Amber E. Robinson
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February 14, 1867
- educator
- postmaster
- poet
- reporter
- social reformer
Amber E. Robinson | |
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| Born | Amber Elizabeth Ketchum February 14, 1867 Bridgewater, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | February 1961 (aged 93–94) |
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| Spouse |
William Ellsworth Robinson
(m. 1883) |
| Children | 2 |
Amber E. Robinson (née, Ketchum; 1867–1961) was an American educator, postmaster, poet, reporter, and social reformer. She advocated for women's suffrage, was active in the temperance movement, and taught from age 16. Robinson was well-known as a lecturer and writer in the press columns and was influential in the State of Maine.[1]
Amber Elizabeth Ketchum, only daughter of John Franklin and Lenora Parker (Foote) Ketchum, was born in Bridgewater, Maine, on February 14, 1867.[2] Her mother was a near relative of Commodore Foote.[1]
She was a granddaughter of Joseph Ketchum, one of the earliest settlers of Bridgewater, Maine, his son James being the first European child born in the town where Joseph Ketchum settled in this then uninhabited village of Aroostook County, Maine. He cut the first timber on the Presteel, and when he had done a little clearing, he sewed the first wheat ever seen in Bridgewater. He built a public inn at Bridgewater and was its proprietor, the only house of public entertainment between Houlton and Presque Isle, Maine.[1]
The Ketchums came originally from France. Joseph Ketchum (1799-1876) was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Elizabeth Foye (1804-1864). They were the parents of ten children: Adolphus, Salome, Samuel, Mary, Ann, James, Harriet, John Franklin, Jarvis, and Edward.[1]
John Franklin Ketchum (1836-1915), son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Foye) Ketchum, was born in Bridgewater, Maine. He enlisted in the Union Army from Maine, on December 8, 1864, and served until the Civil War closed, his regiment a part of the army commanded by General Sherman. He was a farmer of Bridgewater and a lifelong Democrat. He married (second) on July 30, 1863, Lenora Parker Foote (b. 1847). Children: Emma Ida (b. 1857), a daughter by his first wife; Amber Elizabeth (married surname, Robinson); Leslie Mount (b. 1875). John and Lenora Ketchum were members of the Baptist church.[1]
Amber attended the public schools of Bridgewater and Blaine, Maine.[1]
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