Person Info
- Name: Robert PROSSER
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1794 in New York b
- Death: 2 Sep 1871 in Hancock Co, West Virginia d
- Burial: Flats Cemetery, New Manchester, Hancock Co, West Virginia u
Parents:
Family:
Marriage:
- Mary TODD .m1
- Mary TODD
Birth: 20 Dec 1797 in Co Tyrone, Ireland
Death: 4 Mar 1879 in Hancock Co, West Virginia
Children:
- Rebecca PROSSER Birth: Abt 1828 in Virginia
- James PROSSER Birth: Mar 1830 in Virginia
- Thomas PROSSER Birth: Abt 1837 in Virginia
Bibliography
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Census 1820, Virginia, Brooke Co, Wellsburg, p20. M33-132. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004433293 image 070. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1820 VA Brooke Wellsburg 20].
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Census 1830, Virginia, Brooke Co, p66. M19-189. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004411233 image 325. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1830 VA Brooke 66].
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Census 1840, Virginia, Brooke Co, p07. M704-552. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005154912 image 399. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1840 VA Brooke 09].
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Census 1850, Virginia, Hancock Co, p37. M432-949. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004206371 image 042. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1850 VA Hancock 37].
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Census 1860, Virginia, Hancock Co, p56. M653-1349. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005171718 image 495. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1860 VA Hancock 56].
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Census 1870, West Virginia, Hancock Co, Grant, p22. M593-1687. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004278776 image 594. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1870 WV Hancock Grant 22].
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-, "Gillespie notes", 8 typed, photocopied, well-worn pages from Virginia EDGAR via Joyce MOORE received Aug 1 1988. Author unknown. dated 1880-1940. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GILLESPIE Family].
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Anderson, Julie, Robert Prosser and Mary Todd, private email 11/28/2010. Author address: sweetpeaandbooboo at msn dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julie Anderson 11/28/2010].
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Shields, Jesse W and Grace Dague, Ancestors and Descendantsof James Alexander Sawhill. Grosse Pointe, MI: authors, 1958. LDS Film#0875362#7. Available at https://archive.org/details/ancestorsdescend00shie_0. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Shields SAWHILL p[0-9]*].
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Tracy, Win, Prosser-Todd family, private email 11/30/2010. Author address: wgtnana at comcast dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Win Tracy 11/30/2010].
- date:
- 2 (month unknown) 1796 [Ref: Julie Anderson 11/28/2010]
- abt 1794-95 [Ref: Win Tracy 11/30/2010]
- age 16-26 in 1820 [Ref: 1820 VA Brooke Wellsburg 20]
- age 40-50 in 1840 [Ref: 1840 VA Brooke 09]
- age 56 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 VA Hancock 37]
- age 65 in 1860 [Ref: 1860 VA Hancock 56]
- age 75 in 1870 [Ref: 1870 WV Hancock Grant 22],
- place:
- [Ref: 1860 VA Hancock 56, 1870 WV Hancock Grant 22]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- place:
- New Jersey [Ref: 1850 VA Hancock 37]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Julie Anderson 11/28/2010, Win Tracy 11/30/2010],
- place:
- [Ref: Win Tracy 11/30/2010]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: Julie Anderson 11/28/2010]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary TODD
- names:
- [Ref: GILLESPIE Family, Shields SAWHILL p12]
- Robert PROSSER & Mary ___ [Ref: 1860 VA Hancock 56, 1870 WV Hancock
Grant 22],
- child:
- [Ref: 1850 VA Hancock 37, 1860 VA Hancock 56]
Research Notes:
1820: living in Wellsburg Twp, Brooke Co, Virginia. One male age 10-16, and
one age 16-26. Two females under age 10, one age 16-26. Two involved in
agriculture (010100-201000-2) [Ref: 1820 VA Brooke Wellsburg 20]
1830: living in Brooke Co, Virginia. Two males under 5, one age 15-20 [WTM:
Robert himself apparently not counted]. Two females under age 5, one age
5-10, two age 10-15, one age 20-30, and one age 50-60 [WTM: Mary Todd??]
(2001000000000-21201001000) [Ref: 1830 VA Brooke 66]
1840: living in Brooke Co, Virginia. One male under 5, one age 5-10, one age
10-15, one age 15-20, one age 40-50. Two females age 10-15, one age 15-20, one
age 20-30, and one age 40-50 (1111001000000-0021101000000) [Ref: 1840 VA
Brooke 09]
1850: living in Hancock Co, Virginia; farmer [WTM: Hancock County formed from
part of Brooke County in 1848, and became part of West Virginia in 1863] Also
in household were Mary Todd (mother-in-law) and Martha Smith (wife's sister)
[Ref: 1850 VA Hancock 37]
1860: living in Hancock Co, Virginia; farmer [Ref: 1860 VA Hancock 56]
1870: living in Grant Twp, Hancock Co, West Virginia; farmer [Ref: 1870 WV
Hancock Grant 22]
Pedigree of Robert PROSSER
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