{"id":263,"date":"2012-06-23T01:14:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=263"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:14:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:14:43","slug":"pirtle-robert-burgher-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/pirtle-robert-burgher-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"PIRTLE, Robert Burgher (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-265 \" title=\"image002\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Burgher Pirtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Robert Burgher Pirtle was the son of William Coleman Pirtle (b. March 20, 1838; d. September 25, 1905) and Mary Ellen \u201cKate\u201d Robinson Pirtle (b. December 21, 1851, d. February 27, 1932), both buried Rainey Cemetery, Toone, Hardiman, TN. He was the grandson of Robert Pirtle (b. July 17, 1805; d. May 5, 1858), Elizabeth Bennett Pirtle (b. September 12, 1816; d. October 30, 1864). Both buried in Pirtle Cemetery, Toone, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-266 \" title=\"image004\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Burgher Pirtle and Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1880, December 9, Robert Burgher Pirtle was born in Toone, Hardiman, TN and his siblings were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">William Thomas Pirtle, b. May 10, 1870; d. September 7, 1932, b. Forest\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Hill Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. (District\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Accountant for Railway Express Agency), wife, Ruth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Marie Celeste \u201cMaud\u201d Pirtle (Mrs. Charles Leigh Taylor), b. April 1872<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Alfred Austin Pirtle, b. July 15, 1875; d. November 25, 1923; b. Rainey\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Cemetery, Toone, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Mary Allene Pirtle (Mrs. Woodrow Sammons Marsh), b. December 27,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1878, d. August 19, 1978; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Daughter, Frances, married Dr. Wilburn C. Orr (owned Bolivar Drug Store), their children<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Nancy &amp; Charles \u201cBunny\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Nannie Kate Pirtle (Mrs. Joseph Martin), b. March 1884; d. 1966,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN, son, Joe Martin, wife Elia\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Poindexter and their son, Billy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Arthur Coleman Pirtle, b. November 22, 1886; d. July 13, 1905; b. Rainey\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Cemetery, Toone, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Edna Lucille Pirtle (Mrs. George B. \u201cJack\u201d Doyle), b. July 28, 1891;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">d. March 1, 1920; b. Rainey Cemetery, Toone, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1880 Census, Toone, Hardiman, TN: William Coleman Pirtle (41), Mary Ellen \u201cKate\u201d Robinson Pirtle (29), William Thomas Pirtle (10), Marie Celeste \u201cMaud\u201d Pirtle (8), Alfred Austin Pirtle (5), and Mary Allene Pirtle (2). Robert Burgher Pirtle was born in December of 1880 after the census was taken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1890, no census available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1902, January 4, through January 3, 1905, Robert Burgher Pirtle was enlisted in the Spanish American War, a Sargeant with 9th CAC, U.S. Army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1907, July 21, Robert Burgher Pirtle married Margaret Louise Stevens Banning in Jonesboro, Craighead, AR. Robert Burgher Pirtle legally adopted Eva R Banning and her name was changed to Pirtle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1910 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN: James Wharton Stevens (51), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (53), Charles George Stevens (42) (JWS\u2019s brother), Arrabelle Stevens (22), Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27), Eva R Pirtle (7). They lived on Monroe Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1920 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (39), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (37), Eva R Pirtle (17), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (62), James Wharton Stevens (62). They lived at 807 Dodds Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1923, Robert Burgher Pirtle worked Arkansas Routes for American Railway Express Co.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1930 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (49), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (47), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (28), Eva R Pirtle Dickson (27), Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. (3), Margaret Nancy Dickson (3\/12). They lived at 723 South Germantown Road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1946 Robert Burgher Pirtle retired and in 1949 they moved to 3156 Lamphier Avenue, Memphis, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">1961, September 25, Robert Burgher Pirtle died in Memphis, TN and is buried in Memphis National Cemetery #C4175, side by side with his wife, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">submitted by\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate('0DVMiadO5QMsQZRUNpyEWMul3yEUz2FVLIPygmK1EGHStsRPme72+VkXVq\/6KoFL1mcgTuoXCHGyiODKKtWQoDAC1NeLaiT7Lw==', '88ad5e8dc84f69003bf4618cdb4c7d1c14c2e367c6110d1875c1543cefdac950')\">Peggy Rhinerson<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Burgher Pirtle was the son of William Coleman Pirtle (b. 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