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     informed upon the topics of the day, and in advancing years was the trusted ad- 
     
     visor and friend of many of his townspeople. 
     
    

    
     In 1841—2, he became interested in the temperance movement known as the 
     
     “ Washingtonian,” first started in Baltimore, Maryland. In this he worked with 
     
     the zeal and ardor that characterized any enterprise in which he took part. This 
     
     work was so thoroughly done that soon there was a marked change in the town. 
     
     For a number of years it was impossible for a man to obtain intoxicating liquor 
     
     nearer than Charlestown. 
     
    

    
     In 1841, he was chosen president of the Wakefield Bank. He held this position 
     
     until his death, in 1867. He united with the Baptist Church in December, 1838. 
     
     No one loved the old church better than he, and he was always trying to do some— 
     
     thing for its prosperity. He filled a large place in the growth and advancement 
     
     of his town. He married, Oétober 9,1822, Eliza, daughter of Joseph Noyes, and 
     
     grand—daughter of Colonel Joseph Noyes, who was an officer in the army, and 
     
     who served through the war of 1776. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHILDREN 
     
     2387. BENJAMIN F. ROBINSON, born Jan. 9, 1824; married Cara/in: E. Rvdman. For children see 
     
    
   
   
    
     Na. 1958. 
     
     2388. ELIZA ANNE ROBINSON, born Aug. 22, 1826; married William N. Agni”; died March 19, 1857. 
     
    
   
   
    
     2389. HANNAH BABCOCK ROBINSON, born July 13, 1833; died Oct. 22, 1851. 
     
    
   
   
    
     § 1582. WILLIAM BROWN ROBINSON,8 (Benjamin Robinson,7; Sarah 
     
     Peckham, 6; Mary Hazard, 5; Governor George, 4.; Colonel George, 3; Robert, 
     
     2 ; Thomas, 1),was born in 1800; he died in 1875 ; he was a merchant in Wake- 
     
     field, Rhode Island. He was a man respected for his probity of character and his 
     
     kindly nature, which never allowed him to speak unkindly of any of God’s crea— 
     
     tures. He married, first, Harriet, daughter of Christopher Robinson, his second 
     
     cousin ; he married, second, Oétober 27, 1831, Eliza Robinson, sister to his first 
     
     wife. 
     
    

    
     CHILD OF FIRST MARRIAGE 
     
    

    
     2390. CAROLINE H. ROBINSON, born Sept. 13, 1828; died May, 1829. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHILD or SECOND MARRIAGE 
     
     2391. CAROLINE E. ROBINSON, born Sept. 13, 184.2; married March 4, 1873, Benjamin W. S/Jermm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     § 1706. WILLIAM CARDER HAZARD SHERMAN, 8 (Julia Hazard,7; 
     
     Carder, 6; Mayor George, 5; Governor George, 4.; Colonel George, 3; Robert, 
     
     2; Thomas, I), was born at Norwich, Connecticut, June 28, 1829; he died at 
     
     Norwich, July 20, 1 882 ; he married, in Providence, Rhode Island, November 20, 
     
     1855, Amelia Kimball Taft. She was born September 9, 1831, and died January 
     
     25, 1889. 
     
    

    
     CHILDREN 
     
    
   
   
    
     2392. ORRAY T. SHERMAN, born Aug. 5, 1856. 
     
     2393. DANIEL DENNIS SHERMAN, born Dec. 20, 1857; married Cornelia A. Dtja. 
     
    
   
   
    
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