Union County OhArchives Obituaries.....Robertson, Granville S.  March 2, 1913
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Richwood Gazette March 6, 1913 P1 c4
Aged Resident of Jackson Township has Passed Away

Granville S. Robertson

Who Came to Ohio from Virginia in 1836 and Settled in Jackson Township When that
Region was a 
Dense Wilderness.

One of the oldest, best known and most highly respected residents of Jackson
township and northern 
Union county was Granville S. Robertson, who passed away Sunday morning at seven
o’clock.  He 
suffered a stroke of apoplexy Thursday and the end soon came.  He was born May 19,
1826 in 
Goochland county, Virginia, coming to Ohio with his parents, Joseph R. and Nancy
Robertson, in 1836.   
They settled in Ross county, near Chillicothe.   The trip to Ohio was made in the
old fashioned way, 
overland, in one-horse carts.  The roads were merely Indian or deer paths through
the woods.  His 
mother died in 1842.  His father, who was a crippled soldier of the war of 1812,
died 1844.  Mr. 
Robertson then came to Union county and took up his residence in Jackson township,
which has been 
his home ever since.  It was but a few years after the Indians had left and when
Jackson township was a 
dense wilderness.  
	Mr. Robertson was said to be the right man in the right place and he saw northern
Union county 
changed from a wilderness to one of the most productive farming districts in Ohio. 
He was past 
eighty-six years old and was always a farmer.  He was proud of the part he took in
helping to develop 
this section.  He served two months as a private soldier in the Civil War, afterward
volunteering as a 
sharpshooter.  He hired a substitute afterward, paying him $200 in money and signing
over his bounty 
to him, amounting to almost $500 altogether.  His substitute’s name was Benjamin
Messer. He lived 
near Newton, now Raymond.  When the general of the state ordered the organization of
the militia he 
enlisted in Co. D, First Regt., in Union county and was elected second lieutenant. 
He served in that 
capacity during the organization but was never called into actual service.  John
Hartshorn was the 
colonel of the regiment and A.V. Bill was government drillmaster.     
	Mr. Robertson was twice married.  In 1850 he was married to Louisa J. Andrews and
to their union 
one son, William, was born.  He died in infancy.  His wife died in 1853 and in March
1855, he married 
Elizabeth J. Bell.  To this union twelve children were born, eight boys and four
girls.  Five boys and one 
girl are now living.  They are Mrs. Sherman Watkins, Joseph, Isaac, Jesse, Samuel
and Robert and the 
deceased lived with the last named son.  Mrs. Robertson died in April 1900.  He
leaves one sister, Mrs. 
America Newman, of Ross county.  The aged man had twenty-four grandchildren and
eleven great 
grandchildren.  Religiously he was a Baptist and was a member of the Union Baptist
church at Arbela 
for over forty years.  For many years he filled the position of local preacher, but
would never accept 
donations or things of value for services.  He always held up to the people the idea
of giving to those 
who were needy than he.
	Politically Mr. Robertson was a Democrat in state and national elections and he
cast his first vote 
for James K. Polk.  He filled nearly every office in the township in which he lived
and he appreciated the 
honors bestowed upon him by the people of the community where he lived so long,
irrespective of 
party, race or color.  He owned his farm of one hundred acres, just west of Price
cemetery, in Jackson 
township, where his many friends were always made welcome.  It can be truthfully be
said of him, “he 
was a grand old man.”
	Funeral services were held from the Essex M.P. church Tuesday afternoon at two
o’clock, Rev. J.A. 
Sutton, of LaRue officiating.  The remains were laid to rest in Price cemetery, west
of Essex. 
	


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