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Robert was born on February 24th, 1805 in Buncombe, North Carolina.1   Robert's father was Hugh Rogers and his mother was Nancy Thornton.  His paternal grandparents were Robert Rogers and Frances Russell; his maternal grandparents were John Thornton and Jane Augusta Washington. He had eleven brothers and a sister, named David, John, Andrew Newton, James Bayles, Barnard [Arn], Jesse William, Thornton LaFontaine, Matthew, Hugh, Cyrus, Nicholas Power and Jane.  He was the third youngest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 54 on October 1st, 1859 in Pleasant Hill, Haywood, North Carolina.1 

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Further source/citation:
World Family Tree Vol. 16, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1609