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Robert Sampson Lanier 1819–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 September 1819

Birth Location: Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 22 October 1893

Death Location: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: Sterling Owner”

Mother: Sarah Fullwood

Spouse(s): Mary Lanier

Children(s): Sidney Lanier

Robert Sampson Lanier was born in 1819 in Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Sterling Lanier Slave Owner And Sarah Vivian Fullwood. Robert Sampson Lanier married Mary Jane Lanier, and had children including Sidney Clopton Lanier. Robert Sampson Lanier passed away in 1893 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Sampson Lanier was born in 1819 in Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Sterling Lanier Slave Owner And Sarah Vivian Fullwood.
  • Robert Sampson Lanier married Mary Jane Lanier, and had children including Sidney Clopton Lanier.
  • Robert Sampson Lanier passed away in 1893 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Lanier's Ancestors

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Robert Lanier
1819–1893
Birth Place: Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Sterling Lanier “Slave Owner”
1794–1870
Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States of America
Sarah (Vivian) Fullwood
1803–1877
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Sampson Lanier
1682–1743
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (( Washington )) Lanier
1684–1773
Surrey, Prince George, Virginia, USA
Robert (H.) Fullwood
1766–1822
Pudding Swamp, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Jane (Ware Hunter) (Fullwood)
1775–1849
Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John (Bacons'Rebellion)
1655–1719
Sarah Edwards
1655–1685
Elizabeth Washington
1660–1735
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sr.
1631–1719
Lucreece (Lanier)
1635–1665
John Edmunds
1640–1689
Elizabeth Burgess
1625–1676
Arthur Jordan
1629–1698
Elizabeth Bevin
1630–1699

Robert Lanier's Descendants

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Robert (Sampson) Lanier (22 September 1819–22 October 1893) m. Mary (Jane) Lanier (11 December 1822–22 May 1865)
  1. 1. Sidney (Clopton) Lanier 1842–1881 m. Mary Lanier 1844–1931
    1. 1. Charles (Day) Lanier 1868–1945 m. May ((Field)) Lanier 1873–1962
      1. 1. Katherine Standish 1857–1945
      2. 2. Mary Stone 1833–1909
      3. 3. Alexander (Chalmers Lanier) II 1820–1895
      4. 4. Drusilla (Ann) Cravens 1824–1903
      5. 5. Jane (McClure) Lanier 1849–1849
      6. 6. Louisa (Morris) Lanier 1835–1885
      7. 7. Margaret (Downing) Winslow 1827–1890
      8. 8. John (James) Lanier 1829–1836
      9. 9. Charles Lanier 1837–1926 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Lanier 1837–1898
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Gardiner) Turnure 1870–1935
        2. 2. Fanny Appleton 1864–1958
        3. 3. Sarah (Egleston) Lawrance 1862–1893
    2. 2. Robert (Sampson) Lanier 1880–1912
    3. 3. Henry (Wysham) Lanier 1873–1958
    4. 4. Sidney Lanier 1870–1918

Robert Lanier's Timeline

2 Records

1819
22 September 1819
Birth of Robert Sampson Lanier in Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
1893
22 October 1893
Age 74
Death of Robert Sampson Lanier in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 September 1819
    Event Place: Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 October 1893
    Event Place: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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