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1868 - 1909 (41 years)
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Name |
Robert Lee Rountree [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] |
Birth |
20 Feb 1868 |
Texas, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1870 |
Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA [4] |
Residence |
1880 |
Franklin County, Texas, USA [2] |
Precinct 1 |
Residence |
1900 |
Franklin County, Texas, USA [5] |
Justice Precinct 1 |
Burial |
1909 |
Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA [3, 9, 10] |
Death |
7 Nov 1909 [3, 9, 10] |
Notes |
- Dallas Morning News
November 10, 1909
DEATH OF R. L. ROUNTREE.
Founder of Newspaper at Mount Vernon Tex.-Prominent in Franklin County, Special to the News. Mount Vernon. Tex., Nov. 9.-Robert L. Rountree died last night at his home in this city after an Illness of many months. He was founder in 1894 and sole owner for many years of the Mount Vernon Optic, a weekly newspaper, which is now the Mount Vernon Optic- Herald. He has been very successful with his newspaper business, as well as other prominent business interests of the city in which he was connected. No man in Franklin County had more friends than did Bob Rountree. Memorial services were held this afternoon at the Church of Christ, conducted by Rev. T. E. Millhoiland, burial at City Cemetery under the auspices and ceremony of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, He leaves a widow and one son. aged 12 years. Floral offerings were very elaborate and beautiful.
Abstracted from 12 Nov 1909 "Sulphur Springs Gazette":
Robert L. Rountree (Roundtree) d. Mt. Vernon, Monday, ill many months; born & raised near Mt. Vernon; ed. for many yrs of "Mt. Vernon Optic Herald"; services at Christian Church, Monday, Elds. Milholland, Bloodworth & Holland; Odd Fellows burial; survivors: son age 12 and widow; relative attending J.M. Fanning, of Hopkins Co.
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Person ID |
I58000 |
Rountree Family |
Last Modified |
4 Apr 2024 |
Father |
Wiley Berry Rountree, b. 13 Feb 1838, Jackson County, Alabama, USA d. 21 Aug 1918, Arkansas, USA (Age 80 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Elizabeth Autamisa Holbrook, b. 4 Aug 1837, Tennessee, USA d. 10 Mar 1910, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Marriage |
1859 |
Titus County, Texas, USA [11, 12] |
Family ID |
F37344 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Eva Euphelia Goswick, b. 28 Nov 1877, Georgia, USA d. 24 Apr 1974, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA (Age 96 years) |
Marriage |
5 Dec 1898 |
Franklin County, Texas, USA [5, 8] |
Children |
| 1. Kian Fleming Rountree, b. 27 Sep 1899, Texas, USA d. 22 Oct 1972, Baytown, Harris, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] |
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Family ID |
F37374 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
4 Apr 2024 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 20 Feb 1868 - Texas, USA |
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| Residence - 1870 - Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA |
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| Residence - Precinct 1 - 1880 - Franklin County, Texas, USA |
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| Marriage - 5 Dec 1898 - Franklin County, Texas, USA |
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| Residence - Justice Precinct 1 - 1900 - Franklin County, Texas, USA |
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| Burial - 1909 - Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA |
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Sources |
- [S3670] Pitts, David, Pitts Family GEDCOM Tree, (Name: Location: Houston, Texas; Date: 3 Aug 2010;;), Family Tree posted on RootsWeb by David Pitts http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pitts-wright.
- [S3364] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 1, Franklin, Texas; Roll: 1304;Family History Film: 1255304; Page: 404B; Enumeration District: 032.
- [S2957] Ancestry.com, Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Clifford C. Rountree
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-4064&h=2980407&indiv=try
- [S3369] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas; Roll:M593_1606; Page: 9B; Image: 22; Family History Library Film: 553105.
- [S3405] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Franklin, Texas; Roll:1636; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1241636.
- [S3422] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories (Beta), (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;;).
- [S3404] Rountree, Joseph Gustave II, Rowntree and Rountree Family History 1521-1953, (Name: J G Rountree; Location: Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA; Date: 1959;), Book Found on Family Search Website Pages 16-17. Family tree # 6.
- [S3445] Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Eva Goswick
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1TexasCoMarriageIndex&h=224035&indiv=try
- [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Eva Uphelia Rountree
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=39300184&indiv=try
- [S5059] Mount Vernon City Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA;), Rountree, Robert Lee (1868-1909) Memorial #73040790 Accessed KRM 29 Jul 2022 6:50am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73040790/robert-lee-rountree.
Mount Vernon City Cemetery
Mount Vernon, Franklin County , Texas, USA
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/162716/mount-vernon-city-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73040790/robert-lee-rountree
- [S3660] Frazier, Donnel R, Family Chart of Donel R Frazier, (Name: Date: 2002;;), Website contain Rowntree information http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/a/Donell-R-Frazier_FILE/0004.txt.
- [S3405] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Franklin, Texas; Roll:1636; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1241636.
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