Biographies

Source:
The Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
To Which is Added an Elaborate Compendium of National Biography
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
 

	AMASA P. ROBERTSON.   The qualities which insure success to the representatives of the medical fraternity are possessed in large measure by Dr. Robertson, who is now a prominent physician of Mount Liberty.  He was born near Cambridge, in Washington county. New York, Jan. 3, 1843.  His father, Ezra S. Robertson, was a native of the same locality, born Sept. 6, 1809.  In early life he learned the trade of carriage and wagon making, and throughout his entire life he followed those pursuits.   On the 1st of October, 1835, he married Miss Sarah Pratt, who was born Dec. 11, 1812, in Washington county, New York.  In 1844 they came to Knox county, locating in Mount Liberty, where they spent their remaining days, the father passing away in 1880, while his wife died in 1889.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church, while she belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. In his political views Ezra Robert son was a stalwart Republican and at all times he was loyal in support of his honest convictions.  Both he and his wife were of Scotch descent and they were people of the highest respectability, their upright lives entitling them to the warm regard of all with whom they were associated.   They were the parents of six sons and three daughters, seven of whom are now living.      The Doctor had a twin brother, Jesse, who lived to be twenty years of age.  They were only a year and a half old when brought to Knox county, and in Centerburg and Mount Liberty Dr. Robertson spent his youth.  He began his education in the district schools and in the high school of Mount Vernon continued his studies.  He was graduated in the Bryan & Tomlinson Commercial College at Columbus in 1866, and soon afterward began the study of medicine.  While thus engaged he taught school in order to meet his expenses while pursuing his studies, which were directed by Dr. T. H. Van Kirk.  Later he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati and was there graduated with the degree of M. D., with the class of 1873.  He then began practice at Mount Liberty, where he has since remained, and his practice has continually grown until the multiplicity of his professional duties leaves him little leisure time.  He receives the patronage of many of the best families of the town and surrounding county, and his success is an indication of his skill and ability.      In November, 1873, the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Thompson, a native of Morrow county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Thompson of that county, who removed to Mount Liberty during her early girlhood.  By her marriage she has become the mother of one daughter, Olive, who is now a student in Otterbein University, where she is devoting special attention to music.  Fraternally the Doctor is a Mason and in the line of his profession is connected with the Ohio Medical Association.  He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and in his political views is an earnest and zealous Republican.  He belongs to the school board and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend.  As a citizen he is ever loyal to the best interests of county, state and nation, and at the time of the Civil war he manifested his patriotic spirit by enlisting, on the 1st of September, 1862, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of hostilities, being promoted from the ranks to the office of sergeant major.  He took part in a number of battles, went with Sherman on the march to the sea, and also participated in the grand review in Washington, the most celebrated military pageant ever seen in the Western Hemisphere.  He was only away from his company thirty days in three years.  Always found at his post of duty, he faithfully defended the cause he espoused and was a valiant soldier.  The same fidelity has characterized him through life and has been one secret of his success as a member of the medical profession. Source: The Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio - Publ. 1902 - Page 229
	H. H. ROBERTSON.   One of the boys in blue of the Civil war, and at all times a loyal citizen, true to the interests of county, state and nation, H. H. Robertson is numbered among the representative business men of Mount Liberty.  He was born in Washington county, New York, on the 4th of September, 1840, and is a brother of Dr. A. P. Robertson, whose sketch, containing the family history, will be  found on another page of this volume.  Our subject is the third child in order of birth in his parents' family, and his twin brother, John T., is now a resident of Hilliar township, Knox county.      When only about four years of age the subject of this review accompanied the family on its removal to Knox county, Ohio, and he was reared in Mount Liberty and Centerburg, also spending about fourteen years on a farm in Hilliar township.  During his youth he attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and completed his education in the high school of Mount Vernon.  When the Civil war was inaugurated he went to the front as a defender of the Union cause, enlisting on the 5th of June, 1861, in Company B, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  During his army career he participated in twenty-seven battles, among them being those of Winchester, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and although he took part in many hard-fought engagements during the contest he was never wounded, but for three months, on account of disability, he was confined in a hospital.  After a faithful service of three years and fifteen days he was honorably discharged, returning to his home with a most creditable military record.  After the close of his army experience Mr. Robertson was engaged in farming near Mount Liberty for the following three years, but on the expiration of that period he abandoned the tilling of the soil to embark in mercantile life, opening a general store at Mount Liberty, and he is now the oldest merchant in years of continuous service in the village.  He first began business here in a small way, but as time has passed by, success has rewarded his efforts and he is now the proprietor of a large and well stocked store.  His success is largely due to his capable management, splendid executive ability, untiring efforts and firm purpose, and his reputation in commercial circles is above question.      The marriage of Mr. Robertson was celebrated in 1866, when Miss C. Scarborough became his wife.  She is a native daughter of Knox county, her parents, James and Eliza (Breckenridge) Scarborough, having been among the early pioneers of this locality, locating in Liberty township as early as 1838.  Three children have been born unto this union: Josephine William N. and Arthur E., the latter attending school at Mount Vernon.  The daughter is a graduate of music at the Boston Musical Conservatory, and her husband, the Rev. A. E. Winter, is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church at Sandusky, Ohio.  Rev. William N. Robertson is a graduate of the Ohio Western University, and is also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, being now located at Wakeman, Huron county, Ohio.  He married Miss Daisy McLellan.  Mr. Robertson, of this review, is a stanch Republican in his political views, and socially he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Knights of Honor.  His religious views are in harmony with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has long held membership, and for many years has served as a steward therein.  His friends have the highest appreciation of his many excellent qualities, and all esteem him for a life over which there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. Source: The Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio - Publ. 1902 - Page 232
	JOHN TYLER ROBERTSON.   Although for only a brief period John T. Robertson was numbered among the soldiers of the Civil war, he was engaged in very active service and sustained a severe wound.  The same spirit of loyalty which prompted his enlistment has ever been manifest in the discharge of his duties of citizenship, and he is accounted one of the leading and influential farmers of Hilliar township.  He is the twin brother of Henry H. Robertson, while another member of the family is Dr. A. P. Robertson, of Mount Liberty.  The subject of this review was born in Washington county, New York, Sept. 4, 1840, and was named in honor of John Tyler, while his twin brother was given the name of Henry Harrison, called after the candidates for vice-president and president, respectively.  They were about five years of age when their parents removed to Knox county, settling in Mount Liberty, and in Hilliar and Liberty townships Mr. Robertson, of this review, was reared and educated.  He pursued his studies in the district schools and in an institution of learning conducted by a well known teacher at Centerburg.      In 1863 occurred the marriage of our subject and Miss Maria Holister, a native of Liberty township and a daughter of Harmon Holister, one of the pioneer settlers of Knox county.  They took up their abode in Mount Liberty, where they remained for a year when Mr. Robertson, feeling that his duty was toward his country, put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the "boys in blue" of Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio Infantry, as a private for one hundred days' service.  The regiment was transferred to the front to take part in the siege of Petersburg, where he was under fire for seventeen days, and there he was badly wounded in the left side, while engaged in building fortifications.  From the effects of this injury he still suffers, but such are the fortunes of war; and the men who enter the army are called upon to make great sacrifices for country and for principle.  A debt of gratitude is certainly due to them, which can never be paid, but they are held in grateful remembrance by their fellow men.  Mr. Robertson received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was there mustered out.      Returning to his home, he has since engaged in farming, and in 1869 located in Hilliar township, where he is yet living.  All of the improvements upon his place stand as monuments to his handiwork.  He built the dwelling and the barns now upon the premises, and has otherwise developed his place of one hundred and twenty acres, which is now classed among the desirable farms of the neighborhood.  By his first marriage he had one child, Ella, now the widow of Charles Beach, of Columbus, Ohio.  For his second wife Mr. Robertson chose Miss Mary Hawkins, and unto them were born three children: Nina, the wife of Fred Graves, of Licking county; Isaac L., and Fannie, who are still at home.      Mr. Robertson is a member of Debolt Post, No. 369, G. A. R., of Centerburg, and holds membership relations in the Free-Will Baptist church.  He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and for eleven years he served as township trustee, while in other local offices he has capably served his fellow citizens, showing that the trust reposed in him has been in every way merited.  Whether upon the field of battle or in public or in private life his course has been such as to win for him the high esteem of many friends. Source: The Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio - Publ. 1902 - Page 250

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