Robert Stanford (1) Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Robert Stanford (1) Woodhurst was born around 1895 at Abbeville, SC to parents James Robert Woodhurst and his wife Frances C. Keown.

The US 1900 Census finds him at age "5" living with his parents in Abbeville township. His birthdate is given there as "May 1895".

The US 1910 Census finds him at age "14" living with his parents in Abbeville township.

Various IGI ancestral files state that around 1919 he married Eva Ferguson, one of seven children born of the marriage in 1885 of Robert "Bert" Ferguson (born February 8th 1862, died June 17th 1928) to Georgia Sutherland (born May 6th 1867, died December 21st 1951).

The US 1930 Census finds him at age "34" living with his wife and two children in Abbeville township. He was working, like his brother James Andrew, as a conductor on a steam railway.

Eva was born on December 28th 1898 and died on September 6th 1973; Robert Stanford (1) was born on April 6th 1895 and died on December 31st 1971; both were buried at the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Abbeville; the date of his burial was January 2nd 1972 [from Bratcher].

His children by Eva Ferguson

  1. Robert Stanford (2) Woodhurst
  2. Eva Marguerite Woodhurst
  3. Charles Burt Woodhurst
  4. and possibly others ...

Charles Burt was born on August 25th 1931 and died on June 14th 2012. An obituary for him was published by The Augusta Chronicle in its issue of June 28-30 2012. He appears not to have married. Having graduated in business administration from the University of South Carolina, he made his career as an accountant. He was buried in the family lot in the Long Cane Cemetery.