JOHN C. RAINSBURG, one of the worthy residents and old settlers of Lynn Township, Hardin County, has been engaged in farming on the place which he now occupies for twenty-one years, and in a large measure has been blessed with success in his undertakings.  He carries on general farming, and is well known and respected by the pioneers of the county.  A very attractive and commodious residence adorns the place.
     Our subject was born on a farm in Carroll County, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1827, to William and Margaret (Maxwell) Rainsburg.  When he was two-a half months old the parents moved to Holmes County, this state, where our subject was reared, and after obtaining his education in the common schools aided his father in the work of carrying on the farm.
     July 7, 1850, John C. Rainsburg was married to Catherine McKnight.  Three years later they left the old homestead on which they were residing and took up their abode in Lynn Township, Hardin County, on a sixty-acre tract of land located near their present estate.  This he improved and cultivated in a very profitable manner for a general many years, and by industry and frugality added to the same until it comprised quite a large tract.
     During the War of the Rebellion John C. Rainsburg volunteered his services to the Union army, but was not accepted on account of disability.  In early life he was a Whig, but after the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks and voted for its candidates until a number of years ago, since which time he has been a stanch supporter of Democratic principles.  During the war he was chosen and elected Clerk of Lynn Township[, serving for a period of two terms.  He has also filled the positions of Township Trustee and Assessor.
     Eight children were born of the union of our subject and Miss McKnight, namely: Sarah, John, Thomas (deceased), Margaret, William, James, Robert and David.  Margaret is now the wife of George W. Thomas, a farmer of Lynn Township; William is also farming in this locality; Robert is an agriculturist; and David, a telegraph operator, lives in Kansas.
     Mrs. Catherine Rainsburg departed this life in 1872, and August 7, 1874, our subject was married to Charlotte Wilkin, also a native of Carroll County, this state.  Their union has also been blessed by the birth of eight sons and daughters, all of whom are still under the parental roof.  They are named, respectively, Cypherd, Ella, Archibald, Tena, George, Mina, Melvin and Charles.
     In our subject the public schools have a friend, and it is one of his chief desires that his children may be well educated.  His life has been upright and his example as well worthy of emulation.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Records of Marion & Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 559

Source: Portrait & Biographical Records of Marion & Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 233

Mrs. Emma L. Robinson

CHARLES WESLEY ROBINSON, who was formerly one of hte practical, wide-awake farmers of Jackson Township, Hardin County, departed this life i 1893.  He came of a good old pioneer family, his father having been an old landmark in the growth and development of the county, and the owner and occupant of the finely improved and well appointed farm.
     Our subject was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, Mar. 4, 1830, and was the son of William and Mary Lydia (Zingins) Robinson. He was eighteen years of age when he made the journey across the Atlantic with his parents, and, continuing is westward journey, arrived in Ohio, locating in Jefferson County.  In 1854 the family to Hardin County, locating in Goshen Township, eight miles northeast of Kenton, where they settled on an entirely new place, and opened up a good farm in the woods.  This neighborhood was then known as the Baker Settlement.  With hard pioneer labor, William Robinson cleared the tract and resided on this farm until death closed his mortal career, in 1869, when at the age of seventy-five years.  His good wife had preceded him to the land beyond by two years.
     The family born to William and Mary L. Robinson comprised four sons, of whom all are deceased.  They were Charles W., John W., William and James.  John W. made his abode on the home farm for a time, and departed this life in Forest; William died in Steubenville, when a young man of twenty-five years; James passed away in Cincinnati, where he was engaged in teh commission business.
     Charles Wesley remained on the home place until his marriage, Oct. 11, 1866, when he moved to another farm.  Upon starting out for himself, he first bought eighty acres adjoining his father's place, on which a small area had been cleared.  This he soon had under cultivation, as, indeed, he did all his subsequent purchases.  He was a successful sheep-grower as well as agriculturist, and gave his personal supervision to the running of his estate.  As soon as able he purchased other tracts of land, all of which he found to be good investments.  He was a hardworking man and a splendid financier.  At the time of his deceased he was quite wealthy, numbering among his property interests a quarter-section in this township, one hundred and twenty acres in Dudley Township, two farms of eighty acres each near the old home, fifty acres in Marion County, besides the estate of eighty acres which he gave to a married daughter.
     Charles W. Robinson and Miss Emma L. Thew were married on the 11th of October, 1866.  The lady was the daughter of Henry and Anna (Hayward) Thew, of Montgomery Township, Marion County, where they located about the 1853.  Mrs. Robinson was born in what was then the village of Marion, Dec. 27, 1844.  Their children are as follows:  Ada Belle, now the wife of William Grafmiller, of Jackson Township; Marietta, James B., Clarence E., Henry Leroy and Charles Wesley, the latter of whom died, aged eight years.  The other sons are fall at home and give their attention to managing the various estates of their father.
     Mr. Robinson died Mar. 4, 1893, on his sixty-third birthday, and his remains were interred in Goshen Cemetery  in Hardin County.  Although one of the old and honored residents of this section, he had never joined the old Settlers' association.  He was an influential member and interested worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, helping to build what was known as the Eureka Church near his home, and of which he was one of the Trustees and charter members.  He was also Class Leader and did much toward extending the influences of the denomination in his township.  He was at all times active in the matter of education, and for some time served as a member of the School Board.  He was a Republican in politics, but could never be prevailed upon to hold office, as his extensive interests occupied all his time and taught.|
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion and Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 423

Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion and Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 275