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Birth: 1867-11-14y0m0d, McNairy county Tennessee
Census: 1870 , Age:2y1m18d, McNairy county Tennessee, Role:census federal, Robert C. age 2 b.TN with parents, ImageID: D__0091
Census: 1880 , Age:12y1m18d, Crockett county Tennessee, Role:census federal, R.C age 12 b.TN with parents, ImageID: D__0458
Married: 1887-11-20, Age:20y0m6d, Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, 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., ImageID: D__0145
Marry-intent: 1887-11-24, Age:20y0m10d, Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, 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., ImageID: D__0118
Job: 1889 , Age:21y1m18d, Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Perkins W.W. Mfg. Co., residence listed as 2050 Boonville Ave. His occupation is listed as 'lab', perhaps a lab technician. One other Deaton is also listed in this 1889 Springfield City Directory, that being Della Deaton, domestic at 1831 Benton Ave. If this Robert Deaton is the ancestor Robert C. Deaton, age 21-22 in 1889, it shows that he and wife Addie are still living in Missouri rather than in Memphis.
Livedin: 1892-06-13, Age:24y6m30d, Amory, Monroe county, Mississippi, 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., ImageID: D__0467
Married: 1896-04-29, Age:28y5m15d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:groom, ImageID: D__0128
Job: 1896 , Age:28y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:Memployee, 9, 1896 Memphis city directory has Robert C. Deaton as a switchman for the N C & St I Railroad and that he beds at 171 Georgia. It also listed is his father William H. Deaton who works for the Mem Car and Foundry Co. and resides at 171 Georgia., ImageID: D__0400
Job: 1896 , Age:28y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1896 Memphis city directory has Robert C. Deaton as a switchman for the N C & St I Railroad and that he beds at 171 Georgia. It also listed is his father William H. Deaton who works for the Mem Car and Foundry Co. and resides at 171 Georgia., ImageID: D__0400
Census: 1900 , Age:32y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 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, ImageID: D__0066
Job: 1901-1937, Age:33y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Illinois Central Railroad, railroad yardmaster, retired in 1937 Two pages from a book that lists occupations of residents of Memphis.
1. Page 90 has four Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): William H. Deaton inspector of cars for the K.C.,M,& B. railroad; Robert Deaton a repairer of cars for the same railroad; Gilbert Deaton works at Bluff City Stove Works; William (no occupation listed). Two other Deatons are listed: B.J. and Pinckney who both live at addresses different from all other Deatons.
2. Page 305 has five Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): Wm H. car repairer; Robert C. car repairer; Adella, packer; Arista, packer; Gilbert, molder at H. Wetter Mnfg Co. No other Deatons are listed.
Census: 1910 , Age:42y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 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., ImageID: D__0161
Land: 1912-09-16, Age:44y10m2d, Shelby county Tennessee, Role:seller, Robert and Flora Deaton sell property in 1916 in Shelby county Tennessee, ImageID: D__0120
Married: 1918-1935, Age:50y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:groom
Census: 1920 , Age:52y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 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, ImageID: D__0468
Census: 1930 , Age:62y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Robert age 62 Maude age 43 William age 1, ImageID: D__0459
Job: 1931 , Age:63y1m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1931 city directory for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee. It lists Charles F as a switchman for the ICRR and lives at 1408 Laflore Place with wife Annie. It also lists his father Robert C. Deaton as a switchman for the ICRR and has a home at 1400 Preston with wife Maude. [D__0401], ImageID: D__0401
Death: 1939-11-28, Age:72y0m14d, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, heart attack
Burial: 1939 , Age:71y1m18d, Glendale, Los Angeles county, California, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Graceland lot 6286 space 3
Birth: Bolivar, Hardeman county, Tennessee
Birth: Johnson county Illinois
Job: Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, The 1918 Memphis City Directory listing several Deaton family members along with their addresses and occupations. Included in the list are a couple of ancestors, Robert C. and Charles F., both of them listed as switchmen for the railroad. Four generations of Deatons in Memphis worked for the railroad., ImageID: D__0273
Livedin: ?, ?Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, 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: ?, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, 522 S. Union Apt. #31, living here at the time of his death

Another child of Robert's may have been E.C. Green Deaton born 1902-09-11 in Memphis. This child was recorded in file number 8712 of the Shelby County vital records.

From the Springfield newspaper extracts, other marriages in Springfield (Greene) Missouri around the same time Robert was married there are: Sep. 10, 1891 John W. Deaton of Springfield and Miss Emma E. Farris of Aurora (southwest of Springfield), and, on Nov. 13, 1896 James A. Forde and Dora A. Deaton. 

Ancestry.com family for Adeline 'Addie' (Buhr) Deaton, it does list her two sons but with the second one being born in Mississippi [?] 

Ancestry.com family for Adeline 'Addie' (Buhr) Deaton, it does not list her two children.

From the Memphis City Directories of 1888 to 1899, including father and son William H. Deaton and Robert C. Deaton, and all the abbreviations used by the directories (with some notations added inside the pair of brackets): 

·  1888 (by Dow):     (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) 

·  1889 (by Dow):     (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) 

·  1890 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton,carp[enter?], r[esides?] Milburn G. & M. Co, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer K.C., F.S., & M. R.R., r 122 Arkansas Ave, and, W. Deaton, porter Milburn G. & M. Co 

·  1891 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 39 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Georgia, and, George Deaton, wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia, and, George Deaton Jr., wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia 

·  1891 (by Polk):    Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, brakeman K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina, and,  William H. Deaton, carp[enter?] K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina 

·  1892 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., Ft.S. & M. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co 

·  1892 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, car repairer, bds 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, res 69 Carolina, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina 

·  1893 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, car repairer, res 119 Louisiana Ave, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 313 Georgia, and, William C Deaton, molder, bds 313 Georgia, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 313 Georgia, and, Fisher B Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, bds 313 Georgia, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina 

·  1894 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, switchman, I C R R, bds 138 N Broadway, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 138 Broadway, and, Berry F Deaton, switchman, bds 138 N Broadway, and, George F, student, bds 500 Union Ave, and, Robert S Deaton, farmer, res Kerr Ave. NW cor Latham Ave 

·  1895 (by Polk):    William H Deaton, carp, res 138 N Broadway, and, Miss Stella Deaton, wks Sl Pants Co, bds 138 N Broadway 

·  1896 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, switchman, N C & St L RR, bds 171 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, wks Mem Car & Foundry Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, wks Southern Pants Factory, bds 171 Georgia, and, William Deaton, clk Binghamton Car Wks, bds n s Poplar 2 w of Merton Ave 

·  1897 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, I M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, agt Sun Life Ins Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, driver S Leob & Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fischer Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Robert 
Deaton clk M P R R 

·  1898 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, K C F S & M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, solr, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher E Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, bds 171 Georgia 

·  1898 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, engine foreman, K C M & B RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, canvasser Singer Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Annie Deaton, pantsmaker Southern Pants Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia 

·  1899 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, yardmaster, K C M & B RR, res 309 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, sol Singer Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Banney [sic?] Deaton bds 171 Georgia, and Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia

Timeline of Robert and Adeline: 
1867 - November, Robert born in McNairy county Tennessee 
1870 - August, Adeline born in Illinois in either Vermilion county or Clinton county (per her headstone and per a familysearch.org 
1870 - census, Robert age 2 in McNairy county Tennessee (per census) 
1880 - census, Robert age 12 in Crocket county Tennessee (per census) 
1880 - census, Adeline age 9 in White township of Pike county Arkansas (per census) 
1881 - September, Martha, mother of Adeline, dies in Amity, Clark county Arkansas 
1882 - May, William D. Buhr, the widower father of Adeline, marries in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per marriage certificate) 
1887 - February, William Buhr, the father of Adeline, dies in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per affidavit reference to the Buhr family bible) 
1887 - November, Robert and Adeline married as under-legal-age residents of Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per marriage certificate) 
1889 - Robert possibly employeed at Perkins W. W. Mfg. Co. in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per city directory) 
1889 - August, first child, Charles, of Robert and Adeline born in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per the sonon various census records) 
1892 - June, second child, Claude, of Robert and Adeline either in Amory, Monroe county, Mississippi (per 1910 and 1920 census) or, in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per 1900 census). This would put Addie, and probably Robert too, about 30 miles south southeast of Tupelo, Mississippi one year before she died. 
1893 - June, Adeline age 22 is buried in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per headstone) 
1896 - April, Robert marries Flora McDonald in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per marriage certificate) 
1900 - census, Robert age 32 in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee as a railroad yardmaster (per census, he is listed in Memphis city directories 1890 to 1899)