Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert graduated from high school in Howell, Michigan in 1901, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1908 with a MA degree. He later worked on a PhD, but never finished it.

He taught French for a year at Georgetown University, in Georgetown, Kentucky and then went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky to teach until 1917.

He served in France during World War I, and when he returned home, he went into the tourist business, taking parties to Europe every summer.

In 1929, he went to Ohio State University in Columbus as professor of Romance Languages until he retired in 1960. He and his wife then went to live near their son in Cuyohoga Falls, Ohio.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Dr. Emmett Paul

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-87-10/4-7 - p. 364

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Robert married Dr. Georgia Helen Jordan in 1908 in Wabash, Wabash Co., Indiana, USA. Georgia was born in 1883 in Wabash, Wabash Co., Indiana, USA; died in 1967 in , Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Georgia was a Medical Doctor, but she only practiced in Wabash, Indiana during World War I.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Dr. Emmett Paul

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-87-10/4-7 - p. 364

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Robert enlisted in the 6th Michigan Cavalry in 1865 and served until the end of the U.S. Civil War. He had been hired to take the place of another conscripted man.

Robert was injured by a horse either falling on him or stepping on him. While he was still recovering from this injury, he broke his leg while stopping a team of runaway horses. He was permanently injured from this accident, and had to wear a specially made boot on his injured leg.

He was a farmer and served on the School Board for many years.

Robert's wife, Jane, served as a nurse during the American Civil War. People came to her from all around to get her help. They called her "A Healer". She would pack a wound with a poultice of bread and hot milk. One time she used mouldy bread for the poultice on a very badly cut leg, and it healed very quickly. People called it a miracle, but the mould was probably producing penicillin. Even though this was before the discovery of antibiotics, Jane always used mouldy bread after that.

References:

(1) Clan Munro library - "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts
Munroes", 2nd edition, by R. S. Munroe, (1986) - 13-87-10/4

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Robert married Cornelia Jane Lewis on 15 Mar 1862 in Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA. Cornelia was born est 1843 in Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA; died on 11 Dec 1915 in Webberville, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Error alert: Some of the dates in this family must be wrong. According to the given dates, Cornelia was less than 10 years old when she began having children. Her birth date is given as 15 Mar 1855, but I'm estimating that it should actually be about 1843.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA