Robert was the 4th son of Rev. William Cork and Jemima Miller. Rev. Cork immigrated to the US from England in 1834. They lived in Pickaway County, Ohio and after 1848 in Vermilion County, IL. Robert's three wives were Sarah A. Young, Martha Johnson, and Edith Buckingham.
"Robert belonged to Prairie Chapel Christian Church. He inherited money from both his family and the family of his first wife, Sarah. He purchased 500 acres near St Marie, IL thinking it was as fertile as the land around Rossville. He also bought a threshing machine and other machinery together with 13 horses and moved them all to St Marie. He plowed and planted but the poor sandy soil could not produce a crop. Therefore, Robert established a livery stable in St Marie and did fairly well with it. St Marie is one of three locations purchased by the King of France as places for homes for priests and nuns. St. Marie was for nuns, St. Anne, IL was for priests. Robert had a race horse named Lady B of which he was justly very proud. He lost in a fixed race and it made him so mad that he traded the horse for an Elgin gold engraved Hunters Watch" (Cindy Lafreniere).
"Robert belonged to Prairie Chapel Christian Church. He inherited money from both his family and the family of his first wife, Sarah. He purchased 500 acres near St Marie, IL thinking it was as fertile as the land around Rossville. He also bought a threshing machine and other machinery together with 13 horses and moved them all to St Marie. He plowed and planted but the poor sandy soil could not produce a crop. Therefore, Robert established a livery stable in St Marie and did fairly well with it. St Marie is one of three locations purchased by the King of France as places for homes for priests and nuns. St. Marie was for nuns, St. Anne, IL was for priests. Robert had a race horse named Lady B of which he was justly very proud. He lost in a fixed race and it made him so mad that he traded the horse for an Elgin gold engraved Hunters Watch" (Cindy Lafreniere).
Robert was the 4th son of Rev. William Cork and Jemima Miller. Rev. Cork immigrated to the US from England in 1834. They lived in Pickaway County, Ohio and after 1848 in Vermilion County, IL. Robert's three wives were Sarah A. Young, Martha Johnson, and Edith Buckingham.
"Robert belonged to Prairie Chapel Christian Church. He inherited money from both his family and the family of his first wife, Sarah. He purchased 500 acres near St Marie, IL thinking it was as fertile as the land around Rossville. He also bought a threshing machine and other machinery together with 13 horses and moved them all to St Marie. He plowed and planted but the poor sandy soil could not produce a crop. Therefore, Robert established a livery stable in St Marie and did fairly well with it. St Marie is one of three locations purchased by the King of France as places for homes for priests and nuns. St. Marie was for nuns, St. Anne, IL was for priests. Robert had a race horse named Lady B of which he was justly very proud. He lost in a fixed race and it made him so mad that he traded the horse for an Elgin gold engraved Hunters Watch" (Cindy Lafreniere).
"Robert belonged to Prairie Chapel Christian Church. He inherited money from both his family and the family of his first wife, Sarah. He purchased 500 acres near St Marie, IL thinking it was as fertile as the land around Rossville. He also bought a threshing machine and other machinery together with 13 horses and moved them all to St Marie. He plowed and planted but the poor sandy soil could not produce a crop. Therefore, Robert established a livery stable in St Marie and did fairly well with it. St Marie is one of three locations purchased by the King of France as places for homes for priests and nuns. St. Marie was for nuns, St. Anne, IL was for priests. Robert had a race horse named Lady B of which he was justly very proud. He lost in a fixed race and it made him so mad that he traded the horse for an Elgin gold engraved Hunters Watch" (Cindy Lafreniere).
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