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Robert Gilmore Penn

Male 1835 - 1911  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Gilmore Penn was born 3 Oct 1835, Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA; died 13 Dec 1911, Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA; was buried , Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29798

    Notes:

    In 1861 Robert Gilmore Penn owned over eight hundred acres of land, five slaves, eighty horses, one hundred cattle, twenty sheep, and other miscellaneous property. The total was worth an impressive $11,760. As with the estates of his brothers, William and John Wesley, the progression of the war seemed to have little impact on his fortunes at first. The value of his lands held steady; he maintained his slaveholding status; and the size of his herds made modest increases. His total estate climbed to $12,690 in 1862, but in 1865 his holdings were worth only $5,890. The devaluation of real and personal property was but one of the manifestations of the economic uncertainty, even chaos, brought on by the Civil War.

    But for the Penn family whose sons were of fighting age, the confusion and loss proved more than economic. Robert Gilmore Penn's older brother, William Penn, was killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas (see above). His brother John Wesley Penn, commanded troops (see above). Robert Gilmore Penn began his military service as a member of the Cedar Hill Cavalry Company. As a private, he served with the Home Guard also under Captain Richard L. Sullivan. But later Robert joined the Texas Cavalry in the Regiment of Colonel Nathaniel M. Burford who was a prominent Dallas resident. On March 21, 1862, he enlisted at Dallas and served in Captain Allen Beard's unit. When he was mustered in, Robert was described as being twenty-six years of age, standing five feet and ten and one-half inches tall, and having grey eyes and black hair. He served in the regiment along with seventy-five other men and was a member of Company B. Robert was mustered in on March 21 and on May 8, 1862; he received bounty pay of $50 on June 24, 1862. The Nineteenth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry was attached to Hawes', G. W. Carter's, Flourney's, W. Steele's, and W. H. Parson's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. Five men were killed, nineteen wounded, and nine were missing from the unit after Marmaduke's Missouri Raid. The unit continued its service, fighting in Arkansas, and then serving in the operations against Bank's Red River Campaign. The regiment returned to Arkansas and then ended the war at Marshall, Texas, where it disbanded in May 1865.

    The following is a copy of a letter he wrote during the Civil War:

    Camp Calley's Ridge, Arkansas
    May 18, 1863
    Dear Brother and Sister:

    I received your very welcome letter yesterday dated 15th Apr. 1863 and was glad to heare that you all was well. We are now camped about 45 miles east of Jackson Port. We wil remaine here - or near here - for about two weeks to rest our horses and get them shod - unless routed by the enemy. We camped in Missouri on the 18 night of Apr. for the first time. We went to Petersen on a forced march traveling almost day and night. There was about 600 feds stationed at Paterson. Our brigade went one rode(sic) and a Missouri Brigade went another. The two Brigades were to meet at Paterson at the same time, Colonel Carter's Regt. was in the advance of our Brigade. I suppose he thought it would be an easy game and rushed on with his Regt. and Captain Pratt's Battery and got to Paterson about two hours before the Mo. Brigade.

    .................
    R. G. Gilmore

    After the war Robert Gilmore Penn's estate depreciated further. During the late 1860's Robert G. Penn began selling some of his land, essentially reducing his acreage that he held within each of his surveys. He maintained an estate equal to approximately half of his antebellum estate and continued to keep horses and cattle and to retain a good amount of miscellaneous property following the war. In 1870, he was thirty-four years of age, a farmer whose real estate was valued at $4,500 and personal property at $1,785.

    He was a thirty-second degree Mason. He traded land in Duncanville for large land tracts in Concho County, Texas, but lost it all in a swindle, involving British investors. He went to Altus, Oklahoma, and filed for a section of land.

    He stated in some papers that his land was in Greer County, but this is not where Altus is at the present time, possibly the boundaries have changed over the years.

    He later married (2) Betty Shikles.

    Buried:
    Navajo Cemetery

    Robert married Elizabeth Susan Littrell 25 Jul 1872, Dallas, Texas, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Littrell and Nancy Huckaby) was born 1 Dec 1847, Barren, Kentucky, USA; died 11 May 1877, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried , Dallas, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Nancy Jane Penn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 May 1873, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 16 Apr 1962, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    2. 3. Eliza Elen Penn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1875, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 22 Mar 1876, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried , Dallas, Texas, USA.
    3. 4. Elizabeth Penn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 May 1877, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 13 Jul 1877, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried , Dallas, Texas, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nancy Jane Penn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 4 May 1873, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 16 Apr 1962, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29822

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Mont Meta Cemetery

    Nancy — Samuel Emmons VanBurkleo. Samuel was born 16 Apr 1868, St Charles, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Clarence Gilmore VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Jun 1894; died 29 Dec 1894.
    2. 6. Samuel Leonard VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Oct 1895; died 25 Sep 1905, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA.
    3. 7. Benjamin Eucebius VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jan 1898, Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA.
    4. 8. Elizabeth Louise VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1900; died , California, USA.
    5. 9. Dora Mae VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Mar 1903, Greer, Oklahoma, USA.
    6. 10. Hugh Emmons VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Sep 1906; died 19 Apr 1980.
    7. 11. Robert Perry VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jan 1909; died Abt 1973, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    8. 12. Christina VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jan 1912.
    9. 13. Tracy Lee VanBurkleo, Sr  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Sep 1915; died 1976.

  2. 3.  Eliza Elen Penn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 25 Jan 1875, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 22 Mar 1876, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried , Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29824

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Little Bethel Cemetery


  3. 4.  Elizabeth Penn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 7 May 1877, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; died 13 Jul 1877, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried , Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29825

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Little Bethel Cemetery



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Clarence Gilmore VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 21 Jun 1894; died 29 Dec 1894.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29826


  2. 6.  Samuel Leonard VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 30 Oct 1895; died 25 Sep 1905, Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29827


  3. 7.  Benjamin Eucebius VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 22 Jan 1898, Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29828

    Benjamin — Rowena Williams. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Walter Russell VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 8.  Elizabeth Louise VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 13 Sep 1900; died , California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29832

    Elizabeth — Lee Gibbs. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Louise Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jun 1928, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA.

    Elizabeth — Graves Gibson. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Dan Milton Gibson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Feb 1939.

  5. 9.  Dora Mae VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 6 Mar 1903, Greer, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29837

    Dora — Leonard Pierce Simmons, Sr. Leonard died 25 Sep 1952. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Samuel Edward Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 May 1924, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 2 Oct 1944; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    2. 18. Nannye V Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Mar 1927, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 5 May 1928.
    3. 19. Genevieve Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Oct 1928, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    4. 20. Leonard Pierce Simmons, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Jul 1930, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 8 Nov 2005, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    5. 21. Greta Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Mar 1932, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died Mar 2006, Universal City, Bexar, Texas, USA.
    6. 22. Cecil Randall Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Oct 1934, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    7. 23. Sandra Gail Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Nov 1938, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 9 Nov 1989, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.
    8. 24. Connie Lee Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jan 1941, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

  6. 10.  Hugh Emmons VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 2 Sep 1906; died 19 Apr 1980.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29838

    Hugh — Una Frizzell. Una was born 3 Nov 1910; died 26 May 1972. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Joyce VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jul 1930; died 5 Oct 1933.
    2. 26. Joan VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1931.

  7. 11.  Robert Perry VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 15 Jan 1909; died Abt 1973, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29845

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Mont Meta Cemetery


  8. 12.  Christina VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 8 Jan 1912.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29846

    Christina — Orville Ray Kenneaster. Orville died 1969. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 27. June Raydell Kenneaster  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jan 1929; died 10 Oct 1987.
    2. 28. Van Ray Kenneaster  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Sep 1938.

  9. 13.  Tracy Lee VanBurkleo, Sr Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 7 Sep 1915; died 1976.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29854

    Tracy married Margaret Jo Johnson 11 Nov 1942. Margaret was born 11 Dec 1918, Stamford, Haskell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Tracy Lee VanBurkleo, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Walter Russell VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29830

    Walter — Joan V Brimm. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Louise Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (8.Elizabeth3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 13 Jun 1928, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29834


  3. 16.  Dan Milton Gibson Descendancy chart to this point (8.Elizabeth3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 18 Feb 1939.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29836


  4. 17.  Samuel Edward Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 3 May 1924, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 2 Oct 1944; was buried , Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29861

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Harlingen City Cemetery

    Samuel married Vera Miller Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. Jimmy Merle Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. Sharon Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 32. Karen Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 18.  Nannye V Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 30 Mar 1927, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 5 May 1928.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29866


  6. 19.  Genevieve Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 13 Oct 1928, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29867

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Valley Baptist Hospital


  7. 20.  Leonard Pierce Simmons, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 27 Jul 1930, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 8 Nov 2005, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29868

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Valley Baptist Hospital

    Leonard — Dolores Barnes. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Leonard Pierce Simmons, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jun 1951, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    2. 34. Sandra Louise Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Sep 1953, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.
    3. 35. Samuel Edward Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 36. Martha Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 21.  Greta Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 15 Mar 1932, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died Mar 2006, Universal City, Bexar, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29874

    Greta married Charles Leon Laakso 2 Sep 1950, Los Fresnos, Cameron, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. Carol Gene Laakso  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Judy Lea Laakso  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 39. Brenda Joyce Laakso  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 22.  Cecil Randall Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 10 Oct 1934, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29879

    Cecil married Carolyn La Motte 25 May 1957. Carolyn was born 3 Jun 1936. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 40. Anita Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Dec 1960.
    2. 41. Tommy Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Dec 1965; died 4 Nov 1985.
    3. 42. Sarah Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Nov 1967.

    Cecil married Juana Lawson 29 Apr 1989. [Group Sheet]


  10. 23.  Sandra Gail Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 9 Nov 1938, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA; died 9 Nov 1989, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29885

    Sandra — Clement E Bellion. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 43. Clement Bellion  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 44. Cheryl Bellion  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 45. Charlene Bellion  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 46. Cynthia Bellion  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 47. Matthew Bellion  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 24.  Connie Lee Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dora3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 14 Jan 1941, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29892

    Connie — John Eugene Burnett. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 48. John Eugene Burnett, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1958.

    Connie married Byron Eugene Allen 27 Jan 1961. Byron was born 8 Feb 1940. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 49. Amy Carolyn Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Apr 1962.
    2. 50. Heather Marie Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Mar 1965.

  12. 25.  Joyce VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (10.Hugh3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 12 Jul 1930; died 5 Oct 1933.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29840


  13. 26.  Joan VanBurkleo Descendancy chart to this point (10.Hugh3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 14 Dec 1931.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29841

    Joan married Ralph Jenkins 1948; divorced 1972. Ralph died 1991. [Group Sheet]

    Joan — Edd Thomae. [Group Sheet]

    Joan married Frank Sizer Apr 2006. [Group Sheet]


  14. 27.  June Raydell Kenneaster Descendancy chart to this point (12.Christina3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 5 Jan 1929; died 10 Oct 1987.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29848

    June — Robert E Six. Robert died Feb 1988. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 51. Wayne Six  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 52. David Six  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 53. Alan Six  Descendancy chart to this point

  15. 28.  Van Ray Kenneaster Descendancy chart to this point (12.Christina3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1) was born 10 Sep 1938.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29853


  16. 29.  Tracy Lee VanBurkleo, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (13.Tracy3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Robert1)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 29856

    Tracy — Jo Ann Kutzer. Jo was born 3 Dec 1943. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 54. Leanne VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Oct 1972.
    2. 55. Leslie D VanBurkleo  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jan 1975.