James Robison

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Marriage			possibly to Elizabeth Means
Death	> Jan 1844		will signed 4 Jan 1844 in Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5             Generation 6             Generation 7
 
                                               +-- [unknown]
                                               |
                      +-- James Robison -------+
                      |   (????->1844)         |
 James Robison, Jr. --+                        +-- [unknown]    
 (~1832-1907)         |                        
                      +-- Elizabeth Means [?]   
                          (????-????)         
                            

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Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Robison	M
Margaret Robison	F
William David Robison	M	4 Dec 1836	Butler Co., PA	Catherine Harriet Trembly
Robert Robison	M
James Robison, Jr.	M	~1832		Eleanor Jane Hines	Direct line
Joseph Robison	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, PA	? - 1844+

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1810 United States Federal Census, Center Twp., Butler Co. PA. J. Robison household contains one male and one female. It is not certain that this is our ancestor.
1	Will of James Robison, Estate file # R-42, Register of Wills office, Butler County Court House, PA; microfilm at Butler Public Library, Wills Vol. B p. 295. Signed 4 Jan. 1844. Lists son John, "5 youngest children" Margaret, William, Robert, James, Joseph. Guardian Alis Mc(Bride?); friend James Clark, executor. Witnesses ___ W. McBride & Thomas Clark	(Complete transcription)	N/A
2	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A
3	Personal correspondence from Doris Jean Cochran, granddaughter of William David Robison, Jr.	N/A

Conjecture

• From the 1895 History of Butler Co., p. 611, re. churches in Worth Twp.: Notes on the United Presby. Church organized in 1809 as the "Mouth of Wolf Creek Church", lists founding member David Robinson. We would expect this person to have been born by 1790 or earlier. Whether he is of the same generation as James Robison is a guess, as James' birthdate is unknown. James' children are born in the 1830's.
• The 1883 History of Butler County, by Waterman, p. 64 has the biography of a Thomas Robinson, son of Thomas Robinson, Sr., was born in Armagh Co. Ireland 4 July 1825. He came to the US with his parents in the spring of 1832 and located in Middlesex (now Penn) Twp., Butler Co. in spring of 1836. He married (20 June 1854) Ann E. DeWolf. He was elected to the Legislature in 1860; for many years was editor of the Butler Eagle.