THOMAS F. ROBISON
Thomas F. Robison, a resident of section 20, settled on his present place in 1875, on two hundred and forty acres of land. He is a son of Robert and Rose Ann Robison, who were among the early settlers of Cass county. Robert Robison was born in North Carolina, in 1799, and when a child removed to Ohio. He was married to Margaret Montgomery, who died in Indiana. He was again married on the 22d of February, 1838, to Rose Ann Mills, who was born December 23, 1813, in Bledsoe county, Tennessee. They emigrated from Indiana to Illinois, in 1845, and there remained until coming to this county in the year, 1854. Mr. Robison improved a farm in Benton township, now owned by L. D. Pierson, and in 1860 the family removed to Audubon county, but in the year 1862, came back to Cass county. He died in Grove City in 1864, and Mrs. Robison now resides with her children, having five sons and one daughter now living in this township. John F. was born in Henry county, Illinois, October 28, 1846. He was married to Julia A. Netter, July 2, 1874, a native of Indiana. They have two children living--Jennie and Mabel. Their eldest child, Frank M., died in 1878.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex 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, pp. 768.
