E. J. Robison
E. J. Robison, of Robison & Riddle, proprietors Eagle Drug House, London, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 7, 1850. His father, S. S. Robison, is a native of Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He has been a resident of Pleasant Township for many years. He married Margaret Fitzgerald, daughter of Judge Fitzgerald, a well-known citizen of Fairfield Township. They were the parents of three children, two now living. Mrs. Robison departed this life in December, 1878. E. J. Robison received a good collegiate education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, graduating in 1875. He then came to London, and, with Edward Armstrong, engaged in the drug business. This relationship continued about four years, when Dr. Platt King purchased Mr. Armstrong's interest, and the firm remained as Robison & King until July, 1882, when the junior partner was drowned at Lake Chautauqua, N. Y. In August of the same year Mr. Will Riddle became associated in the business with Mr. Robison, under the firm name of Robison & Riddle. Mr. Robison is a young man possessing good business qualifications, and will certainly succeed in life. He is connected with the American Legion of Honor, the Masonic Lodge and Chapter. Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically, an earnest and outspoken advocate of Republican principles. He was united in marriage, November 20, 1878, to Sarah K. Riddle, a native of Madison County. They have one child -- Margaret C. Mrs. Robison is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]