Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Robert, Francis Wayland June 6, 1905
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The Atlanta Constitution   11 June 1905 p 4D
The Atlanta Constitution   11 June 1905 p 4D
The Robert Family

A Tribute Upson the Death of Col. F. W. Robert, at Monticello, Ga.
Among the proudest of the Huguenots who came to this country seeking religious 
liberty was one Pierre Robert, who became pastor of a French Protestant colony 
in Santee, South Carolina, 1685 to 1715.
From this man began the family of this name in this country. Pastor Pierre 
Roberts was descended from a family dating back to Wales, 1285, coming through 
France, 1598, Basle, Switzerland, 1685, and then South Carolina. Their court 
of arms bears the motto:
"Calon wrth calon; Dow a digon." ("Heart to heart; God over all.")
The American descendants, though not so numerous, have distinguished 
themselves in the professions of peace and in the ranks of war. Colonel F. W. 
Robert, who died Wednesday, aged 75, at the former home of his son, Captain L. 
W. Robert, now of Atlanta, had been a lawyer, and was well known in Atlanta 
and Decatur, where he had lived and practiced earlier in life. He leaves 
property situated in DeKalb county.
Three of the brothers of Colonel F. W. Robert were Baptist ministers, all now 
deceased. One of these, Rev. W. H. Robert, D. D., organized the First Baptist 
church in Atlanta and preached there for many years in those early days. 
Colonel Francis Wayland Robert, recently deceased, had been baptized into a 
Baptist church, but subsequent to the civil war had become identified with the 
Episcopal church, in which he died--a man of liberal education and of strong 
Christian character. 
Other members of this family have adorned the professions of law and medicine. 
One of the surviving brothers is Colonel B. F. Robert of Atlanta; another is 
Dr. Richard Furman Robert, of Albany, Ga.; the other two live in Washington, 
Ga., and Hillsboro, Texas, respectively. 
Colonel F. W. Robert leaves a second wife and one son, L. W. Robert of 
Atlanta. 
Funeral services were conducted over his body in the Baptist church here, and 
the interment was made in the beautiful Monticello cemetery.  
                                    Eugene R. Pendleton.                            
                                                            
                                    Monticello, Ga. 

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