Robert Scott BLAGG

   Cause of his death was consumption.

  General Notes:

A popular family story tells of Robert and Sarah eloping. One night, Robert came to Sarah's home and placed a ladder by her bedroom window on the second floor. As Sarah was climbing out the window, she lost one of her shoes. Not wanting to wake her parents, Robert told her to ignore the shoe, he would buy her another pair later.

Robert was a short-tempered man, according to stories left by his children.

Information from WV Union Army records gives the following information about Robert Scott Blagg:
Enlisted: March 18, 1862 in Sutton
Age: 21
Born: Highland Co., VA
Height: 5' 8-1/2"
Complexion: fair
Eyes: gray
Hair: dark
Occupation: farmer


1870 Braxton Co., WV Census
Clay Twsp., Salt Lick Bridge P.O.
20 July 1870, p. 389

28/28Blagg, Robert S. 28 M W Farming Virginia
" , Sarah E. 24 F W Keeping House "
" , John M. 2 M W At Home West Va.

1880 Braxton Co., WV Census
Otter Dist., 1 June 1880, p. 465B

338/338Blagg, Robert S. 39 W MHead MFarmerVA VA VA
---------, Sarah E. 34 W F Wife MHousekeeper VA VA VA
---------, John M. 12 W M Son SAt HomeVA VA VA
---------, Caradon H. 10 W M Son S At HomeVA VA VA
---------, George W. 8 W M Son SAt HomeVA VA VA
---------, Marion L. 6 W M Son SAt HomeVA VA VA
---------, Henry H. 3 W M Son SAt HomeVA VA VA
---------, Elizabeth M. 1 W FDau SAt HomeVA VA VA

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Civil War: Corporal, Co. F, 10th WV Infantry.

• Height: 5 ft. 9 in.

• Weight: 132 lb. 0 oz.

• Occupation: Farmer.

• Employment: postmaster, 1881-1888, Chapel, Braxton Co., WV. ⁵¹¹ He was appointed on 16 Feb 1881 and was succeeded by Andrew Bender following his death in 1888.

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" SQUIRES, daughter of William Granville SQUIRES and Mariah Jane MORRISON, on 7 Dec 1865 in Blacksville, Greene Co., PA ⁵⁰⁸.^,509 (Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" SQUIRES was born on 15 Jun 1846 in Braxton Co., VA,^40,508 died on 3 Sep 1888 in Chapel, Braxton Co., WV ⁵⁰⁸ and was buried in Chapel Cemetery, Chapel, Braxton Co., WV.). The cause of her death was consumption.

  Marriage Notes:

Married by J. R. Tygard, a Justice of the Peace for Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; whose home and office was within twenty feet of the Mason-Dixon line, at Blacksville.