Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Robinson, Frederick 1844 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

    HON. FREDERICK ROBINSON, was born in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England,
March 11, 1844, and is the ninth and youngest child of John and Elizabeth Taylor
Robinson; he wad educated at a private school, but delicate health prevented
very arduous application to study; at the age of 16, he was apprenticed to the
drug business, and after five years devoted to acquiring his profession, he came
to the United States, landing in New York in the spring of 1845; the following
year he removed Chicago; remained there a short time, then came to Kenosha,
where he passed the winter; the following spring, he made a tour of
investigation with a view of establishing himself, but found no place he liked
so well as Kenosha, where, in the autumn of 1847, he finally commenced business.
Mr. Robinson is a public-spirited citizen, and is honored with the respect and
confidence of the people. He served as Alderman of the city of Kenosha in 1852,
1858 and 1868; he was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department in 1850, 1860 and
1872; Chairman of the County Board in 1868; Mayor of the city in 1862, 1863 and
1869; member of the State Legislature in 1872 and 1876, and President of the
County Agricultural Society in 1877. In 1867, he purchased a one-third interest
in the Whitaker Engine and Skein Co., of Kenosha; he is owner of a farm of 160
acres adjoining the city, to which he gives a good deal of personal attention.
He married, on the 3d of October, 1852, Miss Ann Bertholf, a native of Illinois;
they have had fourteen children, seven are living-Alma Elizabeth, Richard
Taylor, Ida Ann, Emma Eliza, Maria Louisa, Frederick, Jr., and Harry Bertholf.

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THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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