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Robert Jesse Chesterfield “Chester” Frisbee

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Robert Jesse Chesterfield “Chester” Frisbee

Birth
Taney County, Missouri, USA
Death
15 Mar 1932 (aged 73)
Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Dunn, Texas County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Full name -- Robert Chester Frisbee

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert C Frisbee
Age: 41
Birth Date: Oct 1858
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1900: Clinton, Texas, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Allie P Frisbee
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert C Frisbee 41
Allie P Frisbee 39
Joab Frisbee 17
James W Frisbee 15
Marion P Frisbee 13
Anna B Frisbee 10
Ida M Frisbee 9
Pinla H Frisbee 6
Mary M Frisbee 0
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Clinton, Texas, Missouri; Roll: 905; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0139; FHL microfilm: 1240905
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original Data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.Robert was the first born son of James William and Sarah Jane Jennings Frisbee. He moved with his parents to near Hartville in Wright County, Missouri about January 1861. His siblings are James Elzie and Eugenia Isabell Frisbee , twins born 24 February 1861. His father died at Granby, Newton County in January 1862 during the Civil War. In January 1863, five year old Robert lost his mothers home to an intentional fire set by Federal troops during a severe winter storm with snow. They barely made it to safety at the home of Robert Chesterfield Frisbee, many miles away. Aunt Elizabeth later died from that ordeal on 2 February 1861. They stayed there til 1866 when Sarah married Aaron Phillips and moved to Texas County, Missouri. He grew uo there with his brother Elzie and sister Eugenia, along with new children Martha, Huldah, and Ocie. RC died in 1870 and left each $25. Robert later courted 16 year old Allie Davis and they married on November 14, 1877. They had ten children, five boys and five girls. "Chester" and Allie separated about 1915 as He sought Insurance and Real Estate business in Springfield, Missouri. He lost Allie in 1927. After traveling awhile, he moved to son Tobe's home near Astoria in late 1932 and stayed there til his death in 1933. He was buried at the Phillips Family Graveyard aka Old Greenwood Cemetery, next to his wife and children. A marked slab was placed over the graves in the mid 1980's by Clay and Mary Frisbee. Before his mother Sarah died, she had given him a cow in payment for his inheritance from grandfather RC. He sold the cow and bought a shotgun, which has since passed down generations in the family.
Here a more complete story of Chester & the shotgun if you'd like to add it to his bio.
Thanks so much.
Bev

The Will of his Grandfather read: "To my beloved Grandson Robert Jesse Chesterfield Frisbee, I give $25.00 upon his reaching his 21st birthday.". It was 1870, the Civil War had passed and times were hard. His mother Sarah had remarried after the loss of her husband James. Her then husband Aaron Phillips had taken Guardianship of Robert (later called Chester) to make the inheritance available. Sarah never forgot using Chester's money to live on. Near the end of her life, about 1906, she gave Chester a cow to repay the debt. Chester really didn't need a cow and sold it. With that money, he bought a double barreled 32" 12 Gauge shotgun. He hunted with the shotgun, then later passed it to his oldest son Tobe. Tobe also used the shotgun to hunt before passing it down to his youngest son Emmett. Emmett had a big family to feed. He used the shotgun, (which had one barrel choked and the other to scatter) at local turkey shoots, winning almost every time. After he won too many times, they wouldn't let him shoot. Later he passed the shotgun with a broken stock to his son Richard, who never fired it. As time moved on, Richard passed the shotgun to a son, Dirk. He replaced the broken stock and might have fired it. Dirk has a son, Alexander.
Full name -- Robert Chester Frisbee

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert C Frisbee
Age: 41
Birth Date: Oct 1858
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1900: Clinton, Texas, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Allie P Frisbee
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert C Frisbee 41
Allie P Frisbee 39
Joab Frisbee 17
James W Frisbee 15
Marion P Frisbee 13
Anna B Frisbee 10
Ida M Frisbee 9
Pinla H Frisbee 6
Mary M Frisbee 0
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Clinton, Texas, Missouri; Roll: 905; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0139; FHL microfilm: 1240905
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original Data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.Robert was the first born son of James William and Sarah Jane Jennings Frisbee. He moved with his parents to near Hartville in Wright County, Missouri about January 1861. His siblings are James Elzie and Eugenia Isabell Frisbee , twins born 24 February 1861. His father died at Granby, Newton County in January 1862 during the Civil War. In January 1863, five year old Robert lost his mothers home to an intentional fire set by Federal troops during a severe winter storm with snow. They barely made it to safety at the home of Robert Chesterfield Frisbee, many miles away. Aunt Elizabeth later died from that ordeal on 2 February 1861. They stayed there til 1866 when Sarah married Aaron Phillips and moved to Texas County, Missouri. He grew uo there with his brother Elzie and sister Eugenia, along with new children Martha, Huldah, and Ocie. RC died in 1870 and left each $25. Robert later courted 16 year old Allie Davis and they married on November 14, 1877. They had ten children, five boys and five girls. "Chester" and Allie separated about 1915 as He sought Insurance and Real Estate business in Springfield, Missouri. He lost Allie in 1927. After traveling awhile, he moved to son Tobe's home near Astoria in late 1932 and stayed there til his death in 1933. He was buried at the Phillips Family Graveyard aka Old Greenwood Cemetery, next to his wife and children. A marked slab was placed over the graves in the mid 1980's by Clay and Mary Frisbee. Before his mother Sarah died, she had given him a cow in payment for his inheritance from grandfather RC. He sold the cow and bought a shotgun, which has since passed down generations in the family.
Here a more complete story of Chester & the shotgun if you'd like to add it to his bio.
Thanks so much.
Bev

The Will of his Grandfather read: "To my beloved Grandson Robert Jesse Chesterfield Frisbee, I give $25.00 upon his reaching his 21st birthday.". It was 1870, the Civil War had passed and times were hard. His mother Sarah had remarried after the loss of her husband James. Her then husband Aaron Phillips had taken Guardianship of Robert (later called Chester) to make the inheritance available. Sarah never forgot using Chester's money to live on. Near the end of her life, about 1906, she gave Chester a cow to repay the debt. Chester really didn't need a cow and sold it. With that money, he bought a double barreled 32" 12 Gauge shotgun. He hunted with the shotgun, then later passed it to his oldest son Tobe. Tobe also used the shotgun to hunt before passing it down to his youngest son Emmett. Emmett had a big family to feed. He used the shotgun, (which had one barrel choked and the other to scatter) at local turkey shoots, winning almost every time. After he won too many times, they wouldn't let him shoot. Later he passed the shotgun with a broken stock to his son Richard, who never fired it. As time moved on, Richard passed the shotgun to a son, Dirk. He replaced the broken stock and might have fired it. Dirk has a son, Alexander.


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