man‎Robert Harper Lias‏‎ 1) 2), son of Asbury Mathias "Absolem Lias" Lias and Mary Jane Marshall‏.
Born ‎ Jan 17, 1881 at PA‎ 1) 2) 3) 4), died ‎ Aug 23, 1939 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 58 years 3) 5) 4), buried ‎ at Dayton Glade Run Cemetery, Dayton, Armstrong Co. PA 3) 5) 4)
Shares headstone with brother-in-law C. Ford Harkleroad. Unknown if Mr. Harkleroad is buried in that plot since his death date is not inscribed. 4)
Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with siblings William and Della (Dessa), and with boarders James Lingenfelter and John E. Cochran (double counted on census). 1)
Census (‎ 1900 at Wayne Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with maternal grandmother, maternal uncles Robert and Findley, and Robert's wife Annabelle (double counted on census). 6)
Located: (‎ Jan 1907 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer. 7)
Census (‎ 1910 at Wayne Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer on the farm of his uncle Findley Patterson Marshall. Living with wife and uncle. 8)
Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Telephone lineman. Living with wife and uncle Findley Patterson Marshall. 9)
Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Salesman, flour products. Living with wife. 10)

Married ‎ Jan 1, 1907 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA 8) 7) (32 years married) to:

womanDeborah Lorraine Harkleroad‏ 8) 7) 11), daughter of Martin Luther Harkleroad and Margaret J. "Elizabeth Brown" Brown‏.
Born ‎ Aug 21, 1882 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 8) 7) 12) 11), died ‎ Feb 21, 1964 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 81 years 12) 11), buried ‎ at Dayton Glade Run Cemetery, Dayton, Armstrong Co. PA 12) 11), ‎1st marriage to: Robert Harper Lias, 2nd marriage to: Chalmers Guy Beck
On the 1910 census, Deborah states that she has no children. 8)
Census (‎ 1900 at Kilbuck Twp., Allegheny Co. PA) Living with sister Nellie and her family. 13)
Located: (‎ Jan 1907 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Housekeeper. 7)
Census (‎ 1910 at Wayne Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and his uncle, Findley Patterson Marshall, on Findley's farm. 8)
Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and his uncle, Findley Patterson Marshall. 9)
Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband. 10)
Census (‎ 1940 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Widowed. Head of household. Living with brother Ford Harkleroad. 14)

Sources

1) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (South Division), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 2, Sheet 15-A, Dwelling 293, Family 307, William C. Lias Family
2) source: The Marshall Family: A History of the Descendants of William Marshall (Born 1722, Died 1796), page: Pages 128-130
3) source: Death Certificate of Robert H. Lias
4) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Robert Harber Lias (Memorial # 156812777)
5) source: Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, Indiana Co. PA, 25 Aug 1939, p. 2
6) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Wayne Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 9, Sheet 8-A, Dwelling 131, Family 137, Robert M. Marshall Family
7) source: Marriage License and Certificate of R. H. Lias and Deborah Harkleroad
8) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Wayne Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 49, Sheet 1-B, Dwelling 20, Family 20, Findley Pat Marshall Family
9) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley Borough, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 47, Sheet 7-B, Dwelling 151, Family 154, Robert H. Lias Family
10) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-45, Sheet 8-B, Dwelling 178, Family 186, Robert Lias Family
11) source: Death Certificate of Deborah Lorraine Beck
12) source: Obituary of Deborah Lias Beck
13) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Kilbuck Twp, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 409, Sheet 250-A, Dwelling 3, Family 3, Christian Audenried Family
14) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Rural Valley Borough, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-63, Sheet 5-A, Household 85, Deborah Lias Family

Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: Robert Harper Lias & Deborah Lorraine Harkleroad." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=31&id=F4431&main_person=I11393 : accessed 30 April 2024) Robert Harper Lias #I11393, born ‎ Jan 17, 1881 at PA


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