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Robert Benjamin Sykes 1890–1953 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1890

Birth Location: Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 13 Jan 1953

Death Location: Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA

Father: Jesse Sykes

Mother: Rosa Eaton

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Robert Benjamin Sykes was born in 1890 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA, the child of Jesse James Sykes And Rosa Lee Eaton. Robert Benjamin Sykes passed away in 1953 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Benjamin Sykes was born in 1890 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA, the child of Jesse James Sykes And Rosa Lee Eaton.
  • Robert Benjamin Sykes passed away in 1953 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA.

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Robert Sykes's Ancestors

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Robert Sykes
1890–1953
Birth Place: Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Parents
Jesse James Sykes
1865–1904
Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States of America
Rosa (Lee) Eaton
1869–1937
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States of America
Grandparents
William ('Calvin' Sykes) (Sikes)
1819–1880
Tennessee
Lucinda (Lucy) Lilly
1833–1924
Amite County, Mississippi, USA
William (Benjamin) Eaton
1810–1874
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Amanda Rials
1841–1916
Monticello, Lawrence, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Howell (Sykes)
1785–1862
William Lilly
1804–1875
Elizabeth Miller
1812–1862
Luther Eaton
1762–1848
Nellie Drury
1770–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James 11633
1762–1833
James Lilly
1789–1851
Nancy Lee
1789–1862
Lorenz Miller
1750–

Robert Sykes's Timeline

2 Records

1890
26 Mar 1890
Birth of Robert Benjamin Sykes in Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
1953
13 Jan 1953
Age 63
Death of Robert Benjamin Sykes in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA
Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1890
    Event Place: Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1953
    Event Place: Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA

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