Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 28 October 2005

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HUSTON H. ROBERTSON, farmer; P. O. Fort Ancient; was born in Washington Township, Warren Co., Dec. 26, 1836, and is a son of William H. and Phebe (Dunham) Robertson; the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born May 1, 1799, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania; was born August, 1800. Mr. Robertson's parents, Ezra and Elizabeth Robertson, were both born in Maryland, and came to Warren in 1799 and located near Lebanon, and in 1812 settled in Washington Township, where they were early pioneers. Mr. Robertson served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and Huston's father, when only 13 years of age, accompanied him to Lower Sandusky. Mr. Robertson, the father of our subject, died July 12, 1874, and Mrs. R. died March, 1873. Huston Robertson, the subject of this sketch, is the fourth son and fifth child of a family of eight children; he was reared a farmer boy and received the elements of his education in the common pioneer schools; he was married April 22, 1863, to Hannah J. Nixon, daughter of Jacob and Mary A. (Doan) Nixon. Mrs. Robertson was born in Salem Township, July 18, 1843. This union was blessed with five children; of these, four are living, viz., Clement L., Leroy, Dora A. and Alfred G.; Rollie is deceased. Mr. Robertson owns a farm of 105 acres, with good improvements, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising; he makes somewhat of a specialty in rearing the Poland-China hogs. Politically, he is Democratic.