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Robert Fanning (b. August 16, 1858, d. October 26, 1930)

Rbt. Fanning & Lucy Grissom

Robert Fanning (son of Nathaniel Taylor Fanning and Nancy Idress Jane Boren)^{1053, 1054} was born August 16, 1858 in prob. Madison Co., AR^{1055, 1056, 1057, 1058}, and died October 26, 1930 in Stephenville, Erath County, TX^{1059, 1060}. He married Lucy Ellen Grissom on May 1883 in AR, daughter of Andrew Jackson Grissom and Nancy Ellen Cross.

Notes for Robert Fanning:
Came from Eureka Springs AR area by wagon train in 1892 .....same train as John Washington Wood and Thomas B. Fanning. There was sickness along the Red River when they went to cross so they had to go a days journey out of the way to find a low area and crossed away from the main trail. They spent the winter near Sherman, Texas.

Robert is said to be the only boy left at home with lots of sisters and was spoiled. He and Lucy separated for awhile due to family interference and when they got back together they migrated to Texas.
Texas was a wild and fairly unsettled area when they arrived and the children were not allowed to play outside without supervision because of the wild animals which posed a danger. per Virginia Brown

More About Robert Fanning:
Alternate fact: Death Certif. has born Carroll, Co..¹⁰⁶¹
Burial: October 27, 1930, East End Cemetery, Lingleville, Erath County, TX.^{1062, 1063}
Census: 1900, Erath County, Texas pg 31 B.¹⁰⁶⁴
Died 2: October 26, 1930, Brights Disease and Chronic Prostatitis.¹⁰⁶⁵
Moved: Erath County, TX per wagon train abt. 1893.

More About Robert Fanning and Lucy Ellen Grissom:
Marriage: May 1883, AR.

Children of Robert Fanning and Lucy Ellen Grissom are:

Roby Ada Fanning, b. February 12, 1884, Arkansas, d. February 12, 1884, Arkansas.
Robert Leroy Fanning, b. March 22, 1885, Prob Carroll County, AR, d. May 22, 1885, Prob Carroll County, AR.
Elzy Jay Fanning, b. March 19, 1887, Berryville, Carroll County, AR^{1066, 1067}, d. March 26, 1961, Dublin, Erath County, TX.
Walter Clayton Fanning, b. October 02, 1888, Berryville, Carroll County, AR¹⁰⁶⁷, d. September 16, 1973, Stephenville, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁶⁸.
William Taylor Fanning, b. July 11, 1890, Berryville, Carroll County, AR^{1069, 1070}, d. December 25, 1955, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷¹.
Isaac Andrew Fanning, b. March 01, 1892, Berryville, Carroll County, AR¹⁰⁷², d. October 20, 1943, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, TX.
Sarah Indiana Fanning, b. November 04, 1893, Linglevill, Erath County, TX, d. July 18, 1973, Stephenville, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷³.
+Alice Gertrude Fanning, b. March 19, 1895, Erath County, TX, d. March 22, 1975, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, TX¹⁰⁷⁴.
Thomas Coy Fanning, b. January 23, 1897, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁵, d. August 26, 1970, Stephenville, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁵.
Dewey Otho Fanning, b. May 18, 1898, Erath County, TX, d. May 26, 1950, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, TX.
Ross Fay Fanning, b. March 06, 1900, Erath County, TX, d. December 01, 1967, Palo Pinto County, TX¹⁰⁷⁶.
+Lucy Ray Fanning, b. May 10, 1902, Erath County, TX, d. February 15, 1968, TX.
+Willie May Fanning, b. March 02, 1904, Erath County, TX, d. March 11, 1977, Stephenville, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁶.
Infant Fanning, b. March 01, 1906, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁷, d. March 01, 1906, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁷.
Leo Earl Fanning, b. April 02, 1907, Erath County, TX¹⁰⁷⁷, d. December 07, 1998, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, TX^{1077, 1078}.