BIOGRAPHIES: Thomas Franklin ROBINSON, Chetek Township, Barron County, WI

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Thomas Franklin Robinson, the progressive proprietor of the neat and
prosperous Nearwood Farm, section 15, east, Chetek Township, was born on a
farm in Iroquois County, Ill., April 23, 1883, second of the family of five
boys and two girls born to Thomas Stewart and Harriett (Eshleman) Robinson,
he a native of Illinois, of Irish descent, and she a native of
Pennsylvania, of Holland-Dutch descent. The family moved to Nobles County,
Minn., in 1885, and there the subject of this sketch was reared and
educated, thoroughly learning farming from his father. He came to Barron
County in 1919 and purchased his present farm of 80 acres. The place was
already well developed and he has continued the improvements. In 1920 he
erected a modern barn, 34 by 50 feet, and a silo 12 by 24 feet. He
successfully carries on general farming, and has a good herd of Guernsey
cattle, a good drove of Belgian horses headed by a full-blooded stallion,
and some full-blooded Poland China swine. Although a new comer he is deeply
interested in public affairs and has great faith in the future of this
region. Among his financial holdings are shares in the Farmers Co-operative
Creamery at Chetek, and the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek. He is
interested in education and is serving on the school board of his district.
Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Woodmen. He keeps
well abreast of his times by wide reading, he is well informed on all the
topics of the day, and he is a man of considerable influence in his
neighborhood, his opinions being always listened to with the deepest
respect. Mr. Robinson was married at Adrian, Minn., on Oct. 8, 1913, to
Nita Prideaux, who was born near that place on June 4, 1889, the daughter
of H. L. and Ida Prideaux, natives respectively of Wisconsin and Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson have one son, a bright boy, Thomas Russell who was born
Dec. 23, 1917, at Adrian, Minn.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 937.