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Submitted: 5/12/15 • Approved: 5/12/15 • Last Updated: 5/15/15 • R1076336-G0-S3
6 Apr 1882 - 23 Mar 1899
Son of Louis F. Rollwage (1851 - 1905)
and Elizabeth McDaniel Rollwage (1855 - 1927)
Siblings:
Katherine R. Rollwage Alderson (1880 - 1957)
Mary Rollwage (1885 - 1885)
Madeleine Rollwage Schlosser (1889 - 1982)
Alleyne Rollwage White (1894 - 1976)
*Obituary
Published 24 Mar 1899
Forrest City Times
Robert A.Rollwage Dead-Second Victim of the Powder Explosion of June 19,1898-Robert Allison Rollwage, son of Louis and Lizzie Rollwage, of this city, died at the family residence on North Washington Street yesterday evening, Mar.23,1899, at 5:30 o'clock, after a long and tedious illness, the result of injuries received in the powder explosion in his father's store, age 16 years 11 months and 19 days. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Presbyterian church, Eld.W.James Robinson officiating, and the precious remains of a beloved son, and brother, a bright energetic, capable and promising boy, will be laid to rest in the Forrest City cemetery. It will be remembered that he suffered considerable amount of burns which never really healed, and after undergoing skin transplants, which were unsuccessful, three weeks ago he was brought home from the Mitchel and Maury Infirmary in Memphis after Robert was attacked by stomach trouble. He gradually grew worse, and finally succombed.
Contributed on 5/12/15
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