History of Osceola, (Warren County) Ohio United States of America

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John Bunyan Robinson, educator, was born at Osceola, Ohio, April 11, 1834; son of Adin and Jane (Anderson) Robinson; grandson of William and Eleanor (Wright) Robinson of Harpers Ferry, Va., and of James and Margarette (Brownlee) Anderson of Carlisle, Pa. He was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan university, A. B., 1860, A.M., 1863; entered the Methodist ministry; was principal of Mr. Washington academy, 1860?64; president of Willoughby college, 1864?69; president of Fort Wayne college, 1869?71; president of New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female college, 1871?77; president of Grand Prairie Seminary and Commercial college, 1877?84; president of Jennings Seminary and Normal college, 1884?87, and thereafter engaged in the active ministry. He was married, first, in December, 1860, to Emily Ada, daughter of Judge David H. and Elizabeth (Reybourn) Morris. And secondly, Sept. 11, 1896, to Sarah Narcissa, daughter of Henry Watson and Sarah Ann (Older) Montross. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from De Pauw university and from Illinois Wesleyan university in 1879; that of Ph.D. from the University of Wooster in 1884, and that of LL.D. from Taylor university in 1896. He is the author of: Infidelity Answered (1875); Vines of Eshcol (1876); The Serpent of Sugar Creek (1885); Emeline, or Home, Sweet Home, in poetry (1876); Preachers' Pilgrimage (1886; German Edition, 1888); Commencement Week (1880); The Epworth League:?Its place in Methodism (1890); The New Woman, and other Poems (1896).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Osceola, (Warren County) Ohio

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