Bio of ROBINSON, Charles J. (b.1890), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 49
CHARLES J. ROBINSON
Charles J. Robinson, president of Robinson-Jenkins-Hineline Company, was born in
this city, May 21, 1890. His parents were Charles H. and Jessie (Smith)
Robinson. The paternal grandfather, Jabez M. Robinson, came to Minnesota in the
year 1856 from Maine, and engaged in the lumber business here, later becoming
identified with the iron mining industry in northern Minnesota. He achieved
substantial success in that con­nection and his son and grandson have followed
him in that business.
In the pursuit of his education Charles J. Robinson attended the public schools
of this city and was graduated from Central high school. He was a student at
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, one year and three years at the
University of Minne­sota. Subsequently he attended the Sheffield Scientific
School, Yale University, and that institution conferred the Ph. B. degree upon
him in the year 1914. For a short time thereafter Mr. Robinson was engaged in
the automobile business, after which he was associated with his father in the
iron mining business in this state. In the fall of 1922 the corporation of
Robinson-Jenkins-Hineline Company was formed and Mr. Robin­son became president
of the company. They are dealers in bonds and investment securities.
In 1918 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Robinson to Miss Alice O'Brien, whose
death occurred in 1920. She was a daughter of William L. O'Brien of this city.
In his political views Mr. Robinson is a republican, being a firm believer in
the principles of that party as factors in good government and is ever ready to
lend his cooperation in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit of the
community at large. Mr. Robin­son is a member of the Lafayette Club, the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the University Club of St. Paul. He finds his
greatest recreation in hunting.