Chambers-Lowndes-Bibb County AlArchives Biographies.....Wardlaw, Robert Hilliar Justin  April 1, 1810 - December 16, 1863
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Robert Hilliard Justin Wardlaw was the son of William and Margaret (McCully)
Wardlaw from Virginia and Georgia, respectfully.  He was born in Chambers
County, AL and  married Artemesa Cauley on 1 Jul 1831 in Chambers county, AL.
Artemesa was born 21 Aug 1810 also in Chambers County, AL.  She died 15 Aug 1891
in Arkansas.  Both she and Robert are buried in Rison, Cleveland County, AR. 
They had 13 children together.
William D. b. 1833 - married Delpha T. Barron on 21 Sep 1851
Mary Bethena (perhaps Elizabeth) b. 1834; d. 1 Feb 1870;md. Wm. S. Allen
Margaret b. 1835; d. before 1870
David Wilson (called Wilson) b. 1837; md. Zelpha Ann ? in 1860
Rhoda J. (called Eady Jane); b. 1838; married James W. Tucker 4 Dec 1856
James C. b. 1839
Catherine Rebecca b. 1841; married Thomas Gillian 15 Dec 1859
Artemesa, b. 1842; Married Bryant Jeff Eiland
Susan or Sarah A. b. 1843; married James F. Rotton 29 May 1867
Robert Miller, b. 1845, d. 28 May 1928; md. Mandy Caroline Reed 25 Dec 1866
Minerva, b. 17 Dec 1849; d. 7 May 1877, md.John D. Treadwell 12 Dec 1868
Lucy Ann b. 1852; married William Tucker 1866
Martha, b. 1852 married Robert Puckett 15 Apr 1869

Their daughter, Minerva Wardlaw Treadwell came to Cleveland Co., Arkansas and
raised a family with husband, John Dabney Treadwell near Rison, Arkansas.  They
settled in the dense woodland area and John worked as a farmer and maybe cut
timber.  Their daughter, Eugenia Priscilla Treadwell was fair and very pretty
and apparently was courted by two cousins, Robert L. Brown and John Wesley
Hamilton.  Robert won her hand and they married, settling in a log cabin near
Rison. John Wesley was so heartbroken, he moved to Texas to live with one of his
sisters. The Browns had two daughters, Roberta and Lutie.  In Feb.1891, while
crossing a small creek called the Derrisseau, Robert's horse threw him into the
freezing water and he drowned. 
Upon hearing from family members that Robert had died, John Wesley Hamilton came
back to Arkansas to be with the family.  After a time, he and Eugenia (Genie)
began a courtship and later, were married in Jefferson County, Arkansas. They
had a family of five and they, with the previous two children, made quite a
large family, all of whom were both  half sisters and brothers  as well as
cousins.  Robert L. Brown is buried in the Niven Cemetery, Cleveland County,
Arkansas and Genie and John Wesley Hamilton are buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Cleveland Co., Arkansas.


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