Bios: JOHN C. ROBISON : Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    JOHN C. ROBISON
    
    [p. 95] of Mahoningtown is an engineer of the Pennsylvania R. R., running
  on the E. & A. Division. He was born in Sharon, Pa., Sept. 12, 1861, and is a
  son of John A. and Elizabeth (Coner) Robison. The latter, now deceased, was a
  daughter of Abraham Coner, who came to Mahoning Co., Ohio, from Westmoreland
  Co., Pa.; he was of German descent; his wife was a Miss Carpenter, who lived
  near Ellenburg, Lawrence Co., Pa. John A. Robison, the father of our subject,
  was born Nov. 2, 1833, and served in the Civil War; he is at present engaged
  in the furniture business in Sharon, Pa. He is a member of the Presbyterian
  Church, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Royal Templars of
  Temperance. He was a son of Samuel Robison, who was born two miles south of
  Pulaski in 1802; he married Miss Wallace, a native of Scotland, who was born
  in 1809, and came with her parents to America in 1816; her mother's name was
  Greene before her marriage. Samuel Robison was a son of James Robison, a
  native of Ireland, who settled on a farm two miles south of Pulaski, and died
  at an advanced age.
    
    Our subject was brought up in Sharon, and attended its common schools; at
  the age of seventeen he began railroading, and on Sept. 20, 1887, he was
  appointed fireman, and on Aug. 6, 1889, was promoted to the post of engineer,
  since which date he has been in the constant employ of the Pennsylvania R. R.,
  running on the E. & A. Division, and proving himself worthy of the high regard
  and confidence in which he is held.
    
    He was married June 6, 1892, in Mahoningtown, to Sallie M. Frisbee,
  daughter of H. B. Frisbee, and to them have been given three children:
  Samuel, deceased; Hugh; and Charles. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robison are members in
  good and regular standing of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Robison's political
  views coincide with those advanced by the Republican party, and consequently
  we find him among the stanchest supporters of that party. He is a member of
  the following organizations: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, W. L. Scott
  Division, No. 298, of Erie, Pa.; Mahoning Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 243, of New
  Castle; and Junior Order of United American Mechanics.