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