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From: MeiToi <>
Subject: ROBERTSON Report Vol 2 part 3
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 15:43:35 EDT


Mr. Robertson has always been an ardent Democrat of the old Bourbon stamp.
Although a strong partisan, he has never been a politician, nor an aspirant of
office. Year ago, when his township was strongly against him in politics, he
was elected as justice of the peace, much against his own desires and wishes.
His abhorrence of having anything to do with law inclined him to resign the
position, but by the advice of his friends he retained the office during the
term, but did as little business as possible, always advising settlement to
litigation. In 1869 he was elected to the office of County Treasurer, which
he filled two terms. On his election to the second term he received a greater
majority than any other man on the ticket. Beside these offices, he has
filled the various municipal as well as township offices, all without
solicitation on his part.
As a compliment to him, his comrades in arms at the organization of the Ohio
State Mexican Veteran Association in 1874, held at Dayton, elected him
President of the Association, and again reelected him in 1882 and 1883, a
position of which any man might be proud, for among the veterans are found
such men as Gen George W. Morgan, Gen. Thomas L. Young, Gen. Geo. W. McCook,
and other men of national fame and reputation.
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Warren County, Ohio Records by Robert D. Craig, 1963; Seattle Public Library,
Vertical File.
Huston H. Robertson
ROBERTSON, Huston H., was born in Washington Twp, Warren County, 26 Dec. 1836,
and is a son of Wm. H. and Phebe Dunham Robertson; the former a native of
Cincinnati, born 1 May 1799 and the latters native of Pennsylvania, born
August 1800. William Robertson's parents, Ezra and Elizabeth Robertson, were
born in Maryland and came to Warren County in 1799 and located near Lebanon.
Ezra was a soldier in the War of 1812 and Huston's father, when only 13 years
of age, accompanied him to Lower Sandusky. Huston H. Robertson is the 4th son
and 5th child of a family of 8 children. His father Wm. died in 12 July 1874
and his mother Phebe died March 1873. Huston H. was married 22 April 1863 to
Hannah J. N ixon, dau. of Jacob and Mary Doan Nixon. To them were born 5
children, of whom, 4 were living in 1903: Clement L., Lee roy, Dora and
Alfred G. Rollie was dead.
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