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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



ROBINSON, BARTON, was born May 19, 1819, at New Malton, Yorkshire, England; studied medicine and graduated with the degree of M. D., in London. He came to America, and joined his brother, James T., at Buffalo Hart Grove, in Dec., 1831. He was married in Sangamon county, May, 1833, to Mahala Barber. They had two living children in Sangamon county, and in the year 1836 Dr. Robinson and Jabez Capps laid out the town of Mt. Pulaski, Ill. He moved there, and continued in the practice of medicine. They had two living children in Mt. Pulaski, and in 1858 moved to Lynn county, Kansas, taking their four sons with them, namely--

HERBERT, born in Sangamon county, married in Kansas to Hester Blackburn. They have five children, and live near Farlinville, Kansas.

JAMES, born in Sangamon county, married in Kansas to Cassander Blackburn, has four children, and lives near Farlinville, Kansas.

LANDER, born in Mt. Pulaski, Ill., married in Kansas to Jennie Blackburn, and lives near Farlinville, Kansas.

FREMONT, born in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, resides with his parents near Farlinville, Linn county, Kansas.

Dr. Barton Robinson and his wife reside near Farlinville, Kansas.

William Blackburn and Alice Southington were married Nov. 30, 1725. They were both of Sneaton, England. They had five children. Their fourth child, John, born at Sneaton, Dec. 15, 1733, O. S., married Oct. 6, 1763, N. S., at Malton, to Bertha Turner. Their fifth child, Alice Blackburn, married William Barton Robinson, at Malton. The names of two of their sons, James T. and Barton, head the preceding sketches.



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