The fifth of six children, Robert grew up on Broad Run in Mason County, in a log house that was probably built in the 1840s. As a young man, he went to Detroit with his brother, Isaac, and hoped to become a streetcar conductor, but his mother thought the work too dangerous and made him return home, where he took work in various coal mines in Mason and Meigs Counties.
Robert married Ora Lieving, whose grandparents had grown up in the same log house on Broad Run. Robert and his brother, Kenneth, had helped their stepfather, Park Cullen, build a new wood-frame house to replace the log house, and when Park and Lovina moved to New Haven, Robert and Ora moved into the house on Broad Run.
Now Robert owned a farm with a small blacksmith shop. He and Ora had four children, before she was stricken with a severe illness which greatly strained their marriage. They separated, and eventually divorced. Robert's second wife, Olga Clark, had grown up on an adjoining farm; she had a daughter by a previous marriage, and she and Robert had a son together.
From the 1930s onward, Robert and Kenneth worked together on various business enterprises, chiefly coal mining, with backing from Isaac, who had done very well for himself in Chicago. After many years, Robert retired to a small farm in Meigs County.
In his 80s, Robert's health failed due to the effects of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, from his years in coal mining. He died in 1984, and is buried in the Suncrest addition to the Lone Oak Cemetery at Point Pleasant, near his parents, Olga, and Kenneth's family.
Robert married Ora Lieving, whose grandparents had grown up in the same log house on Broad Run. Robert and his brother, Kenneth, had helped their stepfather, Park Cullen, build a new wood-frame house to replace the log house, and when Park and Lovina moved to New Haven, Robert and Ora moved into the house on Broad Run.
Now Robert owned a farm with a small blacksmith shop. He and Ora had four children, before she was stricken with a severe illness which greatly strained their marriage. They separated, and eventually divorced. Robert's second wife, Olga Clark, had grown up on an adjoining farm; she had a daughter by a previous marriage, and she and Robert had a son together.
From the 1930s onward, Robert and Kenneth worked together on various business enterprises, chiefly coal mining, with backing from Isaac, who had done very well for himself in Chicago. After many years, Robert retired to a small farm in Meigs County.
In his 80s, Robert's health failed due to the effects of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, from his years in coal mining. He died in 1984, and is buried in the Suncrest addition to the Lone Oak Cemetery at Point Pleasant, near his parents, Olga, and Kenneth's family.
The fifth of six children, Robert grew up on Broad Run in Mason County, in a log house that was probably built in the 1840s. As a young man, he went to Detroit with his brother, Isaac, and hoped to become a streetcar conductor, but his mother thought the work too dangerous and made him return home, where he took work in various coal mines in Mason and Meigs Counties.
Robert married Ora Lieving, whose grandparents had grown up in the same log house on Broad Run. Robert and his brother, Kenneth, had helped their stepfather, Park Cullen, build a new wood-frame house to replace the log house, and when Park and Lovina moved to New Haven, Robert and Ora moved into the house on Broad Run.
Now Robert owned a farm with a small blacksmith shop. He and Ora had four children, before she was stricken with a severe illness which greatly strained their marriage. They separated, and eventually divorced. Robert's second wife, Olga Clark, had grown up on an adjoining farm; she had a daughter by a previous marriage, and she and Robert had a son together.
From the 1930s onward, Robert and Kenneth worked together on various business enterprises, chiefly coal mining, with backing from Isaac, who had done very well for himself in Chicago. After many years, Robert retired to a small farm in Meigs County.
In his 80s, Robert's health failed due to the effects of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, from his years in coal mining. He died in 1984, and is buried in the Suncrest addition to the Lone Oak Cemetery at Point Pleasant, near his parents, Olga, and Kenneth's family.
Robert married Ora Lieving, whose grandparents had grown up in the same log house on Broad Run. Robert and his brother, Kenneth, had helped their stepfather, Park Cullen, build a new wood-frame house to replace the log house, and when Park and Lovina moved to New Haven, Robert and Ora moved into the house on Broad Run.
Now Robert owned a farm with a small blacksmith shop. He and Ora had four children, before she was stricken with a severe illness which greatly strained their marriage. They separated, and eventually divorced. Robert's second wife, Olga Clark, had grown up on an adjoining farm; she had a daughter by a previous marriage, and she and Robert had a son together.
From the 1930s onward, Robert and Kenneth worked together on various business enterprises, chiefly coal mining, with backing from Isaac, who had done very well for himself in Chicago. After many years, Robert retired to a small farm in Meigs County.
In his 80s, Robert's health failed due to the effects of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, from his years in coal mining. He died in 1984, and is buried in the Suncrest addition to the Lone Oak Cemetery at Point Pleasant, near his parents, Olga, and Kenneth's family.
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