Robert Paisley1 
(c 1809 - bt 1870 - 1880)
| Charts | Ancestors of Faith Kennedy |
Children of Robert Paisley and Mary Ann Rapp |
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Life Events | |
| Overview | * * * * * Robert was a farmer in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He married a widow, Mary Ann Rapp. They had five children together before Robert died. There are several clues published in Lawrence County history books for further research into the Paisley family. * * * * * |
| Birth | Robert Paisley was born circa 1809 in Pennsylvania.2,3 |
| 1850 Census | He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Neshannock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, enumerated 20 Sep 1850. In the household were Robert (92, farmer), Ann (53), Ellen (50), and Robert (35, brickmaker). In the next household were Andrew (42, brickmaker) and his family.4 |
| Marriage | He married Amanda Ann (-?-).5 |
| Newspaper | Published 27 Aug 1853 in the Lawrence Journal. DIED. On Friday morning the 19th inst. Mrs. Amanda Ann Paisley, wife of Mr. Robert Paisley of Neshannock township, aged 26 years.5 |
| Marriage | Robert Paisley married Mary Ann Rapp, daughter of George Frederick Rapp and Mary Leibendorfer.1,6 |
| 1860 Census | Robt and M.A. Paisly [sic] appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, enumerated 4 Jun 1860. Their nearest post office was in New Castle. Robert was 52, a farmer with $2000 worth of real estate and $500 of personal estate, and was born in Pennsylvania. M.A. was 38 and born in Ohio. There was also a female, age 2, named S.S. and a farmer's laborer Jno Strick?ter, 16.3 |
| 1870 Census | Robert and Mary A Parley [sic] appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Union Township, enumerated 28 Jun 1870. Their nearest post office was in Mount Jackson. Robert was 60 [might be 66], a farmer owning $1600 of real estate and $100 of personal goods. Mary A was 46 and keeping house. The children were Sophia (11), Eliza A (10), Juliana (6), Charles (10 months), and James A (4). They were all born in Pennsylvania and Sophia and Eliza attended school. The next household was Robert's brother Andrew and his family.2 |
| Death | Robert died between 1870 and 1880.7 |
| Research Note | Son Charles' death reg says Robert was born in Lancaster County, Pa; the new castle news death index appears to be missing several years c1875-1879. |
| Research Note | Among the later comers were Robert Paisley and family, three sons and six daughters, from Lancaster county, Pa., who settled in 1827, in New Castle, but, after a residence of two years, in 1829 purchased thirty acres where his son Andrew N. now lives. He was a cooper by trade and followed the occupation until his death in October, 1851. His wife died in 1836. His sons were named respectively John, Andrew N. and Robert. All three are now living in West New Castle, adjoining each other. The sisters are all dead but one, who lives in Sharon, Mercer county. History: Part 11 - pp. 119 - 126: S.W. and P.A. DURANT: History of Lawrence County, PA, 1877. |
| Research Note | Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens Lawrence County Pennsylvania 1897 ROBERT PAISLEY ROBINSON, [p. 404] a leading citizen of New Castle, was born in Union township, Lawrence Co., July 5, 1832, and is a son of George and Jane (Paisley) Robinson, and grandson of George Robinson, Sr. The latter was a shoemaker by trade, and plied that trade in his younger days, but followed agricultural pursuits the greater portion of his life. Our subject's mother was born in Lancaster County, and was a daughter of Robert Paisley, also a native of Lancaster County, and of Scotch-Irish descent. After coming to Lawrence County he bought a farm, and interested himself in agricultural labors to good advantage, providing liberally in this way for his children, and being widely respected as a representative farmer. In his politics, he was a Democrat of the old school. In the Seceder Church, of which he was a devoted and faithful member, he held the office of elder. Our subject's father was a citizen of Union township at the time of his marriage. When his parents came to Lawrence County, the country was still in its first stage of development; his mother's family crossed the mountains in what was known farther west at a later date as a prairie schooner, the members of the family walking the most of the time, as that was much less tiresome than riding in the rude conveyance, which was not provided with springs as are the wagons of to-day. When they came to the present site of New Castle, they found a clearing of no very great extent in the woods which covered mountains and valleys, and in the clearing there were less than a dozen houses, mostly built of logs. George Robinson was a carpenter by trade, and worked at it in New Castle and in the territory contiguous. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Seceders Church. He lived to be sixty years of age, dying about the year 1877. Two children were born to our subject's parents: Robert Paisley, and George, an insurance agent of the city of Pittsburg, Pa. George Robinson's second marriage was with Jane Best, but no children were added to the family. Our subject was reared in Union township, and attended the schools of New Castle. When sixteen years of age, he began to work in the nail mill, and continued to be thus employed for ten years. Then for three or four years he kept a news and tobacco store in New Castle, which he at length disposed of and accepted a proffered position in the shoe department of one of the largest stores in the city, where he remained some seven years. The two following years he held a similar position in another establishment in the city. By his long connection with the shoe trade, he has thoroughly acquainted himself with all matters considered to pertain in the least to that business, and has shown himself to be a very capable, efficient, and valuable clerk, for he is very popular, and has his circle of patrons who will buy of none but him. Mr. Robinson was married Dec. 16, 1855, to Jane Davis, daughter of Robert and Mary (Stewart) Davis. The father of Mary Stewart was a native of Scotland. The following seven children were born of our subject's first union: Robert H., deceased; George, deceased; Mary Jane, wife of J. H. Douglas, whose biography we have placed on another page; Annie, who married Joseph Harris, the proprietor of a meat market of New Castle; William, who married Esther McQuisten, and who is employed in the P. & W. R. R. freight office; Lizzie, deceased; and Charles, deceased. Mrs. Robinson died Sept. 24, 1879, aged forty-seven years. Our subject was again married Oct. 12, 1893, to Louise M. Connell, who was born in Franklin County, and who is a daughter of William T. and Rebecca (Turner) Connell, the former a son of Edward and Ruhama (Todd) Connell, and the latter a daughter of James and Nancy Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the Central Presbyterian Church, and interest themselves in all the work of that organization. Mr. Robinson has been a member of the Royal Templars since 1887. He is a Republican in politics. |
| Last Edited | 26 Jul 2012 |
Citations
- [S1905] Death certificate of Eliza Ellen Thompson, died 30 November 1926, registered 1 December 1926 in the State of Ohio, file # 71639 (Family Search Historic Records & Images Online).
- [S1739] 1870 Federal Census for United States, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Union, Roll M593_1360, Page 310. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- [S1740] 1860 Federal Census for United States, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Union, Roll M653_1127, Page 487. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- [S857] 1850 Federal Census for United States, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Neshannock, Roll M432_790, Page 218. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- [S1953] The Lawrence Guardian, Mrs Amanda Ann Paisley death, 27 August 1853. photocopy from New Castle Public Library.
- [S1908] New Castle News (Pennsylvania), 30 September 1891. image online at Ancestry.com's historical newspaper collection.
- [S938] 1880 Federal Census for United States, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, New Castle, Roll T9_1144, ED 216, Page 121C. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- [S1907] Death certificate of James Alexander Paisley, died 30 November 1932, registered 2 December 1932 in the State of Ohio, file # 9395 (Family Search Historic Records & Images Online).