- JUDSON LE GRAND ROBINSON, one of the prosperous and representative
farmers of Rock
- County, owns a well-cultivated farm in Section 10, Janesville
township, which he has acquired as the fruit of his arduous labors.
- Judson Le Grand ROBINSON was born in Pike, Wyoming Co., N.Y.,
May 17, 1844, a son of
- Hubbard and Betsy Ann (DAINE) ROBINSON, natives of New York
State. The father of Hubbard ROBINSON, Aaron ROBINSON, was a
native of Massachusetts, of English descent, was a shoemaker,
farmer and tanner, and in time amassed a large fortune. Nine
children were born to him and his good wife, and he was over
seventy at the time of his death. During his lifetime Aaron
ROBINSON was in the State militia, and in every way proved himself
a worthy man and good citizen. The maternal grandfather of our
subject, Daniel DAINE, a native of New York State, of English
descent, followed the occupation of farming. He had a family
of nine children, and was about seventy-five years old when he
passed away. The maternal grandmother, whose maiden name was
HAMMER, lived to be 108 years old, and was a very worthy and
highly esteemed lady.
- Hubbard ROBINSON, the father of our subject, was a shoemaker
by trade, at which he worked
- until a few years prior to his death. While in New York
State he was a member of the school board in the village where
he lived, and also served in the State militia. In 1852 Hubbard
ROBINSON came West, locating in Rock County, Wis., in 1856, and
being a home of eleven acres in Janesville, on the west side
of Rock River, in Section 10, where he resided until his death,
in 1889, at the age of seventy-nine. Mrs. ROBINSON still survives,
a very estimable old lady, and a consistent member of the M.
E. Church. Three sons were born to this good couple, two of
whom are now living: Judson L.; and Cornelius Wayne, of Janesville
township.
- Judson Le Grand ROBINSON lived in New York state until twelve
years old, when he came to
- Rock County with his parents, and has since resided in this
locality. Until the Civil war broke out Mr. ROBINSON followed
farming and shoemaking, attending the district schools when opportunity
offered; but as soon as old enough he enlisted, in 1864, in Company
A., 43d Wis. V.I., and served until the close of the war, participating
in the battle of Johnsonville and a number of skirmishes. After
the close of the war Mr. ROBINSON followed his trade about two
years, then engaged in farming, and now owns the fine farm of
190 acres where he resides.
- On April 21, 1880, Judson Le Grand ROBINSON married Miss
Hattie KNOFF, daughter of
- William and Catherine M. KNOFF, and nine children have been
born to them, four sons and five daughters: Roy Le Grand, Arthur
Wayne, Benjamin Harrison, Judson, Eva Dett, Maude, June, Flora
and Luella.
- Politically Mr. ROBINSON is a Republican in sentiment, and
he has been called upon to serve
- his fellow citizens in several offices, having acted as justice
of the peace one term, and constable several times. Socially
Mr. ROBINSON is an honored member of W. H. Sergeant Post, G.A.R.
Both he and his wife are good representatives of the agricultural
population of Rock County.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c) 1901, pp. 433-434.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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