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Judge W. F. Robinson, an esteemed member of the bench, was reared on a farm in North Carolina and at the age of nineteen, commenced farming for himself, but four years later he entered the Peabody School of Pigeon Gap, N. C., but remained in this institution for a short time only, when in the fall of 1873 he came to Arkansas, locating in Cross County and renting a farm in Searcy Township until 1888, when he purchased his present farm, which consists of eighty acres of timbered land. The Judge was born in Haywood County, N. C., on November 22, 1849, and was a son of John P. and Jane M. (Clark) Robinson, of North Carolina nativity. Mr. John P. Robinson (the father) was a farmer by occupation. Hearing his country call for volunteers during the Civil War, he enlisted in the Sixteenth North Carolina Infantry. He is still a resident of Haywood County. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were blessed with ten children, five of whom are still living: W. F. (our subject), I. M., Dovie L. (wife of James Rinehart), John B. and Lorah J. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a worthy member of the A. F. & A. M. Judge Robinson has been twice married. First to Miss Mary E. Shaver, on August 5, 1880, and who died the following March. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married the second time on March 28, 1889, to Miss Mary Baker, of this county. In 1876 the Judge was elected justice of the peace of Searcy Township, which office he held eight years, resigning it to accept that of county and probate judge, to which he had been elected, and is now serving his second term, with satisfaction to the people who honored him with their votes and confidence, and with great credit to himself.