FINDLEY N. ROBERTSON, who
served as
city attorney of Denison and as a capable member
of the Texas bar, was
born in Kentucky in 1846, a son of John
E.
and Elizabeth M. (Nally)
Robertson.
The father was born in Kentucky, followed the
occupation of farming
throughout his entire life and died in McLane
County, Kentucky, in
October 1882, at the age of seventy years, while
his wife passed away
in March 1890, at the age of seventy-nine years.
In their family were
nine children, but only two are now living, Cordelia
and Fannie.
Findley
N. Robertson acquired his
education in the common schools and the University
of Lexington,
Kentucky, from which he was graduated in the class
of 1871. At a very
early age he enlisted for service in the
Confederate army and was with
Morgan's division. In April following his
graduation, he made his way
from Kentucky to Texas and entered upon the
practice of law in Sherman,
where he remained until 1875, when he removed to
the recently
established town of Denison, remaining here until
1882. In that year he
returned to Kentucky, where he was engaged in
contract work. Later he
spent some time in Mississippi and subsequently he
came again to Texas,
settling in Ellis County in 1891. There he was
engaged in stock raising
for some time, but later returned to Denison and
resumed the practice
of law here. In the spring of 1904, he was chosen
city attorney, which
position he filled until his death. As a lawyer he
was capable and
earnest, being very devoted to the interests of
his clients, and in the
preparation, neglecting none of the important
office work which is the
preliminary to the successful presentation of his
cause in the courts.
Mr.
Robertson was married twice. In
1873, in Sherman, Texas, he married Alice
Robinson, a native of Pennsylvania, and
they had one
child, Edith G., who was
born
in Sherman, and is now the wife of A.
G.
Gunn, of Denison, by whom she has a
daughter, Alice Ruth. On
the 13th of July, 1879,
in Denison, Mr. Robertson was again married, his
second union being
with Miss Emma Lilly, a
native of Indiana, and they had one child, Albert
Duke, who was born in Denison, and is now
studying law.
Mr. Robertson
was a member of the Knights of Honor and the
Improved Order of Red Men,
having been a valued representative of these
organizations. He so
utilized his powers and talents in his
profession that he made a
creditable name as a strong and able lawyer and
was accorded a
distinctively representative clientage. He was
moreover prominent
socially, having made warm friends in the city,
with whose interests he
was so long identified, for, although his
residence here was not
continuous, he was an interested witness of its
development from its
pioneer days to the present. He passed from this
life on the 22nd of
November, 1905, but with those who knew him, his
memory will long be
cherished because of his life of helpfulness and
of good cheer.
[Source:
B. B. Paddock, History and
Biographical Record of North and West
Texas (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,
1906), Vol. I, pp.
625-626.]
