MRS. ROBINSON DEAD
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Wife of William T. Robinson Suc-
combs Early This Morn-
ing At Home.
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Following a brief illness, Mrs. Sophie B. Robinson, the
wife of Mr. William T. Robinson, and a well known and highly
esteemed woman of Frederick county, died at 2:45 o'clock
this morning at her home at Stephenson Depot, five miles
east of town. Mrs. Robinson was in the 69th year of her
age, having been born on July 30, 1847. She was taken ill
on last Friday evening.
The funeral services are to be held on next Thurdsay
morning, August 19, at 10 a.m., at her late home, and will
be conducted according to the rites of the Society of
Friends, of which she had been a devout member all her life.
Burial will be at the old Hopewell burying ground in this
county.
Surviving Mrs. Robinson are her husband and two sons,
Dr. Austin Robinson and Mr. Charles W. Robinson, both of
Baltimore. She leaves also two brothers, Mr. Charles E.
Clevenger and Mr. B. Franklin Clevenger, of this county.
She was married to Mr. Robinson on January 14, 1868.
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WM. T. ROBINSON
PASSES AWAY AT
HIS SON'S HOME
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Prominent Farmer of County
Died Last Night At Ad-
vaced Age of 93 Years.
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A telegram received here today by relatives announced the death of William T. Robinson, until a few years ago a prominent member of the Society of Friends in Frederick county, and a leading farmer and apple grower of this section.
His death occurred at 11 o'clock last night at the home of his son, Dr. Austin F. Robinson, in Baltimore, where Mr. Robinson had made his home for the past ten or eleven years. Death was due to his advanced age, Mr. Robinson being about 93 years old.
The body will be brought to his old home in the county for burial, and is expected to arrive over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, reaching Stephensons at noon tomorrow (Wednesday). The funeral will be held in Hopewell Meeting House at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the burial will be in the cemetery there where many of his relatives are buried, among these forebears being many of the pioneers of this section.
Spent Life On Farm
Mr. Robinson was a son of Andrew A. Robinson and was born at Clearbrook, this county, where his entire life was spent on the farm, where he was also engaged extensively in apple culture, until the infirmities of age caused his retirement from active pursuits, the farm being tenanted at present by S. W. Shewbridge, and Mr. Robinson went to Baltimore to pass his declining days with his son, Dr. Austin Robinson.
His first ancestor in this county was James Robinson, a noted Irish weaver, who settled in Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and whose descendants are today among the leading citizens of the community.
Mr. Robinson leaves two sons, Dr. Austin F. Robinson, of Baltimore, and Charles W. Robinson, of Newport News, Va. His wife, who was Miss Clevenger, of the county, died a number of years ago. He was a great-uncle of Messrs. Ray Robinson, Clarence Robinson, Mrs. Wilbur Cather, and Miss Opal Robinson of this section.
While the funeral services will be conducted according to the rites of the Society of Friends of which the deceased was a member, the minister had not been decided upon today. The pallbearers will be Albert Robinson, John W. Jolliffe, Walker McC. Bond, Daniel W. Lupton, W. S. Huyett and Drury D. Clevenger.
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(Feb. 15, 1926)
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