Robert B. Law[1]
circa 1875 - -
Name Robert B. Law Born circa 1875 Nebraska, USA 
Gender Male Died Y Notes - News item in Time Magazine, Monday, June 8, 1931:
Matthew Chauncey Brush, head of American International Corp., resigned as chairman and a director of Barnsdall Corp, Eugene William Stetson, vice president of Guaranty Trust Co. also resigned his directorship. Robert Law, largest Barnsdall stockholder, good friend of the late Theodore Newton Barnsdall, was made chairman of the board. Mr. Law's sons are named Robert Barnsdall and Theodore Newton.
1910 census -- living with his father-in-law.
1920 census, New York, New York, Manhattan, series T625, roll 1204, pg 90
lines 54-61
Law, Robert Jr, head, M, W, 45, NE, NY, OH, president of company
" , Frances B, wife, F, W, 35, PA, PA, PA
" , Robert B, son, M, W, 12, PA, NE, PA
" , Theodore N, son, M, W, 9, PA, NE, PA
4 female servants
Person ID I53827 mykindred Last Modified Nov 15, 2007
Family Frances Vivian Barnsdall, b. Jul 15, 1884, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Oct 23, 1958, San Francisco county, California, USA (Age 74 years) Married circa 1905 Children 1. Robert Barnsdall Law, b. Apr 01, 1907, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Jul 10, 1974, Santa Cruz county, California, USA (Age 67 years)2. Theodore Newton "T.N." Law, b. Dec 03, 1910, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Sep 29, 1989, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA (Age 78 years)Family ID F18959 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- News item in Time Magazine, Monday, June 8, 1931:
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Sources - [S1311] Obituary, Tulsa World, October, 1989.
LAW, THEODORE NEWTON, 78, a Houston resident since 1969, died September 29, 1989. Mr. Law was born December 3, 1910 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of Robert Law and Frances Barnsdall. He was married to the former Jane Hodge of Greenwich, CT, who preceded him in death. They moved to Tulsa, OK in 1935, where he founded Falcon Seabord Drilling Company and resided until the company moved its headquarters to Houston in 1960. Falcon Seabord became one of the nation's largest drilling concerns, later diversified and was renamed Falcon Seabord, Inc., and merged into Diamond Shamrock Corporation in 1979.
He is survived by his wife, CAROLINE WIESS LAW; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. LAW JR., Oklahoma City, OK; 4 grandchildren, KATHRYN CAROL LAUCK, JANE LAW, THEODORE BARNSDALL LAW, ROBERT INGRAM LAW; and 4 great-grandchildren.
- [S1311] Obituary, Tulsa World, October, 1989.
