[p. 977] a representative citizen and general farmer, resides on 100 acres of as fine land as can be found along the Mount Jackson-New Galilee road, three miles south of the former place. He was born on the farm adjoining his present property, October 2, 1854, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Elder) Robison.
The grandfather, James Robison, came to America from Ireland, and established the family in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where it has prospered and has become one of substance, giving this section some of its best citizens. On the old farm of the grand-father, John Robison, father of James P., was born. During his life he acquired a large amount of valuable land in North Beaver Township, his different farms aggregating about 400 acres. He married Rebecca Elder, a daughter of James Elder, also of North Beaver Township, and they had seven children, namely: Mary S., now deceased, who was the wife of William Kyle; James Presley; Jane Ann; Lindsay L.; Rebecca C., who married Frank S. Paden; Elizabeth T., who married John D. Norwood; and John C.
James P. Robison was reared on the old home farm, which is now owned by his brother, John C. Robison. He obtained his education in the district schools of North Beaver Township, and has followed farming through all his mature life. After his marriage, in 1892, he brought his wife to the present farm, and has continued to improve the place ever since. He erected all the comfortable and substantial buildings now standing, and has thereby greatly added to the value of the property. He carries on a general line of farming, keeps cows enough for the domestic dairy, has bountiful orchards and excellent farm equipment, and may justly be considered one of the township's substantial men.
Mr. Robison was married in 1892 to Laura L. Paden, who is a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Crawford) Paden. She was born in Big Beaver Township, but was reared in North Beaver Township. They have two children, Lulu C. and Bessie J. Mr. Robison and family belong to the Westfield Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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