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DR. G. R. B. ROBISON, physician and surgeon, and the oldest member of the medical profession in Sharpsburg, was born in Morgantown, W. Va., in 1832, the youngest of the twelve children of James Robison, a prominent farmer of West Virginia. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and in 1850 commenced the study of medicine; entered the College of Medicine and Surgery, Ohio, in 1851, graduated in 1853, and at once commenced the practice of his profession. In 1863 he located in Sharpsburg, where he has since continually practiced, with the exception of his service during the war, when for two years he was associate surgeon for the Seventy-first Pennsylvania regiment and at Herwood hospital. He married Anna W., daughter of Hebron Robinson, of Lawrenceburg, Pa., and three children blessed their union, two of whom are living: Hebron and Mary. Mrs. Robison died in 1873, and the doctor afterward married Virginia H., daughter of Jonathan Hagan, of Allegheny county. Dr. Robison has a large and lucrative practice in town and surrounding country. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church; politically he is a republican.