Jane
"Jennie" Elliot and Francis Marion Robinson
Jane "Jennie" Elliott Robinson was born 20 June 1846 in
Lawrenceburg, Anderson, Ky. the daughter of Morgan Crossfield and Catherine
Samuels. She married Francis Marion Robinson on the 31 Jan 1871 in Lawrenceburg.
He was born 3 Sep 1837, also in Lawrenceburg and joined the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
The 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized in August 1861, at Camp Boone in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and became part of the Orphan Brigade. The men were recruited from Hickman, Fayette, Bullitt, Jefferson, Graves, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Owen, Bourbon, and Anderson counties. In October of that same year, the regiment contained 832 men and, at the Battle of Fort Donelson, its force of 618 was captured. After being exchanged, the reconstituted regiment saw action at the Battle of Shiloh. It later was assigned to Hanson's, Helm's, and J. H. Lewis' Brigade. The 2nd Kentucky Infantry was involved in the battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga.
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Children of Morgan G Crossfield and Catherine Samuels
Emily Crossfield b-1844 in Lawrenceburg Ky.
Mary Crossfield b-1846 in Lawrenceburg
Jane Elliott Crossfield b-20 Juen 1846 in Lawrenceburg; d-10 Dec 1925 in Newport
Jozsa Crossfield b-1848 in Lawrenceburg
James L Crossfield b-25 Apr 1849 in Lawrenceburg; d-5 May 1913 in Lawrenceburg;
br-Lawrenceburg Cemetery
Woodson M Crossfield b-14 Feb 1851 in Lawrenceburg; d-4 Jan 1929 in Nelson Co
Ky. br-Leathers Cemetery in Klondyke Ky.
Katherine Crossfield b-13 Apr 1855 in Lawrenceburg; d-17 Mar 1921 in Mercer Co
Ky. br-Willisburg Cemetery
Thomas Madison Crossfield b-15 Dec 1856 in Lawrenceburg; d-26 Mar 1931 in
Cheaher Ky.
Lucille Crossfield b-1859 in Lawrenceburg
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Children of Jane "Jennie" Elliott Crossfield and Francis Marion Robinson
Linton Lee Robinson b-11 Dec 1871 in
Lawrenceburg Ky. d-10 Aug 1938 in Ft Thomas; br-Lawrenceburg Cemetery
William Woodson Robinson b-10 Oct 1873 in Lawrenceburg Ky. d-2 Jan 1898 in Ft
Thomas; br-Lawrenceburg Cemetery
Mary Maud Robinson b-17 Feb 1877 in Lawrenceburg Ky. d-31 Jan 1945 in Ft Thomas;
br-Lawrenceburg Cemetery
Merriam Robinson b-Jan 1881 in Lawrenceburg Ky.
Jennie Robinson b-18 May 1882 in Lawrenceburg; d-26 Nov 1884 in Lawrenceburg; br-Lawrenceburg
Cemetery
Nettie P Robinson b-16 Sep 1885 in Lawrenceburg Ky. d-3 Apr 1974 in Ft Thomas;
br-Lawrenceburg Cemetery
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Francis Marion Robinson died 13 Sep 1895 in Newport and was buried in the Lawrenceburg Ky. Cemetery. Jane Robinson died 10 Dec 1925 in Ft Thomas and was also buried in the Lawrenceburg Ky. Cemetery.