Hello! I hope everyone is having a fantastic week! I have spent this week finalizing my GAR essay and preparing research on Samuel A. Robinson, a founding father of the city of Orlando. I have been attempting to find more research on Orlando's own GAR post known as US Grant Post 10, but so far its been to no avail. For my research on Samuel A. Robinson, I have been utilizing newspaper clippings, old historical records, books and history sites published by the city of Orlando.
So far I have found that Samuel was born in Calhoun County, Michigan on March 12 1849. Samuel himself later planned and surveyed the entire original plot of Greenwood Cemetery, as well as serving as the tax collector, Alderman, and city surveyor of Orlando. He not only surveyed Orlando, but also Winter Park, Kissimmee and more. His wife, Mary Agnes Robinson, was also renowned for her work in bettering the city of Orlando. She was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Presbyterian Church and many more organizations. The Robinson family was a pivotal community in the development Orlando in the late nineteenth century.
In the past few years, there has been a fight to give the Robinson house, which is still standing, historical status as to protect it from being demolished; I have not been able to find out yet if such endeavors were successful. I have more research to continue over the weekend and I am incredibly excited to learn more about this interesting man and his life.
I have also been working with Sarah and a few other graduate students on a podcast about another person from Greenwood Cemetery, whose story is incredibly wild. We are hoping to post said podcast in March to garner interest and support for the opening of our walking tour in June. I apologize for the shortness of this blog post, but tune in next week and I will have a full story for you on Samuel Robinson and his deeds.
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