Almy Descendant No. 1233-5147

222. ROBERT TILLINGHAST8 ALMY (William7, Tillinghast6, Job5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Portsmouth, RI, 10 May 1818; d. Princeton, IL 20 Oct 1868.

He m. Providence, RI, 11 Dec 1841, SARAH CORNELIA RUSSELL, b. Chillicothe, OH, 1818; d. Providence, 6 Dec 1891, age 73; dau of Daniel and Mary (Walker) Russell.

Children:

iROBERT RUSSELL9, b. Providence; d. 29 Jan 1850 at age 6.
368iiEDWARD CLARENCE, b. Providence, 13 Jun 1847; d. Providence, 5 May 1924; m.(1) Providence, 1 Jan 1873, HELEN MARIA ALMY (Almy Descendant No. 1233-5142-5), b. Providence, 1849; d. Providence, 31 Aug 1895; dau of William and Sylvia (Borden) Almy. He m.(2) NORMA SMITH, b. RI, Sep 1868.
iiiSARAH ELLA, b. Providence, 18 Aug 1850; d. Melrose, MA, 10 Mar 1912.
ivADELAIDE ISABELLE, b. 1853; d. 1926; m. Providence, 19 Jan 1875, GEORGE WASHINGTON CORY.
369vROBERT TILLINGHAST, b. Providence, 14 Feb 1858; m. Providence, 17 Jun 1885, ADDIE GORE CONGDON; dau of William Ritchie and Adeline (Kent) Congdon.
370viFERDINAND BAILEY, b. 1861; d. 1946; m. ANNIE HOOPER.
viiMARY A.

Robert, his wife Sarah, and their children Robert R., Sarah Ella, and Robert T. are buried at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.

On 7 Feb 1871, Sarah C. Almy, the mother, was appointed guardian of Mary A. Almy, Sarah E. Almy, Ferdinand B. Almy, and Robert T. Almy, under 14 years of age, children of Robert Almy.

The Robert Almy family is in the following Federal censuses for Providence, RI.

1850: Robert Almy 31, b. RI; Sarah 31, b. OH; and Edward C. 3, b. RI.

1880: Mrs. Robert Almy 60, widow, b. OH; Robert T. 22, son, single, clothing sales, b. RI; Ferdinand B. 19, son, single, clerk in clothing sales, b. IL; and Sarah E. 29, dau, single, music teacher, b. RI.


REFERENCES: LAWTON pp. 66, 108; PROV VR; RIVR, Providence.