Ellis, Indiana

Clinton County, and has since devoted his time to farming and stockraising. Mr. Raper is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a Republican. He has two children - Alfred P., born in 1858, is a telegraph operator in Chicago, Illinois, and Allie E., married Joseph M. Maggartin September, 1884, and lives in Owen Township.

Passage source: History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

Thomas P. Robinson, of Owen Township, engaged in farming on section 23, is a native of Indiana, born in Parke County, January 9, 1829. His parents, Andrew and Grizella Robinson, came to Indiana from Ohio in 1825, when they settled in Parke County, making that county their home till they came to Clinton County in 1832. The father then entered 240 acres of land in "Warren Town- ship, where lie resided till his death, in April, 1877. He was twice married. His first wife, Grizella, died in 1852, and for his second wife he married Phoebe J. Emily. Thomas Eobinson, our subject, was about three years old when he accompanied his parents to Clinton County, and here he was reared to manhood, remaining on the home farm until thirty years of age. He was married September 27, 1860, to Madeline Card, who was born January 20, 1841, a daughter of Stephen and Nancy J. Card, of Carroll County, this State. They are the parents of four children - Cora was born November 7, 1863, and is now the wife of Edward L. Peter, a teacher, living at Rossville, this county; Thomas B., born December i, 1867, is ])reparing himself for the teacher's profession, attending school at Logansport, Indiana; William was born September 16, 1872, and Elwood was born February 1, 1875. Mr. Kobinson enlisted as a soldier in the war of the Eebellion in March, 1865, as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and was discharged in August, 1S65. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, being a comrade of Moran Post. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and respected citizens of Owen Township.

Passage source: History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

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