Mary Lane (Bennett) Robinson (1844 - aft. 1920)

Born 22 Jan 1844 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died after 1920 after age 75 in Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Mary Lane^[1] Bennett^[2] was born 22^[3] Jan 1844 in Alabama.^[4][5][6][7]

Marriage and Family

She married Marcus Lafayette Robinson about 1870^[4] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Asberry Robinson was born about 1873 in Georgia.^[7]
2. Napoleon B. Robinson was born 18 May 1874 in Georgia and died 12 May 1922 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.^[1][7][6]
3. Ellen Robinson was born Mar 1877 in Georgia.^[4][7]
4. Mary Robinson was born about 1878 in Georgia.^[7]
5. Lowell Robinson was born about 1879 in Georgia.^[7]
6. John Robinson was born about 1880 in Georgia.^[7]
7. Chester Robinson was born May 1881 in Georgia.^[4]
8. Enola Robinson was born Feb 1885 in Georgia.^[4][5] She married Rudy Beck Moore.^[8][9] Enola died 01 Dec 1952 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.^[2]

The family is living in Fayette County, Georgia in 1880^[7] and has moved north to Carroll County, Georgia by 1900.^[4] They moved again by 1910 to Cleburne County, Alabama.^[5] In 1920, a widowed Mary is living with her son Napoleon in Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama.^[6]

On 16 Jan 1920 at the time of the 1920 US Census, head of household Napoleon Robinson (age 45, born in GA) was employed as a Farmer and living in a home he owned with a mortgage in Albertville, Alabama with his wife Belle Robinson (age 39, born in TN), daughter Daphna Robinson (age 15, born in AL), son Frank Robinson (age 12, born in AL), daughter Pauline Robinson (age 10, born in AL), daughter Pearl Robinson (age 8, born in AL), son Carl Robinson (age 4, born in AL), son Glenn Robinson (age 1, born in AL), and mother Mary L. Robinson (age 76, born in AL). Napoleon's father was born in Georgia and his mother in Alabama; Belle's father was born in Tennessee and her mother in North Carolina. ^[10]

Death and Legacy

Mary died sometime after 1920^[6] and was buried in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD22-25V : 15 February 2018), Napoleon B. Robinson, 12 May 1922; citing reference cn 9166, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,239.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J68C-NK3 : 15 February 2018), M. L. Robinson in entry for Elora Robinson Moore, 01 Dec 1952; citing reference 25156, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,874.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Tombstone photograph for Mary Bennet wife of M. L. Robinson at FindAGrave. Note: Like her husband's tombstone in Cleburne County, Alabama, Mary's death on this marker is not likely correct as she was still living in 1920 and appears on the census in her son Napoleon's household that year in Albertville, Alabama.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3F1-8B7 : accessed 19 October 2018), Mary L Robinson in household of Marcus L Robinson, Militia District 1111 Bowdon town, Carroll, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 10B, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,184.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQ9-B16 : accessed 19 October 2018), Mary L Robinson in household of Marcus L Robinson, Fruithurst, Cleburne, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 13A, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,374,020.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8K-TRX : accessed 19 October 2018), Mary L Robinson in household of Napoleon Robinson, Albertville, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing ED 121, sheet 11A, line 40, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 28; FHL microfilm 1,820,028.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LT-4T9 : 11 August 2017), Mary Robinson in household of Marcus Robinson, District 709, Fayette, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0146; FHL microfilm 1,254,146.
8. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV6-4DR : 23 September 2017), Enola Robinson in entry for Dawson L Hollstein and Jacqueline Moore, 16 Jul 1940; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,404,453.
9. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV6-CH1 : 23 September 2017), Enola Robinson in entry for J B Garner and Sybil Muriel Moore, 04 Oct 1940; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,404,453.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8K-TR4 : accessed 8 January 2019), Belle Robinson in household of Napoleon Robinson, Albertville, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing ED 121, sheet 11A, line 33, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 28; FHL microfilm 1,820,028.