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Ii 1 ootii<;bui^. practiced law fo r one year* and then was a p ^ in tc d United States commis­ sioner fur a four-year term* resigning in 1872. l i e was notar)* public from 1872 to 1875, and scrv'cd three terms as general corjxiration counsel. In 1870 he was nominated fo r the l ^ s l a t u r e by the Republicans* anil in 1880 ran fo r Congress on the Greenback ticket, receiving iloubtc the immlwr o f votes W eaver had fo r president, lie was a candidate again in 1884, but failed o f election. From 1881 to 1885 he operated a farm about four miles south o f Cataw'issa* a fte r which he retired from the farm and resumed his practice in Bloomsburg. Mr. Robison was a member of the Presby­ terian Cimrch. taught in the Sunday school in Hloomsburg. and w as president of the Colum­ bia County Sabbath School Association dur­ ing the year 1872-73. A man o f high prin­ ciples and ideals in his law practice* he was alw ays an advocate o f ]K*ace, and would fre* qttenily settle disputes without having them brought into court. H e was a deep student of economic conditions, and his opinion was widely sought and accepted. During the last vears o f his life he was a strong advocate of local option on Ihc question of the manu­ facture and sale o f liquor. H e was a Knight Tem plar and a thirty-second-degree Mason. Scottish Rite, and had hclil all of the offices. He w as a member of the Patrons o f HusIiandry* o f Col. W. H. Ent Post* G. A. R ., and o f (he Union Veteran Legion o f Bloomsburg. H e dieil March 2* 1909, in Espy, where he had had his residence fo r fifteen years* and is buried in the Creveling cemetery* near Espy. M r. Robison was married, Oct. 16, 1873, to M ary Jan e Hrecce, daughter o f Daniel and M ary Ann (C ase) Breece. Mrs. Breece was a daughter o f W illiam and Sarali (Irv in ) Case* and a granddaughter o f Adam Case, whose ancestors came from Holland in 1614. according to old records. Children as follows were born to M r. and M rs. Robison: ( l ) M artha E . is mcntioneil liclow. (2 ) Jam es Boyd. l)om Oct. 16. 1876, a resident o f Ber­ wick, married I.ilUe O berdorf, and has five children* John Boyd. O iarles O berdorf. W il­ liam Isaiah (the sixth William Robison in direct line o f descent). D arid Elm er and M artha Elizabeth. (^ ) Bessie M ary, bom Ju n e 2 1, 1870. m arncd D r. John Decker Butzncr. o f Scranton, and had two children. Elizalicih Rohison and William Boyd. (4 ) Isaiah, horn Sept. 13, i8 8 f, died Dec. 25, 1882, and is buried in Rosemont cemetery. Bloomsh w g - ( 5 ) William Daniel, bom March 23.

1883* married Lillian DeBauU, ami resides in Scranton, Pa. (6 ) Jean Brccce w as l>om Sept. 4* 18K4. ( 7 ) Em ily, Oct. 3 1, i8Kf>. (8 ) Andrew Horace, Dec. 22, 1888. (9 ) Irvin Alexander* Nov. i, Thomas Barton, grandfather o f Mrs. W il­ liam Robison* married Hannah Clarke in En^fland *and emigrated to Am erica, landing in ’irginia about (he time of the first settlement of the country. I.atcr he moved to the south­ eastern part o f Pennsylvania* near Philadel­ phia. T hey had seven sons and three daugh­ ters: Daniel* Elisha, Theophilus. R oger, Und re!. ITiomas, Clarke, Amelia, Sarah ami Isabella. These sons grew* to manhood and settled io various portions of the country. Daniel and Elisha in Pennsylvania, T h co ­ philus in Kentucky* R oger in Tennessee and Clarke in V im n ia . Thom as and Undrel disap{)c*arcd. O f the daughters only one, .Amelia, lived to maturity. She marrietl A b ra ­ ham McM urtrie. o f New Jersey, and died at an advanced age, leaving a large fam ily (see Freilerick Ilagcnbuch sketch). Elisha Rartoii, father o f Mrs. William R ob ­ ison* and the second son* was bom in V ir ­ g in s Ju n e 2 1, 1742. He w*as married to his lirst w ife. M ary Simoiiton* in Northampton county* Pa.. al>out the year 1766* and they had one son. Thomas, bom M ay 1 1. 1768. T h is w ife died about 1769. M r. Barton’s second w ife was Anna, d a u ^ te r o f John and M ary (P ain e) M cCarter, and a native of N ew J e r ­ sey. H er father wa.s an Irishman and came to America in youth; her mother, M ary Paine, was born in New Jersey. M a r t h a E. R o b i s o n, daughter o f Jam es Boyd Robison, was boni Nov. 17, 1874. at Bloomsburg. A t the age o f six she moved with the family to the Esther Furnace farm, south o f Catawissa, where she spent much time out o f doors. On this farm w*as located one n f the oldest charcoal furnaces in the State, built by Samuel Bittlcr. T h e part of the fam i owned by her father w as fom ierly purchased from Ihc Penn fam ily by Samuel Shakespeare* and the original deed is now in M iss Robison’s possession. Four years o f outdoor life Imilt the delicate child into robust­ ness. A t the age o f ten she relum ed to nionmshurg* lived there until 1893, and then went to Espy fo r a time, returning a fte r her father’s death. M iss Rohison was educated by her |iarents, knew the alphaliet at tw*o years o f age, and learned to read at three. .At six she could easily read anything shown her, and fo r the next ten years she spent most o f her time