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 1870. Robert was named in honor of the great Confederate chieftain. His father died when he was a small boy. He had good moral and domestic training by his mother. He was educated in Memphis. He was an intelligent, energetic youth. He grew up to habits of industry and economy. He is dignified and polite, well polished in his manners, and makes a splendid impression on those with whom he comes in contact. He is tall and portly, weighs one hundred and eighty pounds; his figure is symmetrical and his movements graceful. He went to San Francisco, California, and there, October 12, 1898, married Miss Alice Clay, daughter of Hammett Lyttleton Stephenson, formerly of Bells, Tenn. Miss Alice's mother's maiden name was Miss Hattie Anne Cherry. These Stephensons were not related to us so far as we know. Miss Alice was born, reared and educated in Bells, Tennessee. There have been born to Robert Lee and his wife, Alice Stephenson, a son and a daughter, Robert Lee, Jr., born March 31, 1901, and Cherry, born May 23, 1905. R. L. Stephenson is a life insurance man; office, 419 California Street, San Francisco, California. I understand his business is large and prosperous. He is the only son of his parents now living.