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JOHN CHARLES RILEY,
ex-postmaster of Cincinnati, was born in Madison, Ind.,
Sept. 15, 1842. His parents, Hugh and Ann
(McDonough) Riley, were born in Ireland, and came to
this country in 1829, locating in Madison, Ind., whence, in
1844, the family came to Cincinnati. Four years later
Hugh Riley died; his wife survived him
thirteen years.
The subject of this sketch, John Charles Riley,
attended the district and intermediate schools, and passed
an examination from the latter entitling him to admission
into Hughes High School. In this, his fourteenth year,
he obtained a position as errand boy in a merchant tailoring
store, and thence went to a retail hat and fur house, where
he served in a similar capacity. With his earnings he
bought a scholarship in Bartlett’s Commercial College.
Immediately after graduation from that institution he
obtained a position as entry clerk in a wholesale hat house
on Pearl street, Cincinnati, severing his connection with
that establishment to accept the position of bookkeeper in
the lamp, oil, and gas fixture house of Brown &
Vallette, and still later J. D. Brown & Co., with
which firm he remained a number of years, finally becoming a
partner in the last named firm. In 1863 he sold out
his interest in the J. D. Brown Co., and became
associated with the firm of McHenry & Carson,
in the same line of business. With the dissolution of
this co-partnership, in 1870, Mr. Riley became
a member of the firm of Carson & Co., also a lamp and
gas fixture establishment, which had its salesroom in
Pike’s Opera House Building. With this firm he was
identified until 1875, when he reassociated himself with
McHenry & Co., and there continued until appointed
postmaster of Cincinnati by President Cleveland,
in April, 1886. Mr. Riley is a Democrat,
and served two years in the city council and three years as
a member of the board of aldermen. He was married May
30, 1864, to Emma N., daughter of Nathan and
Amelia Horner Baker, all of whom were natives of Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley have two children, Louis R.
and Ada H., both of whom were students of Hughes High
School, Miss Ada graduating therefrom in 1891;
she is now a promising pupil of a well-known school of
elocution. The son is in the employ of The Diem
& Wing Paper Company.
The family, with the exception of Mr. Riley,
are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is liberal in
religious matters and is not identified with any creed, yet
always respecting the religious views of others. Mr.
Riley is the United States jury commissioner for the
western division of the Southern District of Ohio, having
been appointed to that position of honor by United States
Judges Taft and Sage. He was also
tendered the position of chief clerk of the War Department
by Hon. Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War, Mar.
8, 1893; and President Cleveland tendered him the position
of third auditor of the Treasury Department on Apr. 3, 1893,
both of which positions he declined, preferring to live in
his own native city.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 882 |
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JAMES ELLSWORTH ROBINSON,
attorney at law, was born in Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio,
July 3, 1860. He is a son of Francis and Philomelia
(Johnson) Robinson, both of whom are natives of this
State. He received his education in the public schools
of his native county, taught thereafter for four years, then
entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he
graduated in 1886. On June 2, 1887, Mr. Robinson
was married to Rose, daughter of Dr. A. C. Moore,
of Amelia, and two children born of this marriage are
Mary Eloise and Philomelia. Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson reside at Wyoming.
Source:
History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 620 |
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ANDREW R. ROBISON,
retired, was born in Miami county, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1839, son
of John and Margaret (Rogers) Robison, both born in
Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent, the former of whom died in
1840, the latter in 1886. They were the parents of
seven children, three of whom are living: Jane (wife
of Josiah Buckston, of Dakota), Margaret and
Andrew R.
Our subject was reared on the parental homestead, and
educated at the local schools. In July, 1861, then a young
man of twenty-two, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ninth O.
V. I., with which he participated in the engagements at
Madrid, Mo., and Corinth, Miss., in Sherman’s
Atlantic campaign, as well as in a number of minor
movements, and he was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in
July, 1865. Enlisting as a private, he was promoted to
second lieutenant in 1863, to first lieutenant in 1864, and
to captain in 1865. After the war Capt.
Robison remained at the home of his parents two years.
He then went to Alabama, where he superintended a cotton
plantation twelve years, returning to Hamilton county at the
expiration of that period, and here he has since lived a
retired life. In 1873 he married Mary, daughter
of Rukerd and Mary (Osborn) Hurd, of New Jersey, and
one child was born to this union: Walter, who died in
August, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Robison are members
of the Presbyterian Church; he is connected with the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Source:
History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 949 |
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