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Subject: [YARBROUGH-L] Robert Lee YARBROUGH
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:07:52 EDT

The following article was in a Book of Family Stories of the Searcy County AR
area.

Robert Lee Yarbrough was born 1-18-1847 to Robert and Mary Jane Price
Yarbrough. Prior to 1850 his hamily moved to Texas; his father died soon
after arriving there. Mary Jane m. Charles Stone in 1850. In 1852 Mary Jane,
her children Robert and Catherine and expecting her third child came back to
Arkansas; on the journey one of her horses gave out. A good Samaritan traded
horses with her and came a day's journey with them to show her the horse
would pull the wagon.
Robert and his family suffered many hardships during and after the Civil
War. While making a crop the summer of 1865 he would take a small piece of
cornpone along with a small piece of tallow; during the noon hour he would
let the oxen graze and res, while he hicked edible greens which he would boil
over an open fire, adding the tallow as seasoning along with the cornpone;
this would be his meal. The precious conr supply was hidden in the Stone
Cemetery in one fo the rock covered graves. As an old man he would admonish
the children not to waste food, saying, "If you had come as near to starving
to death as I did you would be more careful not to waste anything."
A somber occasion was the death of his beloved granfather, William (Buck)
Price, with whom he had made his home after the death of his father. He was
shot by a band of lawless men who roamed the area plundering and killing at
will. It fell Robert's lot the grim duty to go under the cover of darkness
some 4 or 5 miles distance to bring his grandfather's body back home to be
buried in the family cemetery. They got him buried just as the sun was coming
up.
Robert m. Sarah Ann Johnson 8-1-1865. She was b. 8-6-1848, they had 3
children John William b. 8-8-1871, m. Mary Ann Turney. Betty b. 11-18-1876,
d. 5-25-1939, m. Jess Treat; they had Theodosa Mae, Aletha Ann, Bertha,
Rachel, Robert B., Thomas Victor, Demoye Zella, Juanita Blaine, Jessie Alene,
Essie Aldene, Andrew Jackson b. 2-21-1883. d. 2-19-1937 m. Nellie Howell
Sept. 1900. Nellie was b. 1-20-1883, d. 4-9-1979, they had Flora and Lucinda
d. in infancy, Mary Eva b. 5-15-1907, Ethel Demoi b. 4-20-1916. Sarah Ann d.
3 days after the birth of Andrew.
Robert Lee m. Martha Ann Terrill 12-25-1882. they had ll children, Charles
Fnaklin b. 11-6-1883, d. 5-1954, m. Sarah Newport; they had Oner A. b.
4/4/1904 Gene, Horace b. 1908, Zeke b. 1910, thedore Roosevelt b. 1912, Utah.
He later m. Estelle Garroutte; they had Charles Emmanuel b. 6/13/1931, d.
4/25/1969. Hugh D. m. Martha Ellen Broam; thy had Chris b. 8/29/1910, Zula b.
8/8/1914, Marie b. 11/4/1920 Zelpha b. 7/21/1922 and Ralph b. 7/19/1929.
James Rose b. 1/20/1887, d. 6-4-1964 m. Flonnie Baker on 9-25-1935; she was
b. 2-2-1911; they had Jimmie Rae b. 8/2/1931, Stella Mae b. 4/12/1933, Jmes
Rose b. 1/18/1935, Ben Charles b. 4/30/1938. Flonnie Faye b. 3/25/1943,
Robert Doyle b. 7-1-1947. Robert Monroe b. 12-6-1888, d. 1951, m. Viola
Strynk on 11-10-1916; they had Travis b. 7-19-1918, Joe Arvilla b. 5-31-1920,
Bonnie b. 1-3-1922, Berneta 2-19-1925, James Charles b. 1-11-1927.Sara
Christina Harriett b. 3-8-1891, d. 10-10-1952 m. Stanley Andrew Lay b.
11-23-1889, d. 10-10-1952; they had Bill, Ruby, Wilma Joyce b. 12-4-1952;
they had Bill, ruby, Wilma Jouce b. 12-4-1916; Gerald b. 7-10-1920, Jeweldean
b. 5-29-1922, Robert Lewis b. 11-7-1925, and Kenneth b. 7-2-1929. George
Washington b. 5-28-1892 m. Marcelle Henley' they had a daughter Dexter b.
5-14-1921. Mary Cordelia b. 12-6-1895, d. 1-9-1974 m. Tom Henley d; they had
Willodean b. 8-6-1915m, she later m. Paul Davenbort they had Lavon b.
4-7-1933 Bluford Stanely b. 9-15-1897, d. 8-23-1976, m. ella Davenport on
9-7-1929, she was born 1-29-1909, they had James Bluford b. 10/8/1930, Loy
Dwight b. 10-8-1932, Louella b. 10-8-1938, d. 12-22-1981. Telia Arvilla b.
10-6-1899, d. 12-12-1943, m. Fred McClain b. 3-28-1900 d. they had Feddie Lee
b. 7-20-1929, Katherine sue b. 2-22-1932, Gattie B. b. 9-4-1934. Zula Pearl
b. 2-18-1902, m. Hugh McClain b. d./ they had Pauline b. 8-7-1931, Hugh
Dwight b. 5-24-1934, Ann Carol b. Floyd Bitterford b. 11-19-1908, m. Bazze
dillard b. d. they had Ruth Ann b. 12-11-1931, Mary Lou b. Russell Lee b.,
Burton Dale b. 9-21-1941.
Robert Lee d. 2-4-1927, Martha ann d. 5-21-1915, they are buried at the
Oxborn Cemetery along with sons Bluford and Monroe and Tealie. Sarha Ann is
buried at Stone Cemetery beside her mother and near her sons John and Andres.

Hope this is helpful to someone.

Relda

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