Robert spent the days of his boyhood/youth in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He played the fiddle.
His middle name of "Scales" was given to him in memory of Governor Alfred Scales, once the chief executive officer of North Carolina. Robert's great-grandmother was the aunt of the governor.
Robert's first wife, Elizabeth, evidently died shortly after they were married (bond date: 13 Apr 1851; record 3: 01 003; bondsman: W. P. DeLancy; witness: T. B. Wheeler; bond # 000118558; performed by: J. W. Neil, Justice of the Peace).
In 1853-1854, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert came to Montgomery County, Illinois, with two other young men (identities unknown). They came in a covered wagon drawn by a mule. Robert settled in East Fork Township under pioneer conditions. He was initially employed by Joel C. Traylor as a helper in his store and in the huckstoring which he carried on between the people of his neighborhood and St. Louis. He met and married Harriett, his second wife, at the store - which was also a rural post office. The store was called "Esther". Joel Traylor was married to Harriett's sister, Sarah Ann .
On June 1, 1857, Robert was issued a certificate indicating that he had purchased public land - "the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section thirty two in Township Eight, of Range four, in the District of Lands formerly." He became a farmer and stockraiser. He raised New Holland cattle.
In the 1860 Census, Robert is shown as a farmer with his wife and two sons (George, 3, and William, 5) - 1493-1512, page 207. Robert is thirty and Harriett is twenty-four.
In the 1870 Census, Robert's family is shown as Fam #2-2.
In a 1874 illustrated atlas of Montgomery County, Robert is shown owning 110 acres in western part of Section 9 of East Fork Township. He is also shown owning 40 acres in Section 15.
Robert served as Constable for East Fork Precinet and Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, in 1861 and 1867; and was a Justice of the Peace in 1875. He was influential in public matters and a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He early became a member of the Masonic fraternity and valued this connection through life. He and his wife belonged in name and faith to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
He might have hired a man to go to the army for him during the Civil War. The man is believed to have died.
His middle name of "Scales" was given to him in memory of Governor Alfred Scales, once the chief executive officer of North Carolina. Robert's great-grandmother was the aunt of the governor.
Robert's first wife, Elizabeth, evidently died shortly after they were married (bond date: 13 Apr 1851; record 3: 01 003; bondsman: W. P. DeLancy; witness: T. B. Wheeler; bond # 000118558; performed by: J. W. Neil, Justice of the Peace).
In 1853-1854, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert came to Montgomery County, Illinois, with two other young men (identities unknown). They came in a covered wagon drawn by a mule. Robert settled in East Fork Township under pioneer conditions. He was initially employed by Joel C. Traylor as a helper in his store and in the huckstoring which he carried on between the people of his neighborhood and St. Louis. He met and married Harriett, his second wife, at the store - which was also a rural post office. The store was called "Esther". Joel Traylor was married to Harriett's sister, Sarah Ann .
On June 1, 1857, Robert was issued a certificate indicating that he had purchased public land - "the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section thirty two in Township Eight, of Range four, in the District of Lands formerly." He became a farmer and stockraiser. He raised New Holland cattle.
In the 1860 Census, Robert is shown as a farmer with his wife and two sons (George, 3, and William, 5) - 1493-1512, page 207. Robert is thirty and Harriett is twenty-four.
In the 1870 Census, Robert's family is shown as Fam #2-2.
In a 1874 illustrated atlas of Montgomery County, Robert is shown owning 110 acres in western part of Section 9 of East Fork Township. He is also shown owning 40 acres in Section 15.
Robert served as Constable for East Fork Precinet and Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, in 1861 and 1867; and was a Justice of the Peace in 1875. He was influential in public matters and a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He early became a member of the Masonic fraternity and valued this connection through life. He and his wife belonged in name and faith to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
He might have hired a man to go to the army for him during the Civil War. The man is believed to have died.
Robert spent the days of his boyhood/youth in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He played the fiddle.
His middle name of "Scales" was given to him in memory of Governor Alfred Scales, once the chief executive officer of North Carolina. Robert's great-grandmother was the aunt of the governor.
Robert's first wife, Elizabeth, evidently died shortly after they were married (bond date: 13 Apr 1851; record 3: 01 003; bondsman: W. P. DeLancy; witness: T. B. Wheeler; bond # 000118558; performed by: J. W. Neil, Justice of the Peace).
In 1853-1854, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert came to Montgomery County, Illinois, with two other young men (identities unknown). They came in a covered wagon drawn by a mule. Robert settled in East Fork Township under pioneer conditions. He was initially employed by Joel C. Traylor as a helper in his store and in the huckstoring which he carried on between the people of his neighborhood and St. Louis. He met and married Harriett, his second wife, at the store - which was also a rural post office. The store was called "Esther". Joel Traylor was married to Harriett's sister, Sarah Ann .
On June 1, 1857, Robert was issued a certificate indicating that he had purchased public land - "the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section thirty two in Township Eight, of Range four, in the District of Lands formerly." He became a farmer and stockraiser. He raised New Holland cattle.
In the 1860 Census, Robert is shown as a farmer with his wife and two sons (George, 3, and William, 5) - 1493-1512, page 207. Robert is thirty and Harriett is twenty-four.
In the 1870 Census, Robert's family is shown as Fam #2-2.
In a 1874 illustrated atlas of Montgomery County, Robert is shown owning 110 acres in western part of Section 9 of East Fork Township. He is also shown owning 40 acres in Section 15.
Robert served as Constable for East Fork Precinet and Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, in 1861 and 1867; and was a Justice of the Peace in 1875. He was influential in public matters and a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He early became a member of the Masonic fraternity and valued this connection through life. He and his wife belonged in name and faith to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
He might have hired a man to go to the army for him during the Civil War. The man is believed to have died.
His middle name of "Scales" was given to him in memory of Governor Alfred Scales, once the chief executive officer of North Carolina. Robert's great-grandmother was the aunt of the governor.
Robert's first wife, Elizabeth, evidently died shortly after they were married (bond date: 13 Apr 1851; record 3: 01 003; bondsman: W. P. DeLancy; witness: T. B. Wheeler; bond # 000118558; performed by: J. W. Neil, Justice of the Peace).
In 1853-1854, when he was twenty-one years old, Robert came to Montgomery County, Illinois, with two other young men (identities unknown). They came in a covered wagon drawn by a mule. Robert settled in East Fork Township under pioneer conditions. He was initially employed by Joel C. Traylor as a helper in his store and in the huckstoring which he carried on between the people of his neighborhood and St. Louis. He met and married Harriett, his second wife, at the store - which was also a rural post office. The store was called "Esther". Joel Traylor was married to Harriett's sister, Sarah Ann .
On June 1, 1857, Robert was issued a certificate indicating that he had purchased public land - "the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section thirty two in Township Eight, of Range four, in the District of Lands formerly." He became a farmer and stockraiser. He raised New Holland cattle.
In the 1860 Census, Robert is shown as a farmer with his wife and two sons (George, 3, and William, 5) - 1493-1512, page 207. Robert is thirty and Harriett is twenty-four.
In the 1870 Census, Robert's family is shown as Fam #2-2.
In a 1874 illustrated atlas of Montgomery County, Robert is shown owning 110 acres in western part of Section 9 of East Fork Township. He is also shown owning 40 acres in Section 15.
Robert served as Constable for East Fork Precinet and Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, in 1861 and 1867; and was a Justice of the Peace in 1875. He was influential in public matters and a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He early became a member of the Masonic fraternity and valued this connection through life. He and his wife belonged in name and faith to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
He might have hired a man to go to the army for him during the Civil War. The man is believed to have died.
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