REUBEN ROBINSON
Reuben Robinson, was born in Vermont, on the 25th of July, 1818. He was married in March, 1839, to Emeline Smith. He remained on the old homestead until 1872, when he sold out and came to Illinois, where he spent a year in Lee couty, and in the spring of 1873, he came to Cass county. The family lived in a wagon, by which they had transferred their goods, and in the fall camped in a school house. They now own an improved farm on section 26, Victoria township, have good buildings and a fine orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have been blessed with six children...Melvina B., Laura L., Elizabeth S., Emma N., Ella S. and Hattie.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 585.
