Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records C

Robert Marion Cessna & Kathryn Amanda Culbertson

Robert Marion Cessna.
Born: 25 Apr 1846, Powderly, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
Married: 1) Kathryn Amanda Culbertson, 29 Nov 1870
Married: 2) Sarah Margaret Samantha Tooley, 7 Mar 1880, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 29 Jan 1937
Father: Robert John Culbertson Cessna
Mother: Angeline Calvert

Robert Marion Cessna was the first born child of Robert John Culbertson and Angeline Calvert. He was born April 25, 1846 in Powderly, Kentucky and was a farmer all of his life. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Robert was 15 years old and old enough to go, but the story has it that he did not go as he had a bad limp, due to a fall from a loft in a barn. Pictures of him in his elderly years shows him sporting a cane.

Marriage 2: Sarah Margaret Samantha Tooley
Father: Hall Tooley
Mother: Lurany Adcock

Family Group Record of Robert Marion Cessna & Kathryn Amanda Culbertson

Children of Robert M. Cessna & Sarah M.S. Tooley:

  1. Edgar Earl, born December 5, 1881; married May 30, 1918 to Lillian Mae Anthony in Central City, daughter of Charles McLean Anthony and Adelle Coffman of Earls and Sacramento, KY, respectively; died July 14, 1969, Laton, Fresno Co., California.
  2. Nora Ellen, born March 9, 1883; married December 6, 1906 to Proctor K. Lewis; died July 23, 1920; buried Forest Grove Cemetery, Muhlenberg
  3. Sarah Emily “Emma”, born September 26, 1884; married Robert C. Penrod July 31, 1905; died Apr. 23, 1950; buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Butler Co., Kentucky.
  4. Minnie Viola, born March 10, 1886; married John E. Seiber April 16, 1906; died March 18, 1977, Marissa, Illinois.
  5. William Randolph, born March 7, 1888; married Minnie Esther Gates 1926; died July 10, 1948, Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg
  6. Benjamin, baby and twin of William: Thought to have been buried at Cessna Cemetery. Limited information. Baby died in infancy or at birth.
  7. Emmett Raymond, born October 12, 1890; married Ollie Knight Heltsley May 22, 1916; died February 19, 1982; buried Cessna Cemetery, Muhlenberg
  8. Fielden Ezekiel, born May 29, 1894; married Beatress Slaughter May 7, 1921; died April 21, 1974; Cessna Cemetery, Muhlenberg
  9. Fannie Beatress, born July 24, 1896; married July 23, 1919 to Oscar L. Strain; died date unknown. Last living in rest home in Owensboro, Kentucky.
  10. Charlie Leonard, born May 29, 1898; married Catherine Reed April 1, 1947; died March 9, 1973; buried Cessna Cemetery, Muhlenberg

See also The Cessna Family in Muhlenberg and McLean Counties
Contributed by Cheryl Cessna

Updated July 23, 2017