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- 1895 Landmarks of Oswego
ROBINSON, John H., of Irish and English descent, was born in Richland, January 23, 1860. His grandfather, James, died in Oswego county, aged eighty-eight, and his father, Dennis, died in Oswego county aged sixty-four. The latter married Harriet E. GATES and their children where John H., Myra B. and Nellie M. John H. was educated at Pulaski Academy and has always followed farming. November 24, 1880, he married Kittie M. MC CHESNEY, daughter of Dwight and Medora MC CHESNEY of Pulaski. Her father spent his life on the lakes and later as a mechanic. The children of our subject are Lizzie L., Dorr D., and Hattie M. One of the ancestors of both Mr. and Mrs. Robinson served in the British army in the war of 1812. Mr. Robinson now owns the homestead of Daniel PRATT, on which is standing and in use to-day one of the most unique houses in the county, having been built by Daniel Pratt about 1845 and is composed entirely of cobble stone, none of which is larger than a turkey's egg.
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