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William E. Robinson
William E. Robinson, Muhlenberg County, was born in Granger County, Tenn., 1826, and when yet a small boy, removed to Kentucky with his father, Feeling Robinson, whose wife was Susan Shelton, whose parents were natives of Muhlenberg County, Ky. Feeling Robinson was a farmer; was engaged in the Seminole war in 1818, and died in 1863; his wife died in 1858.
W.E. Robinson remained with his parents until he attained the age of twenty-two; then made a trip to New Orleans and to Lake Pontchartrain. In the summer of 1849, raised a crop of corn on his father's farm, and continued the river trade and settled on a farm that he had purchased in 1850; this he subsequently sold and bought a farm on Green River, where he now resides, and which is in a good state of cultivation, and improved with good fencing, dwelling, barns and orchard. The excellent water privileges adapt this farm to stock raising, but Mr. Robinson gives most of his attention to grain and tobacco.
In the year 1850, he married Eliza Kimmel, a native of Muhlenberg County. Their union proved to be a happy one. They are the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, viz.
Mr. Robinson inherited no part of his property, but has gained all by his own labor and management. He is a public-spirited citizen, and is interested in the improvement of the country. His religious views are based on the rule of doing unto others as he would have others do unto him. Politically he is a Republican, and served as a soldier in the war of 1861; was a member of Company I, Eleventh Kentucky Infantry; was discharged for disability in 1862, and is now a pensioner. Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. cite>Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Pages 921. Updated July 9, 2018