John grew up in Kentucky. Wife Ella Wilson (no need to be private).
John worked as a Postal Clerk for the Railway as early as 1900 (per census).
The death certificate for John Oliver Robinson is recorded Bexar Co. Texas, It gives the date of his birth in Warsaw Kentucky. It tells that his father was Christopher Robinson of Kentucky and his mother was Ellen Robinson.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C3XG-NMM : accessed 8 April 2018), John O Robinson, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 33A, line 23, family 488, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2296; FHL microfilm 2,342,030.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4W6-XS9 : accessed 8 April 2018), John O Robinson, Area E, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 259-163, sheet 7A, line 21, family 154, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4206.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSB1-MGB : 13 March 2018), John Oliver Robinson, 11 Mar 1944; citing certificate number 11541, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,734.
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