Robert Thomas Goree
b. 12 October 1822, d. 28 January 1858
- Father: James Lyles Goree b. 29 November 1783, d. circa 1841
- Mother: Martha Rabb b. circa 1788
- Robert Thomas Goree was born on 12 October 1822 in Alabama.
- James Lyles Goree and Martha Rabb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Perry County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Robert Thomas Goree, Mary Ann Goree, John Rabb Goree, James Langston Goree and Lucy Caroline Goree.
- James Lyles Goree and Martha Rabb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Perry County, Alabama, enumerated as son "John R. Gorre," although John is enumerated separately with his family elsewhere in Perry County.. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Robert Thomas Goree, James Langston Goree and Lucy Caroline Goree. There are more males than can be accounted for amongst known children, perhaps an overseer and/or laborers.
- Robert Thomas Goree appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Barrons Beat, Perry County, Alabama, and also Joseph A. Goree, age 25, apparently a brother.. Other members of the household included Martha Rabb.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- He married Caroline Nelson on 18 October 1852 in Greene County, Alabama.
- Robert Thomas Goree became a widower at the 26 October 1856 death of his wife Caroline Nelson.
- He married Mary Frank Harrison on 23 August 1857 in Perry County, Alabama.
- Robert Thomas Goree died on 28 January 1858 at age 35.
- He was interred at Nelson Cemetery, Hale County, Alabama, near Greensboro.
- Last Edited: 22 Jan 2009