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Henry Robinson served in World War I in the Army Infantry and his name is on the World War I monument in the Louisville Cemetery. The following Robinson family photo shows Henry at the time of his service: Following World War I, Henry returned to Louisville and to working in coal mines. At the time of the 1920 census, he was a single miner living with his sister and her family. Henry Robinson soon married Winifred Patterson, and the 1921 Louisville directory shows them to be living at 1001 Lincoln (which then had the address of 504 Lincoln). Winifred Patterson had been born in 1900 in Missouri to William T. Patterson and Mamie Abbott Patterson. Henry and Winifred's children were Henrietta, born in 1922, and Arthur, born in about 1923. Winifred Robinson then died in 1924. Historical records suggest that life wasn't easy for this widowed coal miner with two young children. The 1930 federal census shows that Henry Robinson and his daughter and son were at the time living at the house previously located at 944 Garfield Ave. with the Pattersons, his in-laws. Henry worked as a coal miner. Close by at 912 Garfield was the home of his sister, Jane Robinson Checkas, and her family. These two houses on Garfield would have been just a few steps from the back yard of 1001 Lincoln. Clearly, Henry's in-laws and sister helped him following the death of his wife. There is some suggestion in the records that Joseph and Josephine Foggett rented 1001 Lincoln from Henry Robinson during this period of time. By 1932, however, Henry was living back in his home at 1001 Lincoln. 3