Robinson, Col. James Cameron

ROBINSON

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Fairfield Ledger
April 1, 1896
Page 3 col. 2

DIED AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE. COL. JAMES ROBINSON, who was undoubtedly the oldest man in Jefferson County, died at the county house in this city Monday. He came here four or five years ago in search of some distant relatives, and finally became a public charge. COL. ROBINSON was a native of Ireland, and his age, according to the census enumerator’s books of 1895, was 105 years. His was a case of rare longevity, and many people are disposed to question the accuracy of the old man’s statements, but he could always silence his critics. MR. ROBINSON came to the United States when a young man, and in 1826 accompanied a military expedition up the Mississippi River to the site of Ft. Snelling, Minn. He was in the government employ for many years, and claimed considerable service in Indian wars, but his name does not appear on the records in Washington because he was not an enlisted man. He was a great reader and a good conversationalist, and retained his mental faculties almost to the day of his death. The remains of this aged man were interred in the City Cemetery yesterday.