[p. 631] is proprietor of a general store at Enon Valley, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and has one of the most complete village stores in the county. He was born at Wooster, Ohio, March 3, 1846, and is a son of Hugh and (Ellen) Robertson, both natives of Scotland.
Hugh Robertson learned the trade of an iron moulder in his native land, and was there employed as foreman in some of the big shops. He emigrated with his wife to America. and located at Wooster, Ohio, where he continued at his trade during the remainder of his active career, there also holding a position as foreman in a large plant. He was seventy years old at the time of his death. He was survived many years by his widow who died at the home of his son, Andrew K., in Enon Valley, in 1902, having passed the eightieth milestone of life. They were parents of six children, as follows: David, deceased, who for a period of thirty-five years was agent for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad at Enon Valley; Margaret, wife of John Preston of Chicago; Ella, of Marion, Ohio; Mary; Maria, wife of A. B. Bradford, Jr., of Tennessee; and Andrew Kenman.
Andrew K. Robertson was reared in Wooster and received a good common school education. While still a boy he learned printing and telegraphy, but gave this up to enter the Union army when sixteen years of age. He enlisted in 1863, in Company C, Seventy-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Babb, and served until the close of the war, in all some twenty-three months. He was in many hard fought engagements in and about Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia, and acquitted himself most creditably. He was mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, in October, 1865. In January, 1866, he first located in Enon Valley and for some three years was employed in the office of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. He was next in the offices of the Panhandle Railroad in Pittsburg for seven years, after which he took a trip to the Pacific Coast. After one year in the West, he located in Youngstown, Ohio, where he was in the employ of the California Powder Company one year. He then purchased a farm in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in agricultural pursuits eight years, at the end of which time be returned to Enon Valley. He conducted a butcher shop for a time, then sold out and established the general store which he now conducts, his son Frank being interested in the business. He has a comprehensive stock of dry goods and notions, groceries and hardware, and the innumerable little things for which there is a demand in a village. They own the store property, and a fine residence in Enon, in addition to which Mrs. Robertson has an interest in the old Reed home farm in North Beaver Township.
On December 25, 1871, Mr. Robertson was joined in marriage with Elizabeth Reed, a daughter of James and Mary (Kennedy) Reed of North Beaver Township, and they have three children: Frank, Effie, and Laura. Mr. Robertson is also interested in the Enon Valley Telephone Company. In politics he is a Republican. He was a prominent member of the G.A.R. Post at Enon until its dissolution.
Frank Robertson, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, is employed in the office of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is secretary of the Enon Valley Telephone Company. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow Lodges. In politics, he is a Democrat. He married Minnie Wilson and they have one son, Ralph. He is quite prominent in the affairs of the village.
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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