Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr.

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Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: DeWitt County, Texas, United States
Death: October 10, 1932 (78)
Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States
Place of Burial: Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Justus Kleberg and Philippine Sophie Rosalie Kleberg
Husband of Alice Gertrudis Kleberg
Father of Congressman Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.; Henrietta Kleberg; Alice Gertrudis East; Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr. and Sarah Kleberg
Brother of Congressman Rudolph Kleberg; Caroline Louise Eckhardt; Marcellus Eugene Kleberg and Rosalie Louise Kleberg
Half brother of Caroline Louise Kleberg

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About Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28497433

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Kleberg_(King_Ranch)

Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr. (December 5, 1853 – October 10, 1932) was born to Rose and Robert J. Kleberg in Texas and attended the University of Virginia. He served as legal counsel to Richard King and his 600,000-acre (2,400 km2) King Ranch.

He married Alice Gertrudis King, the youngest daughter of cattle baron, Captain Richard King.

When King died, Kleberg took over the management of the ranch in 1885. Under his tenure the ranch grew to encompass over 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km2). Eventually oil was discovered under much of this cattle country. His son Richard M. Kleberg had recently been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (in 1931), which was mentioned in Time magazine issue of 17 October, 1932 which reported the elder Kleberg's death.

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Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr.'s Timeline

1853
December 5, 1853
DeWitt County, Texas, United States
1887
November 18, 1887
King Ranch, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States
1889
July 17, 1889
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, United States
1893
January 9, 1893
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, United States
1896
March 29, 1896
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX, United States
1932
October 10, 1932
Age 78
Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States
October 1932
Age 78
Chamberlain Cemetery, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States
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