Tom Robinson who lives in the Upper Peninsula.  He was requested to go to New York state and bring back the nearly 200-year-old stones of his gr-gr-gr-gr grandparents to Ada, Michigan.

   The tombstones of Edward and Eunice Robinson, parents of West Michigan pioneer Rix Robinson, who came to Ada Township as a fur trader in 1821.  Later, he was a state senator and the first supervisor of Kent county.  Edward was born in Connecticut.  He was a blacksmith and served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer and private with the 7th Massachusetts Regiment from 1778 - 1780.

   The old tombstones were replaced in the New York cemetery where the couple are buried.  The old tombstones were dedicated at the Averill Historical Museum in Ada, Michigan.  The original stones which stand approximately five feet tall, had broken with age.  It took three men to lift them.  They have been banded together and cemented.  A wrought iron fence now surrounds the stones. 

   The dedication coincides with the 89th annual Robinson family reunion in Ada.