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Robert Marshall Work, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Enterprise, PA, United States
Death: January 27, 1930 (51)
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Josiah Work and Sarah A. Work
Husband of Roberta Fleming Work
Father of Robert Marshall Work, Jr.; Raymond Phidelah Work; Emma Gibson Burt; James Richard Work, Sr. and Mary Esther Theis
Brother of Mary Elizabeth Hogg; Thomas Scroggs Work; John Cree Teleford Work; Jeremiah Calvin Work; Rachel Ella (twin) Bailar (Work) and 4 others
Half brother of Rev. William McClean Work Sr. and Margaret Louisa Work

Occupation: lawyer
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About Robert Marshall Work, Sr.

From “Work Family History”, vol. I (1969) & vol. II (1994), compiled by Von Gail Hamilton.

Robert joined his father in Colorado after completing work at Westminister College. He studied law; was admitted to the CO bar in 1907. He formed a partnership with L.C. Stephenson, who later became district judge. In 1916, Robert went into partnership with George C. Twombly. He served as member of the city council, deputy district attorney, district attorney, counsel of Morgan County National Bank; was interested in numerous businesses and farms.

He later moved to Monmouth, IL, where he was an officer and general attorney of Bankers Life Insurance Co. of IL. He was an active member of the 2nd United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth, served as Elder and as teacher of a Bible class of some 60 members.

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Robert Marshall Work, Sr.'s Timeline

1878
June 17, 1878
Enterprise, PA, United States
1910
April 23, 1910
Ft. Morgan, CO, United States
1911
July 27, 1911
Ft. Morgan, Morgan, CO, United States
1913
January 2, 1913
Ft. Morgan, Morgan, CO, United States
1918
September 20, 1918
Ft. Morgan, CO, United States
1920
October 14, 1920
Monmouth, IL, United States
1930
January 27, 1930
Age 51
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Westminister College, Pennsylvania, United States
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- 1903
Colorado College (graduate), Colorado, United States