Robert Folkerts

Notes:

iographical sketch of ROBERT FOLKERTS from the book entitled,
"Biographical Memoirs of Saint Clair County, Michigan," published in
1903 by B. F. Bowen Publishers in Logansport, Indiana.
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This bio spans two (2) pages: 627-628
ROBERT FOLKERTS
It is probably not known to many outside of his immediate relatives
that one of the soldiers of Napoleon Bonaparte, who followed that
military genius through the wars of the beginning of the last century,
later became one of the early settlers of St. Clair county. Such is
the fact, nevertheless. Robert Folkerts, who in 1852 located in
Algonac and was the father of Robert Folkerts, now of Marine City,
served in the army of the

Robert married Isabella Campbell on 6 Oct 1859. Isabella was born in 1840; died in 1864 in Cottrellville Twp, St. Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Lavina Melissa Staley on 1 Dec 1864 in New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan. Lavina (daughter of John Staley and Betsey Sutliff) was born on 30 Mar 1833; died in 1906 in Cottrellville Twp, St. Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]