The finest monument in this county was erected the past week in Raymond Cemetery over the grave of the late Alanson Robinson, It weighs 33 tons.
OBITUARY.
Alanson Robinson.
The funeral of the late ALANSON ROBINSON, ESQ., senior partner of the banking-house of ROBINSON, COX & CO., of this City, will take place today, at Brewsters, Putnam County, N.Y., the country residence of the deceased.
Mr. Robinson, died in this City on Saturday evening last, although not an old resident of New-York, was well known, and prominently identified with the business and financial interests of the Metropolis. As a young man, establishing himself in Buffalo, in this State, he there accumulated a large fortune in business. His residence there extended over a period of some twenty-five years, and it was not until about the year 1862 or 1863 that he removed to this city. The house with which he was connected up to the time of his death, was then formed, and at once took a leading rank. As a financier Mr. ROBINSON was best known, and as such he had few, if any, superiors. Having by his own unaided efforts made a large fortune, his advice was sought by those who wished to follow in his footsteps and in giving advice or in inaugurating a project for himself, his judgment was rarely at fault. In fact, so uniform was his success, that it has been said of him "he rarely ever made a loss." In addition, to the duties necessarily incident to the accumulation of a private fortune amounting to between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, Mr. ROBINSON also found time to devote himself to the prosecution of public enterprises. He was one of the charter party of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, and since that was merged in the Lake Shore Road, he held a directorship in the Company. At the time of his death be was a director also in the Erie and Pittsburg and Chicago and North-western Railroads.
As a business man, of integrity so strict as never to have had it questioned, the death of Mr. ROBINSON is a public loss, but it is not in the business circle alone that the loss will be felt. Wherever he was known the benevolence which characterized his life drew, the simple unostentatious generosity of his impulses, and the purity of his life, drew around him hosts of warm personal friends.
For several years before his death Mr. ROBINSON had suffered from an obstinate disease of the liver, which finally resulted in induration, and thus terminated his life. At the time of his decease he was in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He leaves a widow and two children, a son and a daughter, the former Mr. COLEMAN W. ROBINSON, of this City, and the latter the wife of FRANK W. TRACY, Esq., of Buffalo.
The New York Times, 25 May 1870.
OBITUARY.
Alanson Robinson.
The funeral of the late ALANSON ROBINSON, ESQ., senior partner of the banking-house of ROBINSON, COX & CO., of this City, will take place today, at Brewsters, Putnam County, N.Y., the country residence of the deceased.
Mr. Robinson, died in this City on Saturday evening last, although not an old resident of New-York, was well known, and prominently identified with the business and financial interests of the Metropolis. As a young man, establishing himself in Buffalo, in this State, he there accumulated a large fortune in business. His residence there extended over a period of some twenty-five years, and it was not until about the year 1862 or 1863 that he removed to this city. The house with which he was connected up to the time of his death, was then formed, and at once took a leading rank. As a financier Mr. ROBINSON was best known, and as such he had few, if any, superiors. Having by his own unaided efforts made a large fortune, his advice was sought by those who wished to follow in his footsteps and in giving advice or in inaugurating a project for himself, his judgment was rarely at fault. In fact, so uniform was his success, that it has been said of him "he rarely ever made a loss." In addition, to the duties necessarily incident to the accumulation of a private fortune amounting to between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, Mr. ROBINSON also found time to devote himself to the prosecution of public enterprises. He was one of the charter party of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, and since that was merged in the Lake Shore Road, he held a directorship in the Company. At the time of his death be was a director also in the Erie and Pittsburg and Chicago and North-western Railroads.
As a business man, of integrity so strict as never to have had it questioned, the death of Mr. ROBINSON is a public loss, but it is not in the business circle alone that the loss will be felt. Wherever he was known the benevolence which characterized his life drew, the simple unostentatious generosity of his impulses, and the purity of his life, drew around him hosts of warm personal friends.
For several years before his death Mr. ROBINSON had suffered from an obstinate disease of the liver, which finally resulted in induration, and thus terminated his life. At the time of his decease he was in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He leaves a widow and two children, a son and a daughter, the former Mr. COLEMAN W. ROBINSON, of this City, and the latter the wife of FRANK W. TRACY, Esq., of Buffalo.
The New York Times, 25 May 1870.
The finest monument in this county was erected the past week in Raymond Cemetery over the grave of the late Alanson Robinson, It weighs 33 tons.
OBITUARY.
Alanson Robinson.
The funeral of the late ALANSON ROBINSON, ESQ., senior partner of the banking-house of ROBINSON, COX & CO., of this City, will take place today, at Brewsters, Putnam County, N.Y., the country residence of the deceased.
Mr. Robinson, died in this City on Saturday evening last, although not an old resident of New-York, was well known, and prominently identified with the business and financial interests of the Metropolis. As a young man, establishing himself in Buffalo, in this State, he there accumulated a large fortune in business. His residence there extended over a period of some twenty-five years, and it was not until about the year 1862 or 1863 that he removed to this city. The house with which he was connected up to the time of his death, was then formed, and at once took a leading rank. As a financier Mr. ROBINSON was best known, and as such he had few, if any, superiors. Having by his own unaided efforts made a large fortune, his advice was sought by those who wished to follow in his footsteps and in giving advice or in inaugurating a project for himself, his judgment was rarely at fault. In fact, so uniform was his success, that it has been said of him "he rarely ever made a loss." In addition, to the duties necessarily incident to the accumulation of a private fortune amounting to between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, Mr. ROBINSON also found time to devote himself to the prosecution of public enterprises. He was one of the charter party of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, and since that was merged in the Lake Shore Road, he held a directorship in the Company. At the time of his death be was a director also in the Erie and Pittsburg and Chicago and North-western Railroads.
As a business man, of integrity so strict as never to have had it questioned, the death of Mr. ROBINSON is a public loss, but it is not in the business circle alone that the loss will be felt. Wherever he was known the benevolence which characterized his life drew, the simple unostentatious generosity of his impulses, and the purity of his life, drew around him hosts of warm personal friends.
For several years before his death Mr. ROBINSON had suffered from an obstinate disease of the liver, which finally resulted in induration, and thus terminated his life. At the time of his decease he was in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He leaves a widow and two children, a son and a daughter, the former Mr. COLEMAN W. ROBINSON, of this City, and the latter the wife of FRANK W. TRACY, Esq., of Buffalo.
The New York Times, 25 May 1870.
OBITUARY.
Alanson Robinson.
The funeral of the late ALANSON ROBINSON, ESQ., senior partner of the banking-house of ROBINSON, COX & CO., of this City, will take place today, at Brewsters, Putnam County, N.Y., the country residence of the deceased.
Mr. Robinson, died in this City on Saturday evening last, although not an old resident of New-York, was well known, and prominently identified with the business and financial interests of the Metropolis. As a young man, establishing himself in Buffalo, in this State, he there accumulated a large fortune in business. His residence there extended over a period of some twenty-five years, and it was not until about the year 1862 or 1863 that he removed to this city. The house with which he was connected up to the time of his death, was then formed, and at once took a leading rank. As a financier Mr. ROBINSON was best known, and as such he had few, if any, superiors. Having by his own unaided efforts made a large fortune, his advice was sought by those who wished to follow in his footsteps and in giving advice or in inaugurating a project for himself, his judgment was rarely at fault. In fact, so uniform was his success, that it has been said of him "he rarely ever made a loss." In addition, to the duties necessarily incident to the accumulation of a private fortune amounting to between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, Mr. ROBINSON also found time to devote himself to the prosecution of public enterprises. He was one of the charter party of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, and since that was merged in the Lake Shore Road, he held a directorship in the Company. At the time of his death be was a director also in the Erie and Pittsburg and Chicago and North-western Railroads.
As a business man, of integrity so strict as never to have had it questioned, the death of Mr. ROBINSON is a public loss, but it is not in the business circle alone that the loss will be felt. Wherever he was known the benevolence which characterized his life drew, the simple unostentatious generosity of his impulses, and the purity of his life, drew around him hosts of warm personal friends.
For several years before his death Mr. ROBINSON had suffered from an obstinate disease of the liver, which finally resulted in induration, and thus terminated his life. At the time of his decease he was in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He leaves a widow and two children, a son and a daughter, the former Mr. COLEMAN W. ROBINSON, of this City, and the latter the wife of FRANK W. TRACY, Esq., of Buffalo.
The New York Times, 25 May 1870.
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