- Robert Justice
Robert Justice (
March 15 ,1809 –October 2 ,1889 ) was an earlyOhio statesman. He began his political career in 1840 after being elected to the position ofcounty recorder ofHolmes County , Ohio. Following the end of his term in 1843 he was elected asauditor of that same county. He served as astate senator for Ohio representing the counties ofHolmes ,Wayne ,Knox , andMorrow in 1866.Robert Justice is best known for his nine consecutive terms which he served as
justice of the peace in Holmes County, Ohio.Personal life
Robert Justice was born in
Hookstown ,Beaver County ,Pennsylvania on March 15, 1809. He was the son Joseph Justice and his wife Elizabeth Catherine Ball. Elizabeth was an immigrant fromCounty Donegal inIreland . Shortly after his birth, Robert, his parents, and his older sister, Catherine, moved toColumbiana County , Ohio where they lived for the rest of his childhood.In 1833 he moved to Millersburg, Homes County, Ohio where he began work as a schoolteacher and later served for six years as a
school examiner .On May 14, 1883 Robert married Martha Robeson the daughter of
Charles Robeson . They were married inWashington Township in Holmes County. The couple had two daughters: Virginia and Elizabeth C. Virginia marriedDr. William Morrison Ross a prominent member of the Millersburg community who had also served in theAmerican Civil War as a captain. Martha died in 1866.Virginia and her husband had five children, of whom only one survived to adulthood. Her surviving daughter married the grandson of
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter making Robert Justice and Leadbetter related through marriage.Death
Robert Justice died on October 2, 1889 in Holmes County. He was survived by his two daughters and by one granddaughter. He was buried in
Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg.ources
*Commemorative Biographical of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio 1889
*Dickinson, Marguerite "Obituaries Abstracted From Holmes County, Ohio Office Papers in Farmer HUB Office" (Holmes County Historical Society and Western Reserve Historical Society).
*Birth and Death Records for Holmes County 1878-1893 in Probate Court in Millersburg.
*1870 U.S. Federal Census
*Records extracted from Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio
*McNamara, Walter L. and Elizabeth Ross McNamara "Baby's Record of Virginia McNamara." 1902.
*Letter by David R. McNamara to his son Walter, June 8, 1904
*Will of Mary Leadbetter
*Will of Robert Justice
*Walmer, Margaret B. "100 Years at Warrington, York County, Pennsylvania Quakers." (1989 Heritage Books Inc.).
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