Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Robinson Cemetery ============================================================================ Contributed by: Michael Edd Bonner Status: Inactive. Last grave was in 1967 was Irwin Hale Robinson. Prior to that, newest grave was 1914. The Robinson Cemetery is located in the J. Love abstract in Freestone County, Texas just north of Tehuacana Creek. The family cemetery is on a 1.66 acre tract originally part of the Robinson plantation and deeded to their youngest child, Sallie Hope Robinson Bonner. The cemetery is inaccessible to the public. It is said that when their son Samuel died in 1859, Tehuacana Creek was too high for a safe crossing and did the burial starting Bonner Cemetery on the opposite bank, so James and Eliza began their on "burying ground" near their home. ============================================================================ (The tombstone for James & Eliza Robinson is an old-fashioned double stone; it sits between their graves with the information engraved on the corresponding sides.) Father: James Robinson; Born in South Carolina; Born September 2, 1807; Died April 16, 1888; Died in Texas Mother: Eliza A. Robinson; Born in South Carolina; Born April 19, 1817; Died May 19, 1897; Died in Texas (James Robinson was the son of William Robinson and Elizabeth A. Boggs; Eliza Ann Bonner Robinson was born in SC, the daughter of William Bonner and Ann Lee Joel; they were married in 1837 and moved from AL to TX in 1854. Their 13 children: Mary Susannah married Robert Davidson; Ann Eliza married Walker Y. Davidson; Infant Son; Rebecca Jane married Irvine H. Bonner; William Wirt Bonner married Mary S. Irvine; Margaret Joel; Martha Campbell; James Pressly married Mary F. McCracken; Elizabeth Boggs married John Laird Bonner; John Lee married Caroline Mae Grayson & Mrs. Sallie Compton; Samuel; Thomas Harvey married Mary Caroline Bonner & Ettie Foster Robinson; Sallie Hope married Oliver Young Bonner.) Samuel Robinson (son of James & Eliza Robinson) Born January 13, 1858 Died June 10, 1859 Margaret Joel Robinson (daughter of James & Eliza Robinson) Born September 26, 1847 Died July 28, 1864 Martha Campbell Robinson (daughter of James & Eliza Robinson) Born May 21, 1849 Died July 8, 1865 ------------------------------------------------- Mary A. (Mary Agnes Robinson; relationship to James Robinson unknown) Wife of J. G. Bonner (James Gordon Bonner, son of William Bonner, Jr. & Mary McArthur, buried with second wife at Eureka) Born March 10, 1850 Died December 17, 1891 Son of J. G. & M. A. Bonner [s/o James Gordon Bonner & Mary Agnes Robinson] Born & Died January 17, 1888 Son of J. G. & M. A. Bonner [s/o James Gordon Bonner & Mary Agnes Robinson] Born & Died April 15, 1890 Daughter of J. G. & M. A. Bonner [d/o James Gordon Bonner & Mary Agnes Robinson] Born & Died December 13, 1891 ------------------------------------------------- Mary Caroline (Daughter of William Bonner, Jr. & Mary McArthur) Wife of T. H. Robinson (Thomas Harvey Robinson, son of James & Eliza) Born January 21, 1860 Died March 26, 1896 Son of T. H. & M. C. Robinson Born & Died March 9, 1896 Infant of T. H. & M. C. Robinson Died September 30, 1888 ------------------------------------------------ Robinson, Rachel [A.] [1852-1880] Mary Jane [Walls] McMillin Daughter of Allen & Eleanor E. Walls Born February 27, 1830 Died August 22, 1865 Our Brother W[illiam] T[homas] McGilvary [s/o John Martin & Eleanor McKeever McGilvary] Born July 13, 1839 Died December 28, 1888 Carrie Daughter of Mack and Eunice (Webb) Robinson [John McArthur "Mack" Robinson was a grandson of James & Eliza] Born November 30, 1914 Died December 20, 1914 Irvine Hale Robinson *1* (Son of Thomas Harvey Robinson & Mary Caroline Bonner) June 13, 1891 - June 20, 1967 TX Sgt Bakers & Cooks Sch CMC WWI 3 graves marked by rocks ==================================================== *1* = Death certificate: Name: Irwin Hale Robinson Death Date: 20 Jun 1967 Death Place: Corsicana, Navarro, Texas Gender: Male Race: White Death Age: 77 years Birth Date: 12 Jun 1890 Birthplace: Streetman, Texas Marital Status: Never Married Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Thomas H. Robinson Mother's Name: Carie Bonner Occupation: Farmer Residence: 526 N. 19th Street in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas Cemetery name: Robinson Burial place: Streetman, Texas Burial date: 21 Jun 1967 Informant: Miss Ettie Bell Robinson, sister Military: Yes, WWI Death place: Navarro Memorial Hospital in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas (10 days)