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Robert Napier

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Robert Napier

Birth
Cranks, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
Death
23 Jul 1917 (aged 72)
Cranks, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
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Cranks, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Robert was the son of Dr. Frederick F. Napier, b. 1816 in Va. and Phoebe Daniels b. in Ky. He served in the Civil War first as a Confederate, then after going AWOL he was captured and faced a court martial. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. He was thrown into a sinkhole and left for dead. But, he survived. Some girls picking blackberries around close to the sinkhole found him and nursed him back to life, Elizabeth being one of them, whom he would marry later. He then went on and joined the Union Army. He joined the war under the alias George Tyler. That was not found out until 1897 when he applied for a war pension. Robert and Elizabeth were married January 16, 1867. His father would remarry a woman named Mary, b. abt. 1833 in N. Carolina.
Robert and Elizabeth's children are as follows:
Mary b. Oct. 18, 1868, d.Feb. 18, 1869.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Napier Green, b. Nov. 16, 1869, d. Sept. 9, 1919.
Frederick "Fred" Napier, b.March 16, 1872, d. Jan. 28, 1950.
Ewell "Euel" Napier, b. Oct. 31, 1875, d. Dec. 25, 1950
Fielding "Fielden" Napier, b. May 12, 1878, d. July 14, 1905
Phoebe "Phebe" "Pheby" Napier Napier, b. May 18, 1880, d. Dec. 29, 1974
Emily Napier, b. May 25, 1881 d. 1889 ( twin with Rebecca)
Rebecca Napier Skidmore, b. May 25, 1881, d. Jan. 3, 1971
Lily May Napier Green, b. Oct. 26, 1887, d. Dec. 14, 1962
Note: Phoebe married Hiram Napier from Lee Co., Ky. So, last name stayed the same.
Robert was the son of Dr. Frederick F. Napier, b. 1816 in Va. and Phoebe Daniels b. in Ky. He served in the Civil War first as a Confederate, then after going AWOL he was captured and faced a court martial. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. He was thrown into a sinkhole and left for dead. But, he survived. Some girls picking blackberries around close to the sinkhole found him and nursed him back to life, Elizabeth being one of them, whom he would marry later. He then went on and joined the Union Army. He joined the war under the alias George Tyler. That was not found out until 1897 when he applied for a war pension. Robert and Elizabeth were married January 16, 1867. His father would remarry a woman named Mary, b. abt. 1833 in N. Carolina.
Robert and Elizabeth's children are as follows:
Mary b. Oct. 18, 1868, d.Feb. 18, 1869.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Napier Green, b. Nov. 16, 1869, d. Sept. 9, 1919.
Frederick "Fred" Napier, b.March 16, 1872, d. Jan. 28, 1950.
Ewell "Euel" Napier, b. Oct. 31, 1875, d. Dec. 25, 1950
Fielding "Fielden" Napier, b. May 12, 1878, d. July 14, 1905
Phoebe "Phebe" "Pheby" Napier Napier, b. May 18, 1880, d. Dec. 29, 1974
Emily Napier, b. May 25, 1881 d. 1889 ( twin with Rebecca)
Rebecca Napier Skidmore, b. May 25, 1881, d. Jan. 3, 1971
Lily May Napier Green, b. Oct. 26, 1887, d. Dec. 14, 1962
Note: Phoebe married Hiram Napier from Lee Co., Ky. So, last name stayed the same.

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