Robinson and Locke Families

David C. Robinson was born in 1826, possibly in Tennessee. Family tradition states that he resided in St. Louis, Missouri, before coming to Texas in the 1850s. A resident of Guadalupe County, Texas, in 1860, Robinson also lived in Floresville, Wilson County, before settling in San Antonio, where he worked as a lawyer. He served as the San Antonio City Attorney under Reconstruction Mayor Wilhelm Thielepape; was a County Judge in 1884; and represented Bexar County as a Democrat in the State Legislature for two terms (1887-1891).

Robinson married St. Louis native Eliza Magdelene Wetzel (1826-1911). The couple had six children: Susan (1857-1959); Fannie (born 1859); Hope (1860-1932); Brent (1862-1959), who married Canadian Jonathan “Jack” Locke (1865-1933); Dick (born circa 1867); and Margaret (born circa 1871), who married Jonathan Locke’s brother, Colin. David Robinson died in San Antonio on 1891 June 4.

References

Albrecht, Theodore. “Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape.” Handbook of Texas Online . http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fth41 .

Daily Light (San Antonio, Texas), 1891 June 4.

Chronicle (Floresville, Texas), 1891 June 11.

Van Winkle, Irene. “Locke Family’s ‘Miss Sue’ a Familiar Sight in West Kerr County.” West Kerr Current . Accessed July 21, 2011. http://wkcurrent.com/locke-familys-miss-sue-a-familiar-sight-in-west-kerr-county-p1024-71.htm .

From the guide to the Robinson and Locke Families Papers Doc 5606., 1853-1900, (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas)