Robert Blackburn Love was the son of John O'Neil and Eliza McDowell Love. He was born in South Carolin on May 24, 1824 and moved with his family to Alabama in 1827.
Robert entered the United States Army in 1845 from Pickens County, Alabama at the age of 21 and was in the war between the United States and Mexico. He fought under General Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, the Battle of Reseca de la Palma, and at the capture of Monterrey. He was also with General Winfield Scott and General Taylor at the Siege of Vera Cruz and in the triumphant march and capture of the City of Montezuma (Mexico City) on September 1847. After this war, he returned to Pickens County, Alabama.
An entry in his mother's diary reads: Robert, Henry and William left Pickens County, Alabama on the 14th of June, 1856, for Texas. He and his younger twin brothers, Henry and William, and lived near Cold Spring, which was at that time, in Polk County.
At the outbreak of the War between the States, he enlisted as a private in the Southern Army, Hood's Brigade. He served until the end of the war with General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Division and was wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia. He returned to Texas after the Civil War. He lived there and brought family members from Alabama to San Jacinto County, Texas.
Robert Blackburn Love lived the remainder of his life at Coldspring, Texas, with his brother David and his sister Martha (Mattie) Hannah Love. They are all 3 in the Oakwood Cemeterty.
Robert Blackburn Love never married and had no children.
The obituary for Robert Blackburn Love was published in the Sentinel, Coldspring, Texas.
Robert Blackburn Love was the son of John O'Neil and Eliza McDowell Love. He was born in South Carolin on May 24, 1824 and moved with his family to Alabama in 1827.
Robert entered the United States Army in 1845 from Pickens County, Alabama at the age of 21 and was in the war between the United States and Mexico. He fought under General Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, the Battle of Reseca de la Palma, and at the capture of Monterrey. He was also with General Winfield Scott and General Taylor at the Siege of Vera Cruz and in the triumphant march and capture of the City of Montezuma (Mexico City) on September 1847. After this war, he returned to Pickens County, Alabama.
An entry in his mother's diary reads: Robert, Henry and William left Pickens County, Alabama on the 14th of June, 1856, for Texas. He and his younger twin brothers, Henry and William, and lived near Cold Spring, which was at that time, in Polk County.
At the outbreak of the War between the States, he enlisted as a private in the Southern Army, Hood's Brigade. He served until the end of the war with General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Division and was wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia. He returned to Texas after the Civil War. He lived there and brought family members from Alabama to San Jacinto County, Texas.
Robert Blackburn Love lived the remainder of his life at Coldspring, Texas, with his brother David and his sister Martha (Mattie) Hannah Love. They are all 3 in the Oakwood Cemeterty.
Robert Blackburn Love never married and had no children.
The obituary for Robert Blackburn Love was published in the Sentinel, Coldspring, Texas.
Family Members
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Dorcas Lucinda Love Carver
1826–1918
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James D. Love
1828–1864
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Nancy Jane Love Pate
1830–1895
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John Newton Love
1832–1842
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Henry O'Neil Love
1835–1917
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William Love
1835–1864
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Jacob F. "Jake" Love
1838–1925
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Andrew Jackson Love
1839–1867
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David McDowell "Uncle Dave" Love
1841–1922
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Martha Hanna Rebecca "Mattie" Love
1845–1928
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