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Rufus Lewis Robinson

Rufus was born in April 1827. Rufus' father was Josiah Robinson and his mother was Susanna Dow. His paternal grandparents are Benjamin Robinson and Elizabeth Colby; his maternal grandparents were Levi Dow and Abigail Godfrey. He had three brothers and eight sisters, named Leavitt, Isaac, Joseph, Eliza, Abigail, Sally, Nancy, Mary, Susannah, Harriet and Angeline. He was the youngest of the twelve children.

General Notes
- Rufus was a teacher of penmanship. He lost his right hand in the Civil War but learned to write expertly with his left hand.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Benjamin Robinson
  
  Josiah Robinson
  - b.1780 d.Sep 1864
  
  Elizabeth Colby
  
  Rufus Lewis Robinson
  - b.Apr 1827
  
  Deacon Samuel Dow ^*
  - b.14 Nov 1662 d.01 Jul 1714
  
  Deacon Samuel Dow
  - b.04 Jun 1693 d.09 Apr 1755 in Hampton, New Hampshire
  
  Abigail Hobbs ^*
  - b.08 Aug 1664 d.23 May 1700
  
  Jonathan Dow
  - b.21 Mar 1734 d.> 1784
  
  Christopher Page
  
  Mary Page
  - b.23 Dec 1695 d.17 Mar 1760
  
  Abigail Tilton
  
  Levi Dow
  - b.11 Apr 1763 d.29 Dec 1849
  
  Comfort Brown
  - b.25 Sep 1738 d.1837
  
  Susanna Dow
  - b.30 Sep 1784
  
  Joseph Godfrey
  
  Abigail Godfrey
  - b.21 Oct 1756 d.29 Dec 1822
  
  Susannah Morrill
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of Rufus' family with Pauline Lowell

Source/Citation Book of Dow