Robbins, Franklin C., 1833-1926

Franklin C. Robbins was born in 1833 in Randolph County, N.C. His father, Ahi Robbins, helped found a local school known as the Union Institute, which later became Trinity College and then Duke University. Franklin Robbins attended the University of North Carolina before joining the Confederate Army in April 1861. He was wounded several times and taken prisoner before being released from duty at Appomattox in April 1865. After the war, he moved to Lexington, N.C., where he was a prominent lawyer for over 50 years before his death in 1926. He was also a delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1875 and helped to bring the Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad through Davidson County.

From the description of Franklin C. Robbins papers, 1701-2002. WorldCat record id: 174042200

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