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A. J. Robins is the present able treasurer of Hempstead County, Ark., and is a member of the Ozan Store Company, of Ozan, Ark. His birth occurred in Maury County, Ga., in 1851, but his parents, John B. and Eveline (Harris) Robins, were born in Franklin County, Ga., in 1815, and North Carolina, respectively. When quite young, Mrs. Robins went with her parents to Georgia, where she and Mr. Robins were married, and lived until 1859, when they came to Hempstead County, Ark., locating on a farm in what is now Union Township. Mr. Robins represented his county in the Legislature in 1860, and again in 1880, and while a resident of Georgia, filled the office of justice of the peace for some years. He was in the Mexican War, was a soldier in the Confederate army under Col. McNeil during the latter part of the Civil War, and at the time of his death, in 1881, he was a leading member of the A. F. & A. M., Pleasant Valley Lodge, at Nashville. His father, William H. Robins, was born in England, and when a young man, he and several brothers came to America, and he settled and spent the rest of his life in the State of Georgia. He served in the War of 1812. The mother’s father, Edward Harris, was married in North Carolina, moved from there to Georgia, and in 1859 settled in Hempstead County, Ark., where he died, in 1861, and his widow some years after the close of the war. He was a farmer and distiller, and was a soldier in one of the early wars. John B. Robins was married twice, his last wife being the mother of the subject of this sketch. She is now aged about fifty-nine years, and is a worthy member of the Missionary Baptist Church. A. J. Robins was the second in a family of eight children born to his parents, and his early education was received in the common schools near his father’s home. When he had attained his seventeenth year he began farming for himself, and this occupation received his attention until 1887, when he opened a mercantile establishment at Ozan. He has been doing a thriving business, and in addition to looking after his interests in the store, he is very efficiently discharging his duties as county treasurer, to which position he was elected on the Democratic ticket in 1888. He has also served some years as justice of the peace, and although Independent in his political views, he cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley, in 1872. His marriage to Miss Julia Bean took place in 1868, her birth occurring in the State of Mississippi, and her death in Arkansas, in 1872, her two children being also deceased. In 1875 Mr. Robins’ second marriage took place, the maiden name of his wife being Lenora Lewis. She was born in Columbia County, Ark., and died in Hempstead County in 1879, leaving a son and a daughter. Mr. Robins’ third marriage was consummated in 1881, and his wife, Miss Harriet L. Campbell, was born in this county. Her parents, Jerome and Harriet Campbell, were among the early settlers of Hempstead County from Missouri, and here spent the remainder of their days. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robins were members of the Baptist Church.