Marriage and Family
On January 23, 1872 Robeson married Mary Isabella (Ogston) Aulick, a widow with a son, Richmond Aulick. Robeson and Mary had a daughter named Ethel Maxwell, who married William Sterling, the son of British Maj. John Barton Sterling, on November 22, 1910 in Christ Church, Mayfair, England. Mary's son, Richmond, graduated from Princeton University in 1889. After Robeson lost an embittered 1882 Congressional election, his wife and family left him and the United States having went abroad, since Robeson had become financially in debt due to the hard fought unsuccessful campaign.
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