I have finally found someone who would look up the Robarts chapter in Anne
Elizabeth Miller's "Our Family Circle". While it did not help me with my
Shepard research, it did provide some information that might be interesting
to this list:: This information was provided by Lilla Livingstone Brumby of
Ocala, FL and may include information from sources other than Our Family
Circle (pp.195-199).
John and Mary Lambright Robart's son, David, married Eliza Green Lowe (m.
1809) David and Eliza's oldest son, Joseph W., b. (1811, d. 1868) married
1836, Sophia Louisa Gibson, of St. Marys, Ga. Their third child, Ellen
Douglas Robarts, b. 1843, in Savannah, Ga., d. in Ocala, Fla., Jan. 30,1911;
married Dr. Alexander Brevard Brumby.
Ellen Douglas Robarts, b. 1843, in Savannah, Ga., d. in Ocala, Fla., Jan.
30,1911; mar. Dr. Alexander Brevard Brumby
CHILDREN OF ELLEN DOUGLAS (ROBARTS) BRUMBY
Ellen Douglas Robarts, third ch. of Joseph and Sophia Louisa (Gibson)
Robarts, mar. Dr. Alexander Brevard Brumby, April 26, 1866; the ceremony was
performed in Atlanta, Ga., by Rev. R. Q. Mallard, Presbyterian minister. The
7 ch. of Ellen Douglas (Robarts) Brumby are:
I. Mary Brevard Brumby, b. Jan. 28, 1867, mar. William H. Quarterman, June
29, 1893; 5 ch.:
1. Ellen Louise Quarterman, b. June 27, 1894, d. early.
2. William Henry Quarterman, Jr., Capt. in U. S. army, was b. August, 1896 ;
mar. Amy Lombard of Virginia
VII. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1778, d. Dec. 10, 1782. VIII. l¥illiam, b. Feb. 20,
1781. IX. David, b. April 23, 1783, mar. 1809, Eliza Green Lowe. X. Jane, b.
March 28, 1786, mar. Mr. Callander. Desc. of David Robarts and Eliza Green
Lowe : I. Joseph W., eldestch., b. r811, d. 1868, mar. 1836, Sophia Loui.~a
Gib.fon, of St. Marys, Ga. 2. Louisa, b. 1813, d. 1896, unmarried. Children
of J oseph W. Robart.~ and Sophia L. Gibson : ( I) Mary Sophia Robarts,
eldest ch., b. in Savan- nah, Ga., 1838, d. Oct. 3°, 1922j mar. Theo- dore
Dwight A dams; ( issue below) . (2) Lilla Walton Robarts, b. 1840, in
Savannah, Ga., d. 1916, unmarried. (3) Ellen Douglas Robarts, b. 1843, in
Savannah, Ga., d. in Ocala, Fla., Jan. 30, 1911j mar. Dr. A lexander
Bre'L'ard Brumby j (issue below) (4) Joseph Jones Robarts, b. 1844, d. from
wound received in Civil War battle, 1864. Children of Mary Sophia Robarts
and Theodore Dwight Adams : OUR F AMIL y CIRCLE I. Lilla Ellen Adams, mar.
Frank B. Bruce. 2. Zaidee Douglas Adams. 3. Theodore Dwight Adams, Jr., mar.
Ann V. Hogan; I ch. : Theo., d. in infancy. CHILDREN OF ELIJEN DOUGLAS
(ROBARTS) BRUMBY Ellen Douglas Robarts, third ch. of Joseph and Sophia
Louisa (Gibson) Robarts, mar. Dr. Alexander Brevard Brumby, April 26, 1866;
the ceremony was performed in Atlanta, Ga., by Rev. R. Q. Mallard,
Presbyterian minister. The 7 ch. of Ellen Doug- las (Robarts) Brumbyare: I.
Mary Breva'rd Brumby, b. Jan. 28, 1867, mar. IVilliam H. Quarterman, J une
29, 1893 ; 5 ch. : I. Ellen Louise Quarterman, b. June 27, 1894, d. early.
2. William Henry Quarterman, Jr., Capt. in U. S. army, was b. August, 1896 ;
mar. Amy Lombard of Virginia; they mar. in Paris, France, during the World
War; 2 ch.:
William Henry Quarterman III, b. Dec. 28, 1920, in Paris, France.
Amy Anne Quarterman, b. Feb. 15, 1925.
3. Alexander B. Quarterman, b. April 24, 1898, d. Sept. 14, 1904, in Winder,
Ga.
4. Keith Axson Quarterman b. Sept. 5, 1900, in Winder, Ga., mar. Nov. 26,
1926, Ellen Leiper, of Little Rock, Ark.; 2 ch.: Ellen Brevard Quarterman,
b. in Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 14, 1928; they reside in Atlanta, Ga. A second
ch., Keith Axson, Jr., b. June, 1930.
5. Mary Brevard Quarterman, b. 1905, in Winder, Ga. William H. Quarterman,
the father of these five ch. is a descendant of Landgrave Smith through the
Jones and Screven lines.
II. Louis Joseph Brumby, 2nd ch. of Ellen Douglas Robarts and Dr. Alex
Brevard Brumby, was b. in Atlanta, Ga., March 20, 1868, d. in Ocala, Fla.,
Jan. 30, 1910; was a man of brilliant mind and lovable disposition.
III. Richard Trapier Brumby, b. Dec., 1869, d. June, 1870.
IV. Lilla Livingston Brumby, b. in Bethany, Newton County, Ga., March 27,
1871; resides in Ocala, Fla.
V. Sophie Adams Brumby, b. at Roswell, Ga., Jan. 14, 1873, d. in Athens,
Ga.; was a prominent educator in Athens.
VI. Harriette Davidson Brumby, b. in Roswell, Ga., March 18, 1875; resides
in Atlanta, Ga.
VII. Ernestine Alberti Brumby, b. in Athens, Ga., Feb. 16, 1879, mar. Oct.
12, 1905, in Winder, Ga., Pierre McFarland Bealer; his brother, Rev. Alex
Bealer, performed the ceremony. The 3 ch. of Ernestine (Brumby) Bealer are:
I. Dorothea Elberta Bealer, b. August 24, 1906, Inman Park, Atlanta,
Ga.,mar. Jan. 1,1927, at the home of her parents in Washington, D. C.,
Walter Brown Russell, son of Chief Justice Richard B. Russell of Georgia;
reside in Greensboro, N. C. ; 2 ch. : Emily Ellen, b. in Asheville, N. C.,
Sept. 23, 1927.
Walter B., Jr., b. July 21, 1929, in Greensboro, N. C.
2. Hartford Ernest Robarts Bealer, b. Sept. 29, 1909, in Washington, D. C.
3. Edwin Alexander Bealer, b. August 9, 1915, in Washington, D. C.
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