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Robert Letcher Mountjoy
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Robert Letcher Mountjoy 1 2 3 4
- Born: 16 June 1842, Anderson County, KY 4
- Marriage (1): Margaret Arnspiger on 16 August 1866 in , Logan County, IL 1 2 3
- Died: 24 November 1884, , Logan County, IL at age 42 4
 Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 4 June 1880. 3
1880 US Census
Page 239A, District 48, Dwelling 51, Family 54, Roll 0227
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Robert L. Mountjoy..Self..36..KY..Farmer
(Living with wife, 4 children, 1 brother, and 2 nephews to wife.)
NOTE - If his birth date was 16 Jun 1842, then his age should have been 37 instead of 36.
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Robert married Margaret Arnspiger, daughter of Steven Arnspiger and Catharine Howser, on 16 August 1866 in , Logan County, IL.1 2 3 (Margaret Arnspiger was born on 29 December 1844 in , Logan County, IL,4 5 6 7 died on 23 August 1935 in , Logan County, IL 7 and was buried on 26 August 1935 in Eminence Township, Logan, IL 7.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 4 June 1880. 3
1880 US Census
Page 239A, District 48, Dwelling 51, Family 54, Roll 0227
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Robert L. Mountjoy..Self..36..KY..Farmer
Margaret Mountjoy..Wife..34..IL..Keeping House
Lillie S. Mountjoy..Dau..12..IL..At Home
Paralee Mountjoy..Dau..11..IL..At Home
Amanda Mountjoy..Dau..6..IL..At Home
Tolbert Mountjoy..Son..2..IL..At Home
Marion Mountjoy...Bro..26..IL..Farmer
George Atteberry..Othr..18..IL..Farm Laborer
Frank Atteberry..Othr..20..IL..Farm Laborer
Martha Brining..Othr..28..IL..Housekeeper
NOTE - Marion Mountjoy was a brother of Robert. George and Frank Atteberry were both noted as "other" relationship to Robert but were actually nephews to Margaret through her older sister, Susan. Martha Brining was probably un-related.
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Sources
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Dr. W.W. Houser, Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Dillman, Hoover Families (1910), page 79.
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Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900," database(https://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html : accessed 13 January 2021), MOUNTJOY, ROBERT J. and ARNSPIPER, MARGARET, Logan County, 08/16/1866, Vol./Page 002/0016, License Number 00001524.
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1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 48, p. 239A, dwelling 51, family 54, Robert Letcher Mountjoy and Margaret Arnspiger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Mar 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0227.
4
Jo Arnspiger, "Descendents of George Heinrich Ernstberger" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jarnspiger; Updated: 2005-02-07 02:45:02 UTC (Mon)).
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Dr. W.W. Houser, Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Dillman, Hoover Families (1910), page 77.
6
1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 7B, dwelling 152, family 152, Judson D. Fusch and Paralee Mountjoy; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 08 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
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"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438856 : accessed 6 August 2020), Margaret I Mountjoy, 23 Aug 1935; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,765,616.