. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. Wayne county;and Hannah, widow of J. J. Thompson, of Arling-ton, Neb. The mother died in England, in 1836,and the father subsequently wedded Miss MaryHall, by whom he had two children: Franklin, awell-known farmer of Lebanon township, Waynecounty; and Susan, wife of N. Latourette, of thesame township. In his native land the father con-ducted a store, but
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. Wayne county;and Hannah, widow of J. J. Thompson, of Arling-ton, Neb. The mother died in England, in 1836,and the father subsequently wedded Miss MaryHall, by whom he had two children: Franklin, awell-known farmer of Lebanon township, Waynecounty; and Susan, wife of N. Latourette, of thesame township. In his native land the father con-ducted a store, but in 1842 he disposed of his busi-ness, and with his family emigrated to America,being four weeks in making the voyage from Liver-pool to New York. Deciding on Wayne county asa location, he took up his residence in Lebanontownship, where he died at the age of eighty years,his wife at the age of sixty-two. In political senti-ment he was a Republican. John Robinson was sixteen years of age whenhe crossed the Atlantic with the family and becamea resident of Lebanon township, Wayne county,and his literary education was all obtained in theschools of England. Here he and his father secureda tract of wild land in the midst of the forest, which. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1205 they at once commenced to clear and improve, trans-forming the same into highly cultivated helds. Oursubject is now the owner ot a valuable farm of 180acres, and in connection with general farming hemakes a specialty of poultry raising and the dryingof fruits, Having upon his place a small evaporatinghouse. In 189G tie dried 1,000 bushels of apples, hiscrop being 0,000 bushels, and this brancn of hisbusiness has proved quite profitable. He has erect-ed a comfortable ana attractive residence upon hisfarm, large barns and good outbuildings—in factthe place is one of the model farms of the commu-nity, supplied with all modern conveniences and ac-cessories. On March 17, 1857, Air. Robinson was unitedin marri
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