1. | Robert Jackson Sudbury was born on 5 Jun 1856 in Dyer County, Tennesse; died in 1891 in Milam, Texas, USA. Other Events:
- FSID: L1QR-T29
- Reference Number: 3895
Notes:
Marriage Ceremony performed by George W Baines, Jr.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.
ROBERT J. SUDBURY was born on June 5, 1856 in Dyer County, Tennessee. On
November 28, 1877, shortly after he and his parents moved from Tennessee to
Milam County, Texas, he married LAURA TALLULAH E. FOSTER. The cere
-mony was performed by George W. Baines, Jr.
Laura had been born on September 12, 1859, in Georgia (probably in the town of
Morgan in Calhoun County), according to her great-grandson, Glenn Boyd. Her
parents were SAMUEL L. FOSTER and ELIZABETH SHEPPARD. Census
records from 1860 show Laura, at the age of almost one year, living with her
family in Morgan, Georgia, where her parents were running an inn. In 1870,
Laura's family was still living in Morgan, but her father had given up inkeeping
and had become a farmer. Glenn Boyd's best estimate is that Laura's family moved
from Georgia to Milam County, Texas sometime between 1770 and 1774.
After his marriage to Laura in 1877, Robert probably helped his father, John B.
Sudbury, farm John's land in Milam County. Following John's death, which
apparently occurred in 1888, Robert purchased the inherited interests of each of his
brothers and sisters in John's land for the sum of fifty dollars, and it became his
own. The deed evidencing this purchase is an interesting document, which can still
be photocopied in the Milam County courthouse in Cameron. A description of the
land Robert acquired under this deed can be found in entry number 1612, above,
for John B. Sudbury.
Unfortunately, Robert did not live to farm his new land for very long. He died on
July 18, 1891, presumably in Milam County, of unknown causes. His burial site is
also unknown to us today, though he may possibly be resting in an unmarked grave
in the Sandy Creek Cemetery, near Rockdale.
Laura survived her husband by almost four decades. Glenn Boyd gives the
following additional information about her later years:
Laura was known to use a cane during the last years of her life. She would
visit each of her children for a few weeks in turn. Laura suffered from
dropsy, an old term for diabetes. At least one of her children and several
grandchildren developed the disease, possibly inherited from Laura.
Laura died on March 17, 1927, and is buried in the city cemetery of
Thornton, Texas. The grave site is marked by a small curved stone.
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Robert married Laura Tallualh E Foster on 28 Nov 1877 in Milam County, Texas. Laura (daughter of Samuel L Foster and Elizabeth Sheppard) was born on 12 Sep 1859 in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia; died on 17 Mar 1927 in Thorton, Limestone County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. William Samuel Sudbury
was born on 13 Sep 1878 in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas; died on 18 Jul 1947 in Waco, McLennan County , Trxas; was buried on 19 Jul 1947 in Rozsemound Cemetery, Waco, Texas.
- 3. Eula Elizabeth Sudbury
was born on 12 Nov 1880 in Rockdale, Milam, Texas USA; died on 10 Jan 1936 in Waco, McLennan County Texas. Her parents home.
- 4. John Edwin Sudbury
was born in 1883; died in 1955.
- 5. Susan Alice Sudbury
was born on 29 Apr 1885 in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas; died on 16 Jul 1958.
- 6. Robert Roy Sudbury
was born on 24 Aug 1887 in Falls County, Texas; died on 6 Jul 1956 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
- 7. Mamie Eudora Sudbury
was born on 4 Dec 1889 in Texas USA; died on 18 Jun 1971 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas.
- 8. Ernest J Sudbury
was born on 27 Dec 1891 in Milam County, Texas; died on 4 Oct 1912 in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas.
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