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Sources consulted for the biography of:John H. Robinson (1857–1932)
Biographical Information
- Biography in Twenty-Two Years' Work of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (1893), 73–74.
- Birth year and gravestone inscription, Pleasant Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.
- Variant Jan. 1862 birth date in United States Census Schedules, Elizabeth City Co., 1900, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Marriage Register, Prince George Co., Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Death Certificate, Elizabeth City Co., with date of death and erroneous age fifty-seven rather than seventy-five, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 36, with frontispiece portrait.
Political Career
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 24 (1887), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Newport News Daily Press, March 13, 1908; July 23, 1909; Feb. 26, 1912.
Obituaries
- Death notice in Newport News Times-Herald, Dec. 8, 1932.
- Newport News Daily Press, Dec. 8, 1932.
- Norfolk Journal and Guide, Dec. 17, 1932.
- Southern Workman 62 (1933): 96.
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