ROBERT HENRY LUTHER & LUCINDA BALLEW, MCDOWELL & MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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HENRY BRITTON LUTHER & NANCY A. HAYES BUNCOMBE & MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
4/08/12
ROBERT HENRY LUTHER WAS THE FIFTH CHILD BORN TO HENRY BRITTON AND NANCY A. (HAYES) LUTHER.ROBERT WAS BORN IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HOMINY CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA IN MAY 1840.ON 20 DEC 1866, IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, ROBERT MARRIED LUCINDA BALLEW.RECORDED AS ROBERT H. LUTHER AND LUCINDA BALLEW.NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE COLLECTION, 1741-2004.LUCINDA WAS BORN IN BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN NOV 1824.SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND HANNAH BALLEW.ROBERT AND LUCINDA HAD TWO CHILDREN LISTED BELOW:
1.LILLIE LUTHERBORN: AROUND 1867
2.EUGENIA LUTHERBORN: AROUND 1869
NOTE: LILLIE AND EUGENA LUTHER WERE NOT LISTED ON THE 1870 CENSUS.
UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR SOLDIER RECORDS AND PROFILES:
NAME: ROBERT H. LUTHER
BIRTH DATE: ABOUT 1839
AGE AT ENLISTMENT: 22
ENLISTMENT DATE: 22 JUL 1861
RANK AT ENLISTMENT: PRIVATE
ENLISTMENT PLACE: BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
STATE SERVED: NORTH CAROLINA
SURVIVED THE WAR? YES
SERVICE RECORD: ENLISTED IN COMPANY I, NORTH CAROLINA 25TH INFANTRY REGIMENT ON 22 JUL 1861.
SOURCES: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS 1861-1865, A ROSTER.
ON 30 JUN 1870, THE CENSUS FOR POST OFFICE MARION, FINLEY TOWNSHIP NUMBER 3, MCDOWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED ROBERT H. LUTHER AS AGE 31.HIS WIFE LUCINDA WAS LISTED AS AGE 42.THEY WERE LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF [SISTER-IN-LAW], MARY BALLEW AGE 61.ALSO LIVING IN HOUSEHOLD, [BROTHER], HUGH BALLEW AGE 45, BEN BALLEW AGE 19, AND CALVIN GIBBS AGE 22.ROBERT LUTHER STATED HE WAS A FARMER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS A MALE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE AGE OF 21, AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LUCINDA LUTHER STATED SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.MARY BALLEW STATED SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA. HUGH BALLEW STATED HE WAS A FARMER, THE VALUE OF HIS REAL ESTATE WAS 4000 DOLLARS, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS A MALE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE AGE OF 21, AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.BEN BALLEW STATED HE WAS BLACK, HE WORKED AS A FARM LABORER, HE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.CALVIN GIBBS STATED HE WAS A FARM LABORER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS A MALE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE AGE OF 21, AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
ON 7 JUN 1880, THE CENSUS FOR FINLEY TOWNSHIP, MCDOWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED ROBERT LUTHER AS AGE 40.HIS WIFE LOUCINDA WAS LISTED AS AGE 55.THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: LILLIE 12, AND EUGENIA AGE 10.ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, SOPHIA RUTHERFORD 40, AND ANNA RUTHERFORD AGE 15.ROBERT STATED HE WAS MARRIED, HE WORKED AS A FARMER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LUCINDA STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.SOPHIA RUTHERFORD STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE WORKED AS A SERVANT COOKING, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.ANNA RUTHERFORD STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE WORKED AS A SERVANT FARM LABORER, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
ON 6 JUN 1900, THE CENSUS FOR PRECINCT NUMBER 2, FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED ROBERT H. LUTHER AS AGE 60, BORN: MAY 1840.HIS WIFE LUCINDA WAS LISTED AS AGE 75, BORN: NOV 1824.ROBERT STATED HE WAS MARRIED, HE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 34 YEARS, HE RENTED HIS FARMHOUSE, HE WORKED AS A FARMER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN [ILLEGIBLE], AND HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LUCINDA STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 34 YEARS, SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 2 CHILDREN WITH 2 CHILDREN STILL LIVING.SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LUCINDA (BALLEW) LUTHER DIED IN MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1901.SHE WAS BURIED IN COWEETA BAPTIST CHURCH, MACAN COUNTY, OTTO, NORTH CAROLINA.TOMBSTONE BIRTH YEAR: 1825.
28 APR 1910, COWEE TOWNSHIP, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED ROBERT LUTHER AS AGE 70.HE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF WILLIAM H. MORRISON AGE 55.HIS WIFE MARTHA J. WAS LISTED AS AGE 52.THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN: HARLEY 29, PEREO W. 22, TROY J. 15, AND EDIE AGE 13.ROBERT STATED HE WAS A BORDER, HE WAS WIDOWED, HE HAD NO OCCUPATION, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.WILLIAM MORRISON STATED HE WAS MARRIED, THIS WAS HIS FIRST MARRIAGE AND HE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 34 YEARS, HE RENTED HIS FARMHOUSE, HE WORKED AS A FARMER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.MARTHA MORRISON STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, THIS WAS HER FIRST MARRIAGE AND SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 34 YEARS, SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 7 CHILDREN WITH 6 CHILDREN STILL LIVING, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, HER FATHER WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN TENNESSEE.
THE DEATH DATE FOR ROBERT HENRY LUTHER IS UNKNOWN.
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ROBIN LUTHER