A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . t to Newark, where he learned the trade oftanner and currier. He was industrious and frugal, andwhen quite young formed a partnership with Caleb , wholesale boot, shoe, and leather dealer mNewark. Their business rapidly extended until the firmof Shipman, Robinson & Co. was one of the largest es-tablishments of the kind in the country. They had anexceptionally large Southern trade, which was attendedto by Mr. Robinson, who traveled
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . t to Newark, where he learned the trade oftanner and currier. He was industrious and frugal, andwhen quite young formed a partnership with Caleb , wholesale boot, shoe, and leather dealer mNewark. Their business rapidly extended until the firmof Shipman, Robinson & Co. was one of the largest es-tablishments of the kind in the country. They had anexceptionally large Southern trade, which was attendedto by Mr. Robinson, who traveled through that roughcountry by stage and steamboat, before the days of rail-roads. He retired from that business at the age ofthirty-five, having been very successfid. He then builtfor himself a handsome residence in Newark, now ownedby ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward. His means were in-vested in various enterprises, and in the great panic of1837 he lost most of his possessions. He then engagedin the wholesale dry-goods business in New York Cityuntil 1843, when lie removed to Fort Wayne, and pur-chased tlie tan-yards at the head of Columbia Street, on.
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