Robert Jesse Baccus
•Sex: M
•Birth: 10 MAR 1853 in Illinois
•Death: 20 JUN 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
•Burial: JUN 1927 Roselawn Cem., (now San Fernando Cem. III), San Antonio, Texas
His last name was spelled Bacus, when he came to San Antonio, Tx. In the 1880 Texas Census it was spelled Backes
•Note:
The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows Robert Jesse's birthdate to be 6/20/1854 (1850?) and information recently discovered from Daniel Watts shows 3/10/1853, while the 1880 census in Bexar Co., Texas shows him to have 25 years.
1880 Census TX - Bexar Co: Robert Backes (sp) 25 b IL, parents IL, Elizabeth 23 b TX f KY, Ada 3, Ella 9 mos.
Also, The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows his date of death to be 1/20/1927, while Daniel Watts shows 6/20/1927. (These new birth and death dates may be the dates given on his tombstone in San Antonio's San Fernando Cemetery III. - mab)
from Rose L. Collins June 2, 2002:
"Of course, I remember Grandma Elizabeth Bennett Baccus since I was almost nine when she died. She was Dad's favorite grandmother. Elizabeth's last child was only a few months older than Dad and they were just like brother and sister. I remember the two daughters who lived in this area, but I do not remember Alice who lived and died in California. She was almost 96 and her younger sister, Mary Jane (she preferred Marie), died a few months later and she was 93. Dad would have been 92 if he had lived just one more month when he died in 1990. I also remember Elizabeth's son, Benjamin, quite well and his two sons. Neither of the sons had any children so that is the end of the Baccus line on our side. Dad always said that Robert Jesse could drink anyone "under the table" and often did. According to Dad Robert Jesse left Elizabeth when Margaret (the youngest child) was just a child. It seems Robert and another man preferred a widow down the street from where they use to live on Theo Street in San Antonio. As far as I know the house in which they lived, and grandma Elizabeth died, is still standing on the same spot. I won't tell you what Dad called the woman, but I am sure you can guess. I know some of the "skeletons in the closet" on this side of the family but I guess I will just leave them in the closet."
John Porter, Harrison, AR shows date of birth, Jun 20, 1850, slightly earlier than 1880 census, and date of death, Jan 20, 1937, at least 9 years later than Daniel Watts.
Father: Michael Peter Baccus b: ABT 1800 in Scioto County, Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Foley b: 17 NOV 1818 in Kentucky
Marriage Barbara Elizabeth Bennett b: 25 APR 1857 in Texas
•Married: 9 AUG 1876 in Bexar County, Texas 1
•Note: Marriage was witnessed by George Lawrence Baccus,
nephew of Robert and John Bennett, brother of Elizabeth
Children
1. Ada Frances Baccus b: 26 MAY 1877 in Bexar County, Texas
2. Ella Baccus b: ABT 1879
3. Alice Irene Baccus b: 13 SEP 1880
4. Mary Jane Baccus b: 30 NOV 1883
5. Benjamin P. Baccus b: 19 APR 1888
6. George Baccus b: ABT 1890
7. Jesse B. Baccus b: 3 JAN 1893
8. Margaret Irene Baccus b: 22 DEC 1897
Occupation Retired from being a migrant farm worker
Vetern
CIVIL WAR
Died from Cancer of the Breast
•Sex: M
•Birth: 10 MAR 1853 in Illinois
•Death: 20 JUN 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
•Burial: JUN 1927 Roselawn Cem., (now San Fernando Cem. III), San Antonio, Texas
His last name was spelled Bacus, when he came to San Antonio, Tx. In the 1880 Texas Census it was spelled Backes
•Note:
The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows Robert Jesse's birthdate to be 6/20/1854 (1850?) and information recently discovered from Daniel Watts shows 3/10/1853, while the 1880 census in Bexar Co., Texas shows him to have 25 years.
1880 Census TX - Bexar Co: Robert Backes (sp) 25 b IL, parents IL, Elizabeth 23 b TX f KY, Ada 3, Ella 9 mos.
Also, The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows his date of death to be 1/20/1927, while Daniel Watts shows 6/20/1927. (These new birth and death dates may be the dates given on his tombstone in San Antonio's San Fernando Cemetery III. - mab)
from Rose L. Collins June 2, 2002:
"Of course, I remember Grandma Elizabeth Bennett Baccus since I was almost nine when she died. She was Dad's favorite grandmother. Elizabeth's last child was only a few months older than Dad and they were just like brother and sister. I remember the two daughters who lived in this area, but I do not remember Alice who lived and died in California. She was almost 96 and her younger sister, Mary Jane (she preferred Marie), died a few months later and she was 93. Dad would have been 92 if he had lived just one more month when he died in 1990. I also remember Elizabeth's son, Benjamin, quite well and his two sons. Neither of the sons had any children so that is the end of the Baccus line on our side. Dad always said that Robert Jesse could drink anyone "under the table" and often did. According to Dad Robert Jesse left Elizabeth when Margaret (the youngest child) was just a child. It seems Robert and another man preferred a widow down the street from where they use to live on Theo Street in San Antonio. As far as I know the house in which they lived, and grandma Elizabeth died, is still standing on the same spot. I won't tell you what Dad called the woman, but I am sure you can guess. I know some of the "skeletons in the closet" on this side of the family but I guess I will just leave them in the closet."
John Porter, Harrison, AR shows date of birth, Jun 20, 1850, slightly earlier than 1880 census, and date of death, Jan 20, 1937, at least 9 years later than Daniel Watts.
Father: Michael Peter Baccus b: ABT 1800 in Scioto County, Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Foley b: 17 NOV 1818 in Kentucky
Marriage Barbara Elizabeth Bennett b: 25 APR 1857 in Texas
•Married: 9 AUG 1876 in Bexar County, Texas 1
•Note: Marriage was witnessed by George Lawrence Baccus,
nephew of Robert and John Bennett, brother of Elizabeth
Children
1. Ada Frances Baccus b: 26 MAY 1877 in Bexar County, Texas
2. Ella Baccus b: ABT 1879
3. Alice Irene Baccus b: 13 SEP 1880
4. Mary Jane Baccus b: 30 NOV 1883
5. Benjamin P. Baccus b: 19 APR 1888
6. George Baccus b: ABT 1890
7. Jesse B. Baccus b: 3 JAN 1893
8. Margaret Irene Baccus b: 22 DEC 1897
Occupation Retired from being a migrant farm worker
Vetern
CIVIL WAR
Died from Cancer of the Breast
Robert Jesse Baccus
•Sex: M
•Birth: 10 MAR 1853 in Illinois
•Death: 20 JUN 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
•Burial: JUN 1927 Roselawn Cem., (now San Fernando Cem. III), San Antonio, Texas
His last name was spelled Bacus, when he came to San Antonio, Tx. In the 1880 Texas Census it was spelled Backes
•Note:
The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows Robert Jesse's birthdate to be 6/20/1854 (1850?) and information recently discovered from Daniel Watts shows 3/10/1853, while the 1880 census in Bexar Co., Texas shows him to have 25 years.
1880 Census TX - Bexar Co: Robert Backes (sp) 25 b IL, parents IL, Elizabeth 23 b TX f KY, Ada 3, Ella 9 mos.
Also, The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows his date of death to be 1/20/1927, while Daniel Watts shows 6/20/1927. (These new birth and death dates may be the dates given on his tombstone in San Antonio's San Fernando Cemetery III. - mab)
from Rose L. Collins June 2, 2002:
"Of course, I remember Grandma Elizabeth Bennett Baccus since I was almost nine when she died. She was Dad's favorite grandmother. Elizabeth's last child was only a few months older than Dad and they were just like brother and sister. I remember the two daughters who lived in this area, but I do not remember Alice who lived and died in California. She was almost 96 and her younger sister, Mary Jane (she preferred Marie), died a few months later and she was 93. Dad would have been 92 if he had lived just one more month when he died in 1990. I also remember Elizabeth's son, Benjamin, quite well and his two sons. Neither of the sons had any children so that is the end of the Baccus line on our side. Dad always said that Robert Jesse could drink anyone "under the table" and often did. According to Dad Robert Jesse left Elizabeth when Margaret (the youngest child) was just a child. It seems Robert and another man preferred a widow down the street from where they use to live on Theo Street in San Antonio. As far as I know the house in which they lived, and grandma Elizabeth died, is still standing on the same spot. I won't tell you what Dad called the woman, but I am sure you can guess. I know some of the "skeletons in the closet" on this side of the family but I guess I will just leave them in the closet."
John Porter, Harrison, AR shows date of birth, Jun 20, 1850, slightly earlier than 1880 census, and date of death, Jan 20, 1937, at least 9 years later than Daniel Watts.
Father: Michael Peter Baccus b: ABT 1800 in Scioto County, Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Foley b: 17 NOV 1818 in Kentucky
Marriage Barbara Elizabeth Bennett b: 25 APR 1857 in Texas
•Married: 9 AUG 1876 in Bexar County, Texas 1
•Note: Marriage was witnessed by George Lawrence Baccus,
nephew of Robert and John Bennett, brother of Elizabeth
Children
1. Ada Frances Baccus b: 26 MAY 1877 in Bexar County, Texas
2. Ella Baccus b: ABT 1879
3. Alice Irene Baccus b: 13 SEP 1880
4. Mary Jane Baccus b: 30 NOV 1883
5. Benjamin P. Baccus b: 19 APR 1888
6. George Baccus b: ABT 1890
7. Jesse B. Baccus b: 3 JAN 1893
8. Margaret Irene Baccus b: 22 DEC 1897
Occupation Retired from being a migrant farm worker
Vetern
CIVIL WAR
Died from Cancer of the Breast
•Sex: M
•Birth: 10 MAR 1853 in Illinois
•Death: 20 JUN 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
•Burial: JUN 1927 Roselawn Cem., (now San Fernando Cem. III), San Antonio, Texas
His last name was spelled Bacus, when he came to San Antonio, Tx. In the 1880 Texas Census it was spelled Backes
•Note:
The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows Robert Jesse's birthdate to be 6/20/1854 (1850?) and information recently discovered from Daniel Watts shows 3/10/1853, while the 1880 census in Bexar Co., Texas shows him to have 25 years.
1880 Census TX - Bexar Co: Robert Backes (sp) 25 b IL, parents IL, Elizabeth 23 b TX f KY, Ada 3, Ella 9 mos.
Also, The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy shows his date of death to be 1/20/1927, while Daniel Watts shows 6/20/1927. (These new birth and death dates may be the dates given on his tombstone in San Antonio's San Fernando Cemetery III. - mab)
from Rose L. Collins June 2, 2002:
"Of course, I remember Grandma Elizabeth Bennett Baccus since I was almost nine when she died. She was Dad's favorite grandmother. Elizabeth's last child was only a few months older than Dad and they were just like brother and sister. I remember the two daughters who lived in this area, but I do not remember Alice who lived and died in California. She was almost 96 and her younger sister, Mary Jane (she preferred Marie), died a few months later and she was 93. Dad would have been 92 if he had lived just one more month when he died in 1990. I also remember Elizabeth's son, Benjamin, quite well and his two sons. Neither of the sons had any children so that is the end of the Baccus line on our side. Dad always said that Robert Jesse could drink anyone "under the table" and often did. According to Dad Robert Jesse left Elizabeth when Margaret (the youngest child) was just a child. It seems Robert and another man preferred a widow down the street from where they use to live on Theo Street in San Antonio. As far as I know the house in which they lived, and grandma Elizabeth died, is still standing on the same spot. I won't tell you what Dad called the woman, but I am sure you can guess. I know some of the "skeletons in the closet" on this side of the family but I guess I will just leave them in the closet."
John Porter, Harrison, AR shows date of birth, Jun 20, 1850, slightly earlier than 1880 census, and date of death, Jan 20, 1937, at least 9 years later than Daniel Watts.
Father: Michael Peter Baccus b: ABT 1800 in Scioto County, Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Foley b: 17 NOV 1818 in Kentucky
Marriage Barbara Elizabeth Bennett b: 25 APR 1857 in Texas
•Married: 9 AUG 1876 in Bexar County, Texas 1
•Note: Marriage was witnessed by George Lawrence Baccus,
nephew of Robert and John Bennett, brother of Elizabeth
Children
1. Ada Frances Baccus b: 26 MAY 1877 in Bexar County, Texas
2. Ella Baccus b: ABT 1879
3. Alice Irene Baccus b: 13 SEP 1880
4. Mary Jane Baccus b: 30 NOV 1883
5. Benjamin P. Baccus b: 19 APR 1888
6. George Baccus b: ABT 1890
7. Jesse B. Baccus b: 3 JAN 1893
8. Margaret Irene Baccus b: 22 DEC 1897
Occupation Retired from being a migrant farm worker
Vetern
CIVIL WAR
Died from Cancer of the Breast
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