Robert Kidd^{[1, 2, 3]}

1774 - 1890  (116 years)

• Name	Robert Kidd
  Born	Aug 10, 1774	Amherst county, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Nov 12, 1890	Sealy, Austin county, Texas, USA
  Buried	Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Notes	Florence Stratton begins her (1925) book "The Story of Beaumont, with the story of Robert Kidd -- on the first page of the first chapter, entitled "a href="http://mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/01-TheCoveredWagon.html" target="_blank">The Covered Wagon/a>". http://www.mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/01-TheCoveredWagon.html W.T. Block, historian, wrote of Robert Kidd: "... at an age when most Americans have already or are considering retirement, Kidd's life was only beginning, for he married for the first time at age 64; raised seven children, moved to Jefferson County when he was age 75, and worked in his cotton field until age 100.... He was a tobacco farmer when he met and married Rebecca Hitchcock, who was 38 years his junior, at Salem, N. C., in 1838. After the births of three children, the family moved to Benton, Polk County, Tennessee, in 1845. In 1849, they moved to Wichita, Louisiana, and after only a short period of residence there, they settled at Aurora (now Port Arthur) in Jefferson County, Texas, in 1850. .... In 1873, during the ninety-ninth year of his life, Robert Kidd raised 200 bushels of corn and ginned a 535-pound bale of cotton, planting and picking the crop by himself. In March 1874, he began his spring plowing in preparation for his next crop, but at noon of the first day, he brought his team to the house and told his wife he would have to retire from the field. A century of hard labor had sapped his frail body of most of its remaining strength. Nevertheless, sixteen more long years would pass before Kidd was called upon for his last journey to the graveyard.     On March 28, 1881, the Rev. T. B. Buckingham of Chappell Hill, Texas, interviewed Kidd at his home at San Felipe. Kidd was then nearly 107 years old. The Methodist circuit rider reported that the old pioneer's eye sight still required no spectacles, his hearing was unimpaired, "his teeth are in a remarkable state of preservation, his appetite is good, his digestive organs are all right, but his bed rest at night is imperfect."     "His recollections extend back to the War of 1776," Buckingham continued. "He remembers having seen a detachment of British troops pass through his father's orchard. Like all persons of extreme age, he remembers events of long ago much better than those of recent date. He is still quite active and may possibly live for several years to come."     ".... (after the death of his wife, Robert) lived for his remaining years with his daughter and son-in-law, Major and Mrs. Cook, at Sealy, Texas. In November, 1884, Kidd walked a mile to cast his ballot for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland, in the presidential election of that year." http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/robert.htm Florence Stratton, in her book, "The Story of Beaumont" wrote of him: "Captain Robert Kidd, who came to Beaumont in 1849, remembered seeing the army of Cornwallis on its march to defeat in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781." http://www.mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/16-Beaumont-in-the-Wars.html
  Person ID	I79754	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 17, 2019

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Hitchcock,   b. Mar 22, 1812, Salem, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Feb 12, 1884, San Felipe, Austin county, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1838	Salem, North Carolina, USA
  Notes	- 1850 census, LA, Sabine, p 253, Sept 18, HH 345/347 Robt KIDD, 65, M, VA Rebecca KIDD, 48, F, NC Henry KIDD, 10, M, NC Sally KIDD, 8, F, NC Francis KIDD, 6, M, NC Geo KIDD, 4, M, TN Ann KIDD, 2, F, LA - 1860 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, pct 1, p 84, July 23, HH 505 Robert KIDD, 79, W, farm labourer, VA Rebecca KIDD, 48, house keeper, NC Henry KIDD, 19, labourer, NC F.M. KIDD, 15, ", " George W. KIDD, 14, ", TN Ann E KIDD, 11, TN Martha KIDD, 9, TX Mary KIDD, 7, TX Alexander COLLINS, 50, carpenter, VA - 1870 census, TX, Austin, San Felipe, pct 3, p 5, June 15, HH 32 KIDD, Robert, 95, M, W, farmer, 300, 600, VA KIDD, Rebecca, 59, F, W, keeping house, NC KIDD, Marion, 25, working farm, NC MANSFIELD, Clarence, 17, M, W, working farm, MS SHAW, Joseph, 16, M, B, working farm, LA COOK, Norman, 25, M, W, attends cattle, ENG COOK, Mollie E, 16, F, W, at home, TX ....(Mollie is Robert Kidd's daughter, wife of Maj. Norman Cook) - 1880 census, TX, Austin, Sealy, p 1, ed 5, June 1, HH1 KIDD, F.M., W, M, 34, barkeeper, NC, VA, NC -
  Children	1. Henry Kidd, CSA,   b. circa 1841, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Jul 1864, Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia, USA  (Age ~ 23 years)   2. Sally Kidd,   b. circa 1842, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Y   3. Frances Marion "Marion" "F.M." Kidd, CSA,   b. Sep 01, 1844, Salem, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Jul 08, 1923, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. George Washington Kidd, CSA,   b. Dec 07, 1846, Benton, Polk county, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Apr 25, 1921, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)   5. Anna Elizabeth Kidd,   b. Dec 13, 1848, Natchitoches parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. May 20, 1939, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)   6. Martha A. Kidd,   b. Mar 12, 1850, Port Arthur, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Sep 02, 1864, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 14 years)   7. Mary Ellen "Mollie" Kidd,   b. Mar 20, 1853, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. May 12, 1917, San Felipe, Austin county, Texas, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F26900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Beaumont, The Story of by Florence Stratton, 1925

  
  

• Sources

  [S1081] The Story of Beaumont, Stratton, Florence. Beaumont in the Wars http://www.mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/16-Beaumont-in-the-Wars.html [S136] 1860 US federal census, 1860 census, Beaumont, Jefferson cty, TX, pct 1, p. 84. [S14] 1870 US federal census, 1870 census, San Felipe, Austin cty, TX, pct 3.