Edwin Robson, a representative and prosperous agriculturist of Carlisle township, is a native of
Yorkshire, England, born in 1839. Our subject is a son of Edward and Ann (Tran) Robson, of the same place,
who in 1843 came to the United States and made a settlement in Eaton township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where
they are yet living. They were the parents of a large family, as under: Emma, who married Seth C. Felt, and
died in Huron county; Edwin, subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, who died unmarried; James, deceased in
childhood; David, deceased when young; Henry, also deceased when young; William, deceased in Grafton
township, Lorain county; John married, residing in Grafton; and Lizzie, wife of Charles Johnson, of Grafton
township.
Edwin Robson was, as will be seen, four years old when he came to Lorain county with his parents,
and at the common schools of Eaton township he received a liberal education, in the meantime working on
his father's farm. He now owns a fine property of 225 acres in a good state of cultivation. On November 14,
1866, he was married, in Oberlin, Russia township, to Miss Ann Johnson, a native of same, daughter of James
and Mary (Atkinson) Johnson, who were early pioneers of Lorain county, coming here in 1826; the father
died in Elyria in 1888 (sic), the mother in Cleveland in 1864. To them children as follows were born: Jane, wife
of Leroy Rogers, of Henry county, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Bucher, of Elyria; Thomas, who died during
the Civil war, in Lexington, Ky.; Ann, Mrs. Robson; John, a resident of Eaton township; James, deceased at
the age of eighteen; George, married, living in Elyria; Mary Ellen, wife of M.A. Pounds, of Elyria; and Mary
and William, both deceased in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Robson have been born seven children, to wit:
Charles Edmund, James Edward, Adalbert Johnson, Mary Louise, Thomas Putnam, Thaddeus Warren and
Leroy Walter. Our subject and wife are members of the M.E. Church at LaPorte. In politics he is a Republican,
and has been a member of the school board, of which he is now a director in his district. (Biographical Record
of Lorain County Ohio, Beers, 1894, Vol II, Page 906)
Yorkshire, England, born in 1839. Our subject is a son of Edward and Ann (Tran) Robson, of the same place,
who in 1843 came to the United States and made a settlement in Eaton township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where
they are yet living. They were the parents of a large family, as under: Emma, who married Seth C. Felt, and
died in Huron county; Edwin, subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, who died unmarried; James, deceased in
childhood; David, deceased when young; Henry, also deceased when young; William, deceased in Grafton
township, Lorain county; John married, residing in Grafton; and Lizzie, wife of Charles Johnson, of Grafton
township.
Edwin Robson was, as will be seen, four years old when he came to Lorain county with his parents,
and at the common schools of Eaton township he received a liberal education, in the meantime working on
his father's farm. He now owns a fine property of 225 acres in a good state of cultivation. On November 14,
1866, he was married, in Oberlin, Russia township, to Miss Ann Johnson, a native of same, daughter of James
and Mary (Atkinson) Johnson, who were early pioneers of Lorain county, coming here in 1826; the father
died in Elyria in 1888 (sic), the mother in Cleveland in 1864. To them children as follows were born: Jane, wife
of Leroy Rogers, of Henry county, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Bucher, of Elyria; Thomas, who died during
the Civil war, in Lexington, Ky.; Ann, Mrs. Robson; John, a resident of Eaton township; James, deceased at
the age of eighteen; George, married, living in Elyria; Mary Ellen, wife of M.A. Pounds, of Elyria; and Mary
and William, both deceased in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Robson have been born seven children, to wit:
Charles Edmund, James Edward, Adalbert Johnson, Mary Louise, Thomas Putnam, Thaddeus Warren and
Leroy Walter. Our subject and wife are members of the M.E. Church at LaPorte. In politics he is a Republican,
and has been a member of the school board, of which he is now a director in his district. (Biographical Record
of Lorain County Ohio, Beers, 1894, Vol II, Page 906)
Edwin Robson, a representative and prosperous agriculturist of Carlisle township, is a native of
Yorkshire, England, born in 1839. Our subject is a son of Edward and Ann (Tran) Robson, of the same place,
who in 1843 came to the United States and made a settlement in Eaton township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where
they are yet living. They were the parents of a large family, as under: Emma, who married Seth C. Felt, and
died in Huron county; Edwin, subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, who died unmarried; James, deceased in
childhood; David, deceased when young; Henry, also deceased when young; William, deceased in Grafton
township, Lorain county; John married, residing in Grafton; and Lizzie, wife of Charles Johnson, of Grafton
township.
Edwin Robson was, as will be seen, four years old when he came to Lorain county with his parents,
and at the common schools of Eaton township he received a liberal education, in the meantime working on
his father's farm. He now owns a fine property of 225 acres in a good state of cultivation. On November 14,
1866, he was married, in Oberlin, Russia township, to Miss Ann Johnson, a native of same, daughter of James
and Mary (Atkinson) Johnson, who were early pioneers of Lorain county, coming here in 1826; the father
died in Elyria in 1888 (sic), the mother in Cleveland in 1864. To them children as follows were born: Jane, wife
of Leroy Rogers, of Henry county, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Bucher, of Elyria; Thomas, who died during
the Civil war, in Lexington, Ky.; Ann, Mrs. Robson; John, a resident of Eaton township; James, deceased at
the age of eighteen; George, married, living in Elyria; Mary Ellen, wife of M.A. Pounds, of Elyria; and Mary
and William, both deceased in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Robson have been born seven children, to wit:
Charles Edmund, James Edward, Adalbert Johnson, Mary Louise, Thomas Putnam, Thaddeus Warren and
Leroy Walter. Our subject and wife are members of the M.E. Church at LaPorte. In politics he is a Republican,
and has been a member of the school board, of which he is now a director in his district. (Biographical Record
of Lorain County Ohio, Beers, 1894, Vol II, Page 906)
Yorkshire, England, born in 1839. Our subject is a son of Edward and Ann (Tran) Robson, of the same place,
who in 1843 came to the United States and made a settlement in Eaton township, Lorain Co., Ohio, where
they are yet living. They were the parents of a large family, as under: Emma, who married Seth C. Felt, and
died in Huron county; Edwin, subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, who died unmarried; James, deceased in
childhood; David, deceased when young; Henry, also deceased when young; William, deceased in Grafton
township, Lorain county; John married, residing in Grafton; and Lizzie, wife of Charles Johnson, of Grafton
township.
Edwin Robson was, as will be seen, four years old when he came to Lorain county with his parents,
and at the common schools of Eaton township he received a liberal education, in the meantime working on
his father's farm. He now owns a fine property of 225 acres in a good state of cultivation. On November 14,
1866, he was married, in Oberlin, Russia township, to Miss Ann Johnson, a native of same, daughter of James
and Mary (Atkinson) Johnson, who were early pioneers of Lorain county, coming here in 1826; the father
died in Elyria in 1888 (sic), the mother in Cleveland in 1864. To them children as follows were born: Jane, wife
of Leroy Rogers, of Henry county, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Bucher, of Elyria; Thomas, who died during
the Civil war, in Lexington, Ky.; Ann, Mrs. Robson; John, a resident of Eaton township; James, deceased at
the age of eighteen; George, married, living in Elyria; Mary Ellen, wife of M.A. Pounds, of Elyria; and Mary
and William, both deceased in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Robson have been born seven children, to wit:
Charles Edmund, James Edward, Adalbert Johnson, Mary Louise, Thomas Putnam, Thaddeus Warren and
Leroy Walter. Our subject and wife are members of the M.E. Church at LaPorte. In politics he is a Republican,
and has been a member of the school board, of which he is now a director in his district. (Biographical Record
of Lorain County Ohio, Beers, 1894, Vol II, Page 906)
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