WILLIAM C. ROBISON, postmaster at Monongahela, is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., and born of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Robert Robison, his grandfather, was born in Strasburgh, Penn., in 1789, and in 1825 moved to Pittsburgh, where he embarked in the wholesale grocery trade, conducting same until 1868. He also carried on an extensive pork-packing business, purchasing green meats in St. Louis and Chicago. He was twice married, and by his first wife had two children: Samuel B. and Margarette (Mrs. F. F. Kernan); by his second wife (who was a Miss Eliza Cummings), he had three children: Robert, Lydia and Quincy. Mr. Robison was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he enrolled himself under their banner; in religion he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel B. Robison, father of William C., was also a native of Strasburgh, Penn., born in 1816. He became a partner with his father in the wholesale grocery business in Pittsburgh, and after the latter's death continued the same under the firm name of S. B. Robison & Co. until his decease in December, 1870. In 1850 Samuel B. Robison was united in marriage with Rebecca Gallagher, of Pittsburgh, and the children born to them were Robert B. (in Pittsburgh), Emma, Samuel D., William C., Ida B., Charles W., B. Frank, Henry C. and Garnet G. Mr. Robison was a Republican. During the Civil war he was master of transportation of military supplies from Pittsburgh, an office he filled gratuitously, although there was a salary attached.
William C. Robison received a liberal education at the schools of Pittsburgh, and was afterward engaged in business in that city until 1880, in which year he came to Monongahela City, where he has since resided. He is an active Republican and in January, 1890, was commissioned postmaster of that city. In 1870 Mr. Robison was married to Rebecca, daughter of Silas Haley, and the children born to this union are Silas Robert and Frederick.
Text taken from page 478 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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