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Benjamin Charnel Robinson

15 Apr 1849 – 25 Jul 1925

Birth15 Apr 1849
Death25 Jul 1925
CemeteryFairmount Cemetery
San Angelo , Tom Green County , Texas , USA
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Benjamin Charnel Robinson, son of the Reverend William M. "Choctaw Bill" Robinson (1808-1898) and Irena Isabel Brent (1822-1875) was born April 15, 1849 in Bellview, Rusk County, Texas and died July 25, 1925 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. He married Martha Frances Gossett August 1, 1875 in Comanche County,Texas. She was born May 16, 1856 in Kaufman County, Texas and died July 14, 1903 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, daughter of James Lockridge Gossett* and Priscilla Eleanor Thompson. "Grandpa Robinson (Ben C. Robinson) was on all the cattle roundups that preceded the big cattle drives to market in Kansas City and Dodge City, Kansas. Every time I see a movie, a western movie like that, I think of grandpa, and mother telling about how long he would be away from home. When he came home from these cattle drives though, he had money. He would always bring his family gifts of some sort. I think he was a very distant kind of man. He loved his family but didn't show it very much. He would go into the big city of San Angelo about two or three times a year to get supplies. For instance, when they needed shoes, grandpa would place their feet on a piece of paper and draw around the feet. Then he took the drawing to San Angelo and fit the shoes to the drawing." (From a grandchild's memoir.) Benjamin Charnel Robinson Martha Frances Gossett had these children: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Robinson, Clara Priscilla Robinson Charlie Monroe Robinson, Noble Gilbert Robinson, Lucy Elzadad Robinson, Luke Lockridge Robinson, and Pauline Robinson. *James Lockridge Gossett joined Gen. Sam Houston's army to fight for Texas Independence. He participated in The Battle of San Jacinto, and was present when the defeated Mexican General Santa Anna was brought into the Texan's camp, and Houston held in his extended hand an ear of yellow corn and informed the "vain-glorious" Mexican that this was all the Texans had to eat while fighting, but as long as an ear of corn was within his reach there would be no surrender, on their part, until the last man was slain. (From his daughter's memoir.) Obituary: Submitted by Robert Awalt BEN C. ROBINSON, PIONEER, IS DEAD Retired Ranchman, Ranger in 60's succumbs to Long Illness at Daughter's Home. Had lived in San Angelo 27 years; Four Sons and Three Daughters survive. Benjamin Charnel Robinson, 76 years old, pioneer ranchman of Kimble County, retired, a Texas ranger and Indian fighter immediately after the close of the Civil War and a resident of San Angelo for twenty-seven years, died at 7 o'clock Monday evening. The end of a six-months' illness came at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Oates, 818 Baker Street. Funeral services were to be conducted there at 5 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. R.L. Turner, pastor of the San Angelo Baptist Church. With the Robert Massie Company in charge, burial was to be made in Fairmont Cemetery. Four sons, three daughters and a brother were with Mr. Robinson when he died. The sons ar B.F. Robinson and Luke Robinson, both of San Angelo; Charlie Robinson of Wichita Falls and Noble Robinson of Abilene. The daughters, besides Mrs. Oates are Mrs. J.E. Hersey and Miss Pauline Robinson all of this city. The brother, O.B. Robinson, lives at Duke, OK. He is one of the two surviving members of a family which originally numbered six brothers and six sisters. The other is Mrs. Corinne Wilkinson of Hedrick, OK.

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