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ROBINSON, T. C. farmer, P.O. Carrollton, first beheld the light March 12, 1816, in Talbert County, Md., is the son of Thomas and Mary R., whose family name was Catrup. Thomas, after completing his schooling, the text books being Pike’s arithmetic, Webster’s speller, and the Testament, these constituted his curriculum; at the age of 19, he and his brother John came West, the trip occupying one month, at that time there was but one railroad leading west, It being the Baltimore and Ohio, having its terminus at Frederick, there being but one engine, and at the time they came over the road it was laid up for repairs, and horses were substituted for locomotive power. Eleven miles of the road being an incline plane, the cars ran by their own momentum. After leaving the railroad the boys walked across the mountains and then took passage on a boat to Columbiana. From here they traveled on foot to Macoupin County, where they hired out by the month to work on a farm. Went South and wintered. In the Spring went North to Alton, where they remained two years. Then came to this county and located near the place he now lives, where he rented land one season, then bought 80 acres. May 23, 1837, was united in marriage to Eliza Biscoe, who was also a native of Maryland, came to this State when quite young, she is a daughter of Thomas Biscoe. Eight children now living, viz.: Mary, George, Thomas, James, Eliza J., William J., Lenora, Julia A., Florence Ella, and Laura Emma. After their marriage moved in a log cabin, and though they lived in a primitive manner, yet looked forward to the day when they would have better, and are today enjoying the fruits of their labor and the reward for their former privations. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are both members of the M. E. Church.