Manfred A, Robinson

ROBINSON, EVERHART, CLARK, ROSS, HASTINGS, KNIGHT, CURDY, BAKER

Posted By: Debbie Gerischer
Date: 2/28/2009 at 11:30:17

MANFORD A. ROBINSON, Doctor of Dental Surgery, has for many years occupied an honored place in his profession and in the citizenship of Maquoketa. He is a native of Iowa, and his people were pioneers in Clinton County.

Doctor Robinson was born in Clinton County, Iowa, August 3, 1868, son of James M. and Cynthia (Ross) Robinson. His parents came from Indiana, his father settling in Clinton County in 1852. In 1854 he bought forty acres in Welton Township, later added 300 acres by purchase, and was one of the well-to-do and prosperous farmers of that locality. He has lived a long and useful life, passing away in February, 1917, at the age of ninety-four. His wife died in 1907, when eighty-three. Seven children were born to their marriage: Eliza, who became the wife of Lorenzo Hastings; Sarah, who married J. W. Knight; James W., deceased; John Q., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Frank S., deceased; Olive, who died in infancy; and Manford A.

Dr. Manford A. Robinson was reared on a farm, attended the district schools of Clinton County and attended Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa. In 1891 he was graduated from the dental department of the University of Iowa. Doctor Robinson has kept in touch with the great advance made in the methods and technique of dental surgery during the forty years since he was in dental school. He completed a special course in the University of Iowa, later had other special training and attended a special clinic with the Mayo Brothers Hospital at Rochester, Minnesota. Doctor Robinson after graduating, in 1891, practiced for five years at Dewitt, Iowa. In April, 1896, he established his home and office at Maquoketa, where he has enjoyed general recognition of his talents and skill. Doctor Robinson is a Republican in politics, is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Congregational Church.

He married, September 10, 1890, Miss Emma C. Everhart, daughter of Miller A. and Emma (Clark) Everhart. Both parents are now deceased. Her father was a veteran railroad man, being in the service fifty-two years, and for forty-five years was with the bridge department of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul System, at first at Wheatland and later at Oxford Junction, Iowa.

Doctor and Mrs. Robinson have a family of six children: Manford E., a farmer in Jackson County; Millard M., a merchant at Hurstville; James E., a Maquoketa pharmacist; John Q., associated with his brother in business at Hurstville; Lucile, now the wife of O. H. Cuddy, cashier of the First National Bank of Maquoketa; and Ruth, the wife of Russell D. Baker, sales manager of the Redwood Lumber Company of San Francisco, California.

Source:
A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC.by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa, Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York 1931.