JOHN ROBINSON

    John Robinson took possession of his land in Survey 2,977 in 1810.  He had received -a collegiate education at Cannonsburg, Penn., with the intention of entering the ministry of the United Presbyterian Church, but, for some reason he abandoned this calling and adopted farming as his life pursuit.  His first wife, Elizabeth Fink, died a few years after his emigration to Darby, and he reunited in marriage with Jane Mitchell.  Their children were Charles M., of Marysville; Eliza J., of Marysville, widow of William Taylor; Sarah Jane, of Marysville, wife of James Woodburn; and John of Darby Township.  Like his brothers, Mr. Robinson was an ardent Whig and Abolitionist.  He attained the age of about seventy-eight years.