He was a barber by occupation.

CENSUS: 1870 Collin Co. TX; Plano p. 486a family 332.
HOUSEWRIGHT, Jichoniah head 56 M W, farmer, $4000/$4000, born VA; Sarah 54 F W, keeping house, born TN; Jane 20 F W, at home, born TN; Robert 14 M W, at home, born TN; Elizabeth 13 F W, at school, born TX; Sarah 11 F W, at school, born TX; Mary 9 F W born TX.; Alexander 23 M W, farm laborer, $650/$350, born TN, married within the year - April; Isabel 20 F W, keeping house, born IA,
married within the year - April.

MARRIAGE: HOUSEWRIGHT, Robert, married Mary (May) A. DUNLAP, 24 June 1875, by John C. White, Minister, Collin Co., TX, Marriage License Book No. 3, April 5, 1867 - Feb. 6, 1876, p.11.
Source - "Marriages, Collin County, Texas, Volume I 1846-1867, Volume II 1867-1876, Published by Mrs. Alice Pitts, 1413 Haroun Street, McKinney, Texas 75069, 1978.

CENSUS: 1880 Collin Co., TX, Precint 5, p. 230 line 43. Family 187. Ennumerated 15th June 1880.
HOUSEWRIGHT, Robt White Male 27, Married, Farmer, born TN, father born VA, mother born VA; Mary Ann White Female 21 wife, Married, Keeping House, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN; Robt White Male 1 son, Single, born TX, father born TN, mother born TX; McCULLOCK, Wm White Male 27, boarder, Single, Farmer, born TN, father born TN, mother born TN.

CENSUS: 1900 Collin Co. TX; Wylie, p. 107B, , ln 84 family 115, 6 June, 1900.
HOUSEWRIGHT, Robert head, White Male, born June 1853 age 46, married 24 years, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN, cotton buyer; Mary A. wife Female White, born 1858 age 41 married 24 years, mother of 7 children, 5 living, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN; Robert Jr. son, White Male born Apr 1879 age 21, single, TX, father born TX, mother born TX, merchant-clerk; Molly daughter, White Female, born Mar 1881 age 19, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX, At school; Mattie daughter Female White, born May 1883 age 17, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX, At school; John, son Male White, born Oct 1885 age 14, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX, At school; Claude son Male White, born Aug 1892 age 7, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX.

CENSUS: 1910 Collin Co. TX; Part of Precinct 5, Wylie, Texas, 29 Arp., page 92A, family 80.
HOUSEWRIGHT, R., head M W 56, Marriage 2, 4 years, born TN, father born TN, mother born VA, own income; Tenn wife F W 29, Marriage 1, 4 years, 1 child, 1 living, born TN, father born TN, father born VA, mother born VA; Dick son M W 3, Single, born TX; father born TN, mother born TN; Claude son M W 17, Single, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN.

BURIAL: HOUSEWRIGHT, R., 1853 - 1930, Wylie Cemetery, Wylie, Collin Co., TX.
Source - "Collin Coounty (Texas) Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. I," Complied by Mrs. Alice Pitts, Mrs. Wanda O'Roark and Mrs. Doris POSEY, POP Publications, 1413 Harroun St., McKinney, TX 75069, p. 625.