MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Capt. W. M. Robinson
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CAPT. W. M. ROBINSON, farmer, is a son of James and Maria (Mayfield)
Robinson, who was born in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1805, and Bedford
County, Tenn., in 1814, respectively.  They were farmers and the parents of
four children.  The mother died in 1838, and the following
year the father moved from Bedford County to Marshall County, and in 1844
married Mrs. Anna A. Wilhoite, whose maiden name was Warner.
The father was a man of fine intellect and was a teacher for many
years.  He was a wide-awake and successful business man, and died when only
forty-one years of age.  Our subject is of Irish-English descent, and was
born August 30, 1831.  After receiving an academical education, he, at the
age of eighteen, began to make his own way in the world by merchandising
and lumbering, continuing almost continuously until the present time.  Mary
C. Orr became
his wife August 26, 1841, and eight children were born to their union seven
of whom are now living.  In the late was he served in Company D. Fourth
Tennessee Cavalry, and arose to the rank of first lieutenant, and was
afterward commissioned captain of his company, being on staff duty the most
of the time.  He owns a fine farm of 550 acres, a saw-mill in Alabama, and
an
interest in a store at Farmington.  He is a Democrat and a man who has made
life a success financially.

Surnames: Mayfield, Orr, Robinson, Warner, Wilhoite
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."