BIO:  William R. Robinson, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 168

WILLIAM R. ROBINSON, deceased, son of James and Rachel (Kerr) Robinson, natives of Ireland, was 
born in Peach Bottom Township, on the farm now occupied by his family.  He married, in 1861, 
Margaret Ailes, daughter of William Ailes, of Lancaster County, Penn., and had born to him 
three children:  Lizzie B., Rachel K. and Mary B.  The homestead contains about 220 acres, on 
which Mr. Robinson successfully pursued farming until his death, which took place March 23, 
1876.  Mrs. Robinson remarried in November, 1879, with John T. Smith, a native of Baltimore, 
Md., who came to Peachbottom in 1872.  The family are members of the Slateville Presbyterian 
Church.