When Henry Smith Robinson was born on 22 January 1831, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Charles Robinson, was 29 and his mother, Clarissa Ramsey, was 33. He married Mary Muzzy on 10 March 1855, in Searsmont, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 April 1912, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
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