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Robert Lee Rountree

Male 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1870  Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1880  Franklin County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Precinct 1 
    Residence 1900  Franklin County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Justice Precinct 1 
    Burial 1909  Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.
    Person ID I58000  Rountree Family
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Father Wiley Berry Rountree,   b. 13 Feb 1838, Jackson County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1918, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Autamisa Holbrook,   b. 4 Aug 1837, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1910, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1859  Titus County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Family ID F37344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva Euphelia Goswick,   b. 28 Nov 1877, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1974, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1898  Franklin County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Kian Fleming Rountree,   b. 27 Sep 1899, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1972, Baytown, Harris, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F37374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Feb 1868 - Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Precinct 1 - 1880 - Franklin County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Dec 1898 - Franklin County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Justice Precinct 1 - 1900 - Franklin County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1909 - Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

    6. [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;;).

    7. [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.

    8. [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

    9. [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

    10. [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

    11. [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.

    12. [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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