The "Family Legend" came from the family - he is my great grandfather. Do you have information on his descendants through Martha? Floreda At 08:48 AM 07/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Robert married Martha 10 8 1859. I am curious about the "family legend". wheer did the info come from?. also Is >the graveyard on an island on the Harpeth river? Some aspects of the Duke family are still a mystery due to >printed misinformation. > >Varick wrote: > >> I am having a bit of a problem with Robert's Civil war service. >> Can anyone help me? >> >> 1860 census Dickson Co, page 275b >> hh1056/1056 >> R. A. Duke 19 farmer >> M. A. Duke 18 >> >> Robert married Martha Ann Johnson (I do not have that date). >> >> Martha gave birth to a son, Robert Allen, Jr, November 2, 1861. >> "Family Legend" has it that she died in childbirth and Robert was >> so broken up he joined the confederate army November 26, 1861. >> >> Here is where the problem starts - Martha and Robert Allen, Sr, >> are buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery, Cheatham County, >> and her death date is given as September 11, 1863. >> >> There is obviously a problem with her date of death. >> >> Robert Allen Sr became a doctor and remarried. His widow applied >> for a pension in the 1920s but was denied since Robert had served >> only a short time when he caught the measles and (according to the >> affadavits in the pension application) "they went in on him" causing >> him to be very ill and eventually was plagued by TB, losing one lung >> completely and the other was badly damaged. >> >> His younger brother, Green Wesley Duke, replaced him - the pension >> was denied since the brother did the service and should get the pension >> (the brother was killed in a railroad accident while in the army). >> >> Robert Jr had several children: >> >> 1900 census Dickson Co, TN >> >> Duke, Robt A 39 >> Judith 36 >> Lilburn 14 (m) >> Bell 12 >> Luther 7 >> Anna 4 >> Robert A 59 (father to head of household) >> Ella 48 Mother to head of household - actually step-mother >> Lillian 15 sister to head of household >> >> Would like to contact any descendants - I have considerable >> information to share. >> >> Floreda >> >> ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >> Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >> To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm >> >> ============================== >> Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

that is interesting. Evelyn Duke Brandengurger in her book "The Duke Family" relates the same story. She also has a complete history of Robert Allen. Just double check all facts. doug Varick wrote: > The "Family Legend" came from the family - he is my > great grandfather. Do you have information on his > descendants through Martha? > > Floreda > > At 08:48 AM 07/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Robert married Martha 10 8 1859. I am curious about the "family legend". > wheer did the info come from?. also Is > >the graveyard on an island on the Harpeth river? Some aspects of the Duke > family are still a mystery due to > >printed misinformation. > > > >Varick wrote: > > > >> I am having a bit of a problem with Robert's Civil war service. > >> Can anyone help me? > >> > >> 1860 census Dickson Co, page 275b > >> hh1056/1056 > >> R. A. Duke 19 farmer > >> M. A. Duke 18 > >> > >> Robert married Martha Ann Johnson (I do not have that date). > >> > >> Martha gave birth to a son, Robert Allen, Jr, November 2, 1861. > >> "Family Legend" has it that she died in childbirth and Robert was > >> so broken up he joined the confederate army November 26, 1861. > >> > >> Here is where the problem starts - Martha and Robert Allen, Sr, > >> are buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery, Cheatham County, > >> and her death date is given as September 11, 1863. > >> > >> There is obviously a problem with her date of death. > >> > >> Robert Allen Sr became a doctor and remarried. His widow applied > >> for a pension in the 1920s but was denied since Robert had served > >> only a short time when he caught the measles and (according to the > >> affadavits in the pension application) "they went in on him" causing > >> him to be very ill and eventually was plagued by TB, losing one lung > >> completely and the other was badly damaged. > >> > >> His younger brother, Green Wesley Duke, replaced him - the pension > >> was denied since the brother did the service and should get the pension > >> (the brother was killed in a railroad accident while in the army). > >> > >> Robert Jr had several children: > >> > >> 1900 census Dickson Co, TN > >> > >> Duke, Robt A 39 > >> Judith 36 > >> Lilburn 14 (m) > >> Bell 12 > >> Luther 7 > >> Anna 4 > >> Robert A 59 (father to head of household) > >> Ella 48 Mother to head of household - actually step-mother > >> Lillian 15 sister to head of household > >> > >> Would like to contact any descendants - I have considerable > >> information to share. > >> > >> Floreda > >> > >> ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > >> Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > >> To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > >> > >> ============================== > >> Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > >==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > >Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > >To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > Have you submitted a pix or history to our webpage lately? > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Hi, Doug, Not surprising, though, since she is my aunt. She had the opportunity to talk with her grandfather, Robert Allen Duke, and in her book relates the stories he told her. He had died some time before I was born but my father and grandfather told me these stories. It is my hope that some other descendant of Robert Allen Duke is interested enough in trying to help me either prove or disprove this Family Legend. Floreda At 12:37 AM 07/22/2001 -0500, you wrote: >that is interesting. Evelyn Duke Brandengurger in her book "The Duke Family" >relates the same story. She also has a complete history of Robert Allen. Just >double check all facts. doug > >Varick wrote: > >> The "Family Legend" came from the family - he is my >> great grandfather. Do you have information on his >> descendants through Martha? >> >> Floreda >> >> At 08:48 AM 07/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: >> >Robert married Martha 10 8 1859. I am curious about the "family legend". >> wheer did the info come from?. also Is >> >the graveyard on an island on the Harpeth river? Some aspects of the Duke >> family are still a mystery due to >> >printed misinformation. >> > >> >Varick wrote: >> > >> >> I am having a bit of a problem with Robert's Civil war service. >> >> Can anyone help me? >> >> >> >> 1860 census Dickson Co, page 275b >> >> hh1056/1056 >> >> R. A. Duke 19 farmer >> >> M. A. Duke 18 >> >> >> >> Robert married Martha Ann Johnson (I do not have that date). >> >> >> >> Martha gave birth to a son, Robert Allen, Jr, November 2, 1861. >> >> "Family Legend" has it that she died in childbirth and Robert was >> >> so broken up he joined the confederate army November 26, 1861. >> >> >> >> Here is where the problem starts - Martha and Robert Allen, Sr, >> >> are buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery, Cheatham County, >> >> and her death date is given as September 11, 1863. >> >> >> >> There is obviously a problem with her date of death. >> >> >> >> Robert Allen Sr became a doctor and remarried. His widow applied >> >> for a pension in the 1920s but was denied since Robert had served >> >> only a short time when he caught the measles and (according to the >> >> affadavits in the pension application) "they went in on him" causing >> >> him to be very ill and eventually was plagued by TB, losing one lung >> >> completely and the other was badly damaged. >> >> >> >> His younger brother, Green Wesley Duke, replaced him - the pension >> >> was denied since the brother did the service and should get the pension >> >> (the brother was killed in a railroad accident while in the army). >> >> >> >> Robert Jr had several children: >> >> >> >> 1900 census Dickson Co, TN >> >> >> >> Duke, Robt A 39 >> >> Judith 36 >> >> Lilburn 14 (m) >> >> Bell 12 >> >> Luther 7 >> >> Anna 4 >> >> Robert A 59 (father to head of household) >> >> Ella 48 Mother to head of household - actually step-mother >> >> Lillian 15 sister to head of household >> >> >> >> Would like to contact any descendants - I have considerable >> >> information to share. >> >> >> >> Floreda >> >> >> >> ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >> >> Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >> >> To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm >> >> >> >> ============================== >> >> Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >> >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > >> > >> > >> >==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >> >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >> >Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >> >To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm >> > >> >============================== >> >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >> >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >> > >> > >> >> ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >> Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >> Have you submitted a pix or history to our webpage lately? >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >> Source for Family History Online. Go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > >==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm >Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com >Have you submitted a pix or history to our webpage lately? > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >