 
promise to be of real benefit to the locality. He is now a retired 
farmer and a resident of Flushing. He was born in the township of 
Farmington. Hartford County, Conn., July 20, with the exception of one 
winter when he attended school in Ohio. He then returned home and was 
engaged in farming, owning at the time a small place.

   Our subject's parents were Amos and Pattie (Clark) Robinson, natives 
of Connecticut. The former was a mason by trade and served during the 
War of 1812, when he was shot in the back of the head, the ball taking 
its course and coming out through the left eye. Amos Robinson's father 
lost his life in the French and Indian War. Our subject's maternal 
grandsire was also a Revolutionary soldier and lived and died in his 
native State, Connecticut.

   When thirteen years of age our subject was bereft of his father. He 
then began to work for Ira Hadsall and continued for nine years, 
working by the month on the farm. He then spent three summers with 
Thomas Young. In 1850 Mr. Robinson started West, taking all his worldly 
possessions with him in clothes and cash. He visited Pennsylvania, Ohio 
and Wisconsin on a prospecting tour. He then came to Michigan, 
traveling some by rail, some by water and also on foot, paying his way 
by work as he could. In 1851 he came to Flushing and in a short time 
purchased eighty acres of land on section 28. Upon this he lived until 
a short time ago and then retired to Flushing where he now has a fine 
residence on Elm Street.

   Mr. Robinson was married in Clayton Township, Genesee County, in 
1853, his bride being Miss Electa St. John, the daughter of Alanson and 
Maria (Robbins) St. John, natives of New York. They came West in 1837 
and settled in Clayton Township and subjected themselves to the 
inconveniences of the early pioneers. Mrs. Robinson's father was 
engaged in making brick and tile with his son Amos and furnished the 
brick for some of the finest buildings in Flushing. Our subject and his 
wife are the parents of three children-Amos, Arminda and Frank. Amos 
married Miss Nettie Baldwin and is the father of two children-Guy and 
Ruth; he lives in Flushing and does a jobbing business in masonary and 
tilling. Arminda married Samuel Maxwell who died July 31, 1891. Our 
subject was Treasurer of Flushing Township for two years. He is a 
Republican in politics and in his church associations affiliates with 
the Presbyterians, of which body he is an Elder.



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