NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11421 MERCER CO - WILLIAM L. ROBINSON Robinson, Fisher, Herring 11421 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp. 815-6. William L. Robinson, farmer, post-office Bowling Green, has a farm of two hundred and seven acres, one hundred and forty-seven in cultivation and sixty in timber. He devotes considerable attention to the raising of Short-Horn cattle and fine hogs, as well as grain. His farm is choice land, finely improved, with good buildings, and all the appointments in every respect necessary to make home attractive and comfortable. Mr. Robinson is a native of Kentucky, born in Mercer county, March 8, 1820. His father, Henry Robinson, was a native of Virginia, from where he moved to Kentucky in 1807. In 1830 he immigrated to Missouri and settled near New London in Ralls county, where he engaged in school teaching, which he followed until the Mexican War, during which he served as captain and participated in the battle of Buena Vista and others. He had previously served in the war with Great Britain, and was in the battle of New Orleans. After the close of the Mexican War he returned to New London, and soon after died. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Sarah A. Fisher, a native of Kentucky; she died in 1874, aged seventy-three. William L., the subject of our sketch, was principally raised in Ralls country, but at the age of nineteen he came to Pike county, and with his three brothers entered a piece of land for their mother and put it in good shape, after which W. L. commenced business for himself. He engaged in farming, and in the spring of 1852 he purchased his present farm. Starting without any means, he has by energy and industry acquired a fair share of this worlds goods. He was married in August, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth F. Herring. They have raised seven children, six of whom are still living: Ella C., Wemas A., George Anna, Sarah C., deceased, Joseph R., Nancy O., and Paulina L. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Robinson is also a member of the Farmers and Mechanics M. A. A. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx