Biographical Sketch of Robert S. Sittington, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Robert S. Sittington. The subject of the following sketch is a native of Highland county, Va.; born February 25, 1848. He there obtained his early education and at the age of eleven years came to Pettis county, Missouri, where he completed it. In 1865 he came to Lafayette county, and in 1870 purchased the farm upon which he now resides, consisting of 160 acres of excellent land. Is engaged in farming and stock raising. During the season of 1880 he raised 1,000 bushels of wheat of fine quality on fifty acres, and in 1881 when the wheat crop was comparatively a failure, he raised 750 bushels of No. 2 wheat on 48 acres. In December of 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Susan M. Handley, daughter of Joseph Handley, a native of Lafayette county. They have had two children one now living, Emma J., the other dying when quite young. Mr. Sitting- ton is one of the substantial business men of the county and one who looks after the interests of the public with a watchful eye. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================