BURR ROBINSON

Burr Robinson was born on 20 January 1939 Harrison Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania.  He died on 24 May 1919 Harrison Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania.  Burr was 80 years old when he died.

 

Burr married Harriet O. Lincoln, daughter of Danford and Amy Dibble Lincoln.

 

Burr and Harriett had the following children

1.  Olive Robinson was born in 1857

2.  Samuel M. Robinson was born in 1862

3.  Clara A. Robinson was born in 1865

4.  Dora E. Robinson was born in 1870

5.  Lovell B. Robinson was born in 1875

 

 

Burr Robinson was reared in his native township, where he had always resided.  He was in the Rebellion, enlisting in October, 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Twelfth New York Volunteers, and participated in battles of Chapin's farm, Fort Fisher and Wilmington.  He was mustered out of the service at Raleigh, N.C., June 14, 1865, and honorably discharged July 2, 1865.  Since the war he has been engaged in farming, and had occuplied the farm where he resided since December, 1859.  He married, Harriet O. Lincoln of Harrison Township.  Mr. Robinson was a well known and prominent farmer of Harrison Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania and in politics he was a Republican.

 

sources:  find-a-grave; 1860, 1870, 1880 U.S. census; Bur Robinson's death certificate; Biographies from Harrison Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania.