Robert B. Lines
Robert B. Lines was born on July 15, 1848, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Henry and Susan Lines. His father was a farmer and harness maker who owned $1,200 of real estate and $4,000 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Kenosha, and he worked as a telegraph operator during the Civil War.
He attended Columbian College in Washington, D.C., after the war. He settled in Washington, and he earned a living as a lawyer. He travelled abroad in 1892, and his passport application described him as 6 feet, 1½ inches tall, with brown hair and gray eyes. He died of pneumonia in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 10, 1895.
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| (2785) | Lines, Robert B. | 1848-07-15 | 1895-04-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (7826) [writer] ~ Robert B. Lines to Susan D. Lines, 19 March 1865
- (7827) [writer] ~ Robert B. Lines to Susan D. Lines, 31 October 1864
- (7828) [writer] ~ Robert B. Lines to Susan D. Lines, 7 June 1864
- (7829) [writer] ~ Robert B. Lines to Susan D. Lines, 29 April 1864
- (7830) [writer] ~ Robert B. Lines to Henry Lines and Susan D. Lines, 6 December 1863
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com; The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 12 April 1895
