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ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON
1867 TN to 1939 CA

son of WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON and ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09000012
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............72y 0m 14d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......DEATON
Fam-ID.........DEATON
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....3
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......11
#Events........1
#Images:.......40
#Comments......3
#Siblings......11
#Children......8

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Ancestor.......ancestor
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Gen-#..........04
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Burial.........Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Graceland lot 6286 space 3

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, male, born:1844-06-13 Carroll county, Arkansas, died:1916-01-29 (71y 7m 16d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #M:1, #Cmnts:2
  2. Parent: ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, female, born:1843-11-13 Tennessee, died:1919-11-28 (76y 0m 15d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:SAMUEL G. CLENDENIN, Mom:MARIA MAYS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2
  3. Sibling: Samantha Idella DEATON, female, born:1869-07-10 Illinois, died:1950-11-24 (81y 4m 14d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1
  4. Sibling: Berry Fisher DEATON, male, born:1871-12-12 Tennessee, died:1940-01-01 (68y 0m 20d) California, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1
  5. Sibling: Arista Caroline DEATON, female, born:1873-12-17 Tennessee, died:1955 (81y 0m 15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:2
  6. Sibling: Gilbert Haven DEATON, male, born:1876-01-09 ?Missouri, died:1950-11-24 (74y 10m 15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1
  7. Sibling: William Shimmin DEATON, male, born:1878-02-02 Crockett county, Tennessee, died:1950 (71y 10m 30d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #Cmnts:1
  8. Sibling: Christa Anna DEATON, female, born:1880-07-23 Tennessee, died:1967 (86y 5m 9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1
  9. Sibling: Buna Jane DEATON, female, born:1882-12-23 Friendship, Crockett county, Tennessee, died:1974-02 (91y 1m 9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:2
  10. Sibling: Frederick Jackson DEATON, male, born:1885-02-09 Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, died:1885-02-12 (0y 0m 3d) Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN
  11. Sibling: Effie DEATON, female, born:1886-03-16 ?Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, died:1886-03-19 (0y 0m 3d) ?Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN
  12. Sibling: Robert McDonald DEATON, male, born:1897-02-02 ?Tennessee, died:1897-07-07 (0y 5m 5d) ?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN
  13. Sibling: Elizabeth Clendenin DEATON, female, born:1902 ?Tennessee, died:1904-11-20 (2y 10m 19d) ?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1887-11-20 Springfield, Greene county, Missouri
  2. Spouse: ADELINE R. BUHR, female, born:1870-08-19 Georgetown, Vermilion county, Illinois, died:1893-06-14 (22y 9m 26d) Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:WILLIAM DIETRICH BUHR, Mom:MARTHA R. RAGLAND, #Cmnts:3
  3. ..Child: CHARLES FRANKLIN DEATON, male, born:1889-08-11 Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, died:1972-11-28 (83y 3m 17d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:ADELINE R. BUHR, #Cmnts:3
  4. ..Child: Claude Terrell DEATON, male, born:1892-06-13 Amory, Monroe county, Mississippi, died:1970-11-20 (78y 5m 7d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:ADELINE R. BUHR
  5. Marriage: 1896-04-29 Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee
  6. Spouse: Flora McDonald, female, born:1872-11-18 , died:1917-02-07 (44y 2m 20d)
  7. ..Child: Marjory\Mary DEATON, female, born:1898-04-16 Tennessee, died:1920-1988 (21y 8m 16d) , Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  8. ..Child: Minnie A. DEATON, female, born:1900-07-15 Tennessee, died:1920-1990 (19y 5m 17d) , Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  9. ..Child: E.L. Green DEATON, female, born:1902-09-11 Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, died:1902-1992 (0y 3m 21d) , Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  10. ..Child: Margaret DEATON, female, born:1904-12-15 Tennessee, died:1924-1994 (19y 0m 17d) , Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  11. ..Child: Robert Carnahan DEATON Jr., male, born:1908-09-13 Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, died:1977 (68y 3m 19d) Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  12. ..Child: William Sheffer DEATON, male, born:1913-07-10 Tennessee, died:1981-06-20 (67y 11m 10d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Dad:ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, Mom:Flora McDonald
  13. Marriage: 1918-1935 Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee
  14. Spouse: Maud Melnotte, female, born:1887-09-20 ?Humboldt, Gibson county, Tennessee, died:1970-09-23 (83y 0m 3d) ?Sequoyah county, Oklahoma

Events
Birth: 1867-11-14y0m0d
Census: 1870 , Age:2y1m18d, Role:census federal, Robert C. age 2 b.TN with parents Robert C. age 2 b.TN with parents
Census: 1880 , Age:12y1m18d, Role:census federal, R.C age 12 b.TN with parents R.C age 12 b.TN with parents
Married: 1887-11-20, Age:20y0m6d, St. Pauls Methodist Church, Role:groom, Newspaper announcement in the Springfield Daily Leader newspaper issue of Nov.24, 1887 in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri of the wedding on Nov.20, 1887 of Robert C. Deaton and Addie Buhr that happened. The article said both were residents of Springfield at the time and were married by Elder B.F. Poole of the Methodist Church. Because both Robert and Adeline were under the legal age to be married in Missouri as adults, both had to have consent from a legal guardian. For Robert, his father William gave approval. For Adeline, whose parents were deceased, her older sister and legal guardian, Tillie Hook, gave approval. Newspaper announcement in the Springfield Daily Leader newspaper issue of Nov.24, 1887 in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri of the wedding on Nov.20, 1887 of Robert C. Deaton and Addie Buhr that happened. The article said both were residents of Springfield at the time and were married by Elder B.F. Poole of the Methodist Church. The wedding announcement of Addie Buhr and Robert Deaton was in the 24 Nov. 1887 newspaper of Springfield, Missouri. Addie died before her 23rd birthday and had two children by then. Per County Clerk of Greene County, Missouri Marriage Records Book H page 331, Robert and Addie had to get permission to marry since he was under age 21 and she was under age 18. Robert's father gave his permission and Tillie Hook, the sister and natural guardian of Addie, gave her consent. Because both Robert and Adeline were under the legal age to be married in Missouri as adults, both had to have consent from a legal guardian. For Robert, his father William gave approval. For Adeline, whose parents were deceased, her older sister and legal guardian, Tillie Hook, gave approval.
Marry-intent: 1887-11-24, Age:20y0m10d, Role:fiance, Newspaper announcement in the Springfield Daily Leader newspaper issue of Nov.24, 1887 in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri of the wedding on Nov.20, 1887 of Robert C. Deaton and Addie Buhr that happened. The article said both were residents of Springfield at the time and were married by Elder B.F. Poole of the Methodist Church. Newspaper announcement in the Springfield Daily Leader newspaper issue of Nov.24, 1887 in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri of the wedding on Nov.20, 1887 of Robert C. Deaton and Addie Buhr that happened. The article said both were residents of Springfield at the time and were married by Elder B.F. Poole of the Methodist Church.
Livedin: 1892-06-13, Age:24y6m30d, He and Addie may have lived in Mississippi at the time of the birth of their second child -- here instead of Memphis or even Missouri. He and Addie may have lived in Mississippi at the time of the birth of their second child -- here instead of Memphis or even Missouri.
Married: 1896-04-29, Age:28y5m15d, Role:groom
Census: 1900 , Age:32y1m18d, Role:census federal, Robert C. b.11-__-1867 TN age 32 parents b.TN railroad yardmaster, Flora b.11-__-1876 Ireland age 26 father b.Scotland mother b.Ireland married 4 years mother of four of which three were still living, Charlie b.08-__-1888 TN age 11 b.TN father b.TN mother b.MO, Claude b.06-__-1891 TN father b.TN mother b.MO, Marguirie b.04-__-1898 TN age 2 father b.TN mother b.MO Robert C. b.11-__-1867 TN age 32 parents b.TN railroad yardmaster, Flora b.11-__-1876 Ireland age 26 father b.Scotland mother b.Ireland married 4 years mother of four of which three were still living, Charlie b.08-__-1888 TN age 11 b.TN father b.TN mother b.MO, Claude b.06-__-1891 TN father b.TN mother b.MO, Marguirie b.04-__-1898 TN age 2 father b.TN mother b.MO
Census: 1910 , Age:42y1m18d, Role:census federal, Robert age 42 b.TN and his parents in Missouri, wife Flora age 35 born Ireland, son Charles F. age 20 born Tennessee and his mother born in Ireland he was a switchman for the railroad. Also listed on the adjoining page, all born in Tennessee, are: Margery E. age 11, Minnie A. age 9, Margerite H. age 8 and R.C. age 1. Robert age 42 b.TN and his parents in Missouri, wife Flora age 35 born Ireland, son Charles F. age 20 born Tennessee and his mother born in Ireland he was a switchman for the railroad. Also listed on the adjoining page, all born in Tennessee, are: Margery E. age 11, Minnie A. age 9, Margerite H. age 8 and R.C. age 1.
Land: 1912-09-16, Age:44y10m2d, Role:seller, Robert and Flora Deaton sell property in 1916 in Shelby county Tennessee Robert and Flora Deaton sell property in 1916 in Shelby county Tennessee
Married: 1918-1935, Age:50y1m18d, Role:groom
Census: 1920 , Age:52y1m18d, Role:census federal, R.C. age 52 b.TN Mary age 21 b.TN parents b.TN railroad switchman, Mary age 21 b.TN parents b.TN, Minnie age 19 b.TN, Margaret age 15 b.TN, RC Jr. age 11 b.TN, Sheffer age 6 b.TN this family lived at 1059 South 4th Street R.C. age 52 b.TN Mary age 21 b.TN parents b.TN railroad switchman, Mary age 21 b.TN parents b.TN, Minnie age 19 b.TN, Margaret age 15 b.TN, RC Jr. age 11 b.TN, Sheffer age 6 b.TN this family lived at 1059 South 4th Street
Census: 1930 , Age:62y1m18d, Role:census federal, Robert age 62 Maude age 43 William age 1 Robert age 62 Maude age 43 William age 1
Death: 1939-11-28, Age:72y0m14d, heart attack
Burial: 1939 , Age:71y1m18d, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Graceland lot 6286 space 3
Birth:
Birth:
Livedin: Per the 1887 newspaper announcement of his marriage to Adeline, both of these then under-age-to-legally-marry-without-guardian-consent people were esidents of Springfield. Since his father William gave consent, he maybe also was a resident then. Per the 1887 newspaper announcement of his marriage to Adeline, both of these then under-age-to-legally-marry-without-guardian-consent people were esidents of Springfield. Since his father William gave consent, he maybe also was a resident then.
Livedin: 522 S. Union Apt. #31, living here at the time of his death living here at the time of his death

Image(s)
D__0058 - Photo of Robert C. Deaton
D__0059 - Photo of Robert C. Deaton
D__0066 - 1900 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee Family of Robert Deaton
D__0091 - 1870 Census for McNairy County Tennessee with William Deaton and wife Elizabeth
D__0118 - Marriage Announcement of Robert Deaton and Adeline Buhr
D__0120 - Property Sold by Robert and Flora Deaton
D__0121 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Dow pg.420, Deaton address and occupations
D__0122 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Polk pg.305, Deaton address and occupations
D__0128 - Marriage of Robert Deaton and Flora McDonald, Bk.R pg.249, Shelby county TN
D__0145 - Marriage Certificate of Robert Deaton and Adeline Buhr
D__0158 - City Directory for Springfield 1889 with Two Deatons listed
D__0161 - 1910 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, with Robert Deaton Family
D__0183 - Family of Adeline 'Addie' Buhr Deaton
D__0184 - Family of Adeline 'Addie' Buhr Deaton
D__0220 - Family of William H. Deaton and wife Elizabeth (Clendenin) Deaton
D__0273 - Occupation List of Deatons in 1918 Memphis Directory including Their Addresses
D__0399 - City Directory for Memphis 1890
D__0400 - City Directory for Memphis 1896
D__0401 - City Directory for Memphis 1931
D__0406 - City Directory 1891 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0407 - City Directory 1891 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0408 - City Directory 1892 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0409 - City Directory 1892 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0410 - City Directory 1893 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0411 - City Directory 1894 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0412 - City Directory 1895 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0413 - City Directory 1896 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0414 - City Directory 1897 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0415 - City Directory 1898 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0416 - City Directory 1898 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0417 - City Directory 1899 of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with several Deatons
D__0449 - Birth information of Claude T. Deaton in Mississippi thus Parents in Mississippi
D__0458 - 1880 Census for Franklin county Tennessee with Robert Deaton
D__0459 - 1930 Census for Memphis, Shelby county Tennessee with Robert Deaton Family
D__0468 - 1920 Census for Memphis, Shelby county Tennessee with Robert Deaton Family
D__0638 - Death Certificate for Robert C. Deaton
D__0639 - Death Notation for Robert C. Deaton in Los Angeles
Z__0024 - Map of Counties of Tennessee
Z__0035 - Map of Counties of Illinois


General
living here at the time of his death

Sources
Birth Death and Marriage records for Shelby county Tennessee
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Larry Wilson self-knowledge thru family
Letter from Delores Deaton Nader, Jackson Mississippi, 1981
Letter from Howard A. Deaton, St. Louis Missouri, 1980
Letters from Lonnie Deaton, Seymour Tennessee, 1981
Robert C. Deaton burial in Oaklawn Cemetery in Los Angeles
Robert C. Deaton Employment record, Illinois Central Railroad
Shelby County Tennessee Occupation Directory, 1892
Springfield, Greene county, Missouri city directory, 1889

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