U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Robinson, Eva Chenoweth (1872-1947) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 497-498 Mrs. Eva Chenoweth Robinson, the leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union organization, is at the present time one of the most conspicuous feminine figures of the county, and a little more than a passing notice is due her. She was born in Calhoun county on November 3, 1872, and there on May 29, 1892, she was married to Mr. Sherman Robinson, who was, also, born in Calhoun county, on September 4, 1870; and as a bride she came to Harrisville, where her husband had opened a law office. She has been closely identified with the Woman's Christian Temperance movement for ten years, being State organizer for four years, and Local and County president for the remainder of the time; and she is now organizing a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she having been recently admitted to membership in this society and appointed as Regent; the first citizen of the county to obtain entrance into this historic organization. Mr. Robinson, likewise, is a conspicuous figure in the affairs of the county to-day. He began his public life as a rural pedagogue in his native county, at an early age, and was admitted to the bar in 1891; and, with the exception of one year, has ever since been identified with the Harrisville attorneys, he having been a partner with Hon. R. H. Freer for fifteen years. His practice in the courts of the State has been extensive, and he has had important cases before the courts at Richmond, Pittsburg, and New York city. He served as a member of the House of Delegates in 1909-'10 and was a candidate for re-election in the November election of 1910. He is a Mason, a Methodist and a Republican. He served as School Law Commissioner of the county for eight years, and has been mayor and recorder of the town of Harrisville. Two daughters, Geraldine and Nell, make up this household. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Ritchie County, WV (Page 452, Line 30) FULL-NAME: Eva Chenoweth Robinson BIRTH-PLACE: Calhoun Co. AGE-AT-DEATH: 74y-9m-10d DEATH-DATE: August 13, 1947 DEATH-PLACE: East Liverpool, Ohio MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Robert James Chenoweth (born in Western Va. 10/29/1829) MOTHER: Elizabeth Jane Knotts (born in Western Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Heart Disease (husband of Eva Chenoweth Robinson) Register of Deaths, Ritchie County, WV (Page 165) FULL-NAME: Sherman Robinson AGE-AT-DEATH: 44y-8m-7d DEATH-DATE: May 31, 1915 DEATH-PLACE: Harrisville MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Lawyer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tuberculosis ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------