Person:Robert Schenck (6)

The Rev. William Schenck, His Ancestry and His Descendants ...
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The man who died in Cape May, New Jersey in 1883 was physician Dr. Robert Cumming Schenck, not this Major General.

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Int. # Name Birth Date Death Date Sec. Lot Tier Grave Burial Age Birth Place Undertaker
43326 Schenck, Aaron O 13 Apr 1923 27 1757 16 Apr 1923 73. OH Boyer
39892 Schenck, Alice Virginia 11 Jul 1919 34 347 12 Jul 1919 1.4. Dayton, OH Boyer
36119 Schenck, Amy 26 Jan 1916 109 2274 28 Jan 1916 75. Logan Co., OH Berk
26626 Schenck, Benjamin V 14 Nov 1905 113 426 17 Nov 1905 68.
13589 Schenck, Bessie P 13 Jun 1887 109 2274 15 Jun 1887 8. Dayton, OH
40631 Schenck, Caroline Elizabeth 5 Jun 1920 34 347 7 Jun 1920 5.3. Dayton, OH Boyer
59104 Schenck, Caroline L S 14 Jun 1946 119 1435 15 Jun 1946 67. Dayton, OH O. P. Boyer
31640 Schenck, Caroline O 12 Jun 1911 34 345 14 Jun 1911 66. Cincinnati, OH
45129 Schenck, Charles B 27 Aug 1925 113 426 29 Aug 1925 50 OH Boyer
66927 Schenck, Charles G 18 Oct 1956 24 Oct 1956 113 413 25 Oct 1956 6 days Dayton, OH Morris Sons
93838 Schenck, Charlotte R 10 Feb 1901 10 Jul 1996 113 421 NE1/4 2 13 Jul 1996 95 OH Baker Hazel
53334 Schenck, Clara G 29 Mar 1938 27 1757 31 Mar 1938 83 Middletown, MD Geo.Miller
14235 Schenck, Cora Louise 101 1724 13 Jul 1888 Dayton, OH
74326 Schenck, Cynthia Gates 14 Jan 1911 31 Mar 1967 113 90 4 Apr 1967 56 Indianapolis, IN O.P. Boyer
8856 Schenck, Doretha A 7 Sep 1876 34 350 10 Sep 1876
6893 Schenck, Edward T 9 Aug 1871 83 1710 13 Aug 1871 25.0.14 Dayton, OH
59213 Schenck, Elizabeth H 3 Aug 1946 34 347 5 Aug 1946 56 Dayton, OH O.P. Boyer
42142 Schenck, Elizabeth Rogers 1 Dec 1921 34 350 5 Dec 1921 84 Dayton, OH Boyer
55371 Schenck, Eloise R 3 Aug 1941 120 172 5 Aug 1941 60 Canada Geo.Miller
101963 Schenck, Erline W 8 Dec 1915 2 Jul 2009 117 6 2 6 Jul 2009 93 Dayton, OH Routsong
18634 Schenck, Garrett A 17 Jan 1895 109 2413 19 Jan 1895 50
7896 Schenck, Graham C 11 Mar 1874 113 1 13 Mar 1874 2.4 Dayton, OH
71419 Schenck, Harry I Jr 9 Jan 1963 120 172 12 Jan 1963 55 Dayton, OH Whitmer Bros.
66408 Schenck, Harry I Sr 13 Nov 1880 3 Feb 1956 120 172 6 Feb 1956 75 Dayton, OH Whitmer Bros.
81829 Schenck, Helene E 20 Jan 1910 24 Jan 1978 113 1 * 31 Jan 1978 68 Dayton, OH Boyer
43558 Schenck, Infant of Paul F 24 Jul 1923 113 413 25 Jul 1923 0 Dayton, OH Whitmer
34258 Schenck, Isaac B 6 Feb 1914 109 2413 9 Feb 1914 37 OH
11389 Schenck, James F 21 Dec 1882 34 350 23 Dec 1882 75 Warren Co., OH
57629 Schenck, Joseph GC 12 Oct 1944 34 347 14 Oct 1944 72 Hanchow,China Boyer
87043 Schenck, Joseph Graham 5 May 1921 10 Jan 1986 34 347 * 13 Jan 1986 64 Dayton, OH Geo.Miller & Son
26183 Schenck, Julia Crane 24 Apr 1905 34 349 28 Apr 1905 65.8 Dayton, OH
39370 Schenck, Julia Davies 4 Jan 1919 113 1 6 Jan 1919 71 Dayton, OH Boyer
6658 Schenck, Laura 3 Dec 1870 99 958 5 Dec 1870 20 Dayton, OH
34385 Schenck, LeRoy Eldin 24 Mar 1914 111 3530 9 11 26 Mar 1914 0.10 Dayton, OH
11692 Schenck, Luella 24 Aug 1883 27 1757 25 Aug 1883 0.1 Dayton, OH
81672 Schenck, Lulu Patton 23 May 1888 12 Nov 1977 27 1757 East sp.* 17 Nov 1977 89 Buena Vista, OH O.P. Boyer Sons
13668 Schenck, Margaret J 7 Aug 1887 109 2413 9 Aug 1887 43 Butler Co., OH
454 Schenck, Mary S 4 Dec 1848 34 349 12 Dec 1848 5 Dayton, OH
506 Schenck, Nellie W 6 Jun 1849 34 349 7 Jun 1849 0.10 Dayton, OH
70961 Schenck, Nettie 6 Apr 1873 2 Jun 1962 27 1665 5 Jun 1962 89 Dayton, OH Tobias
75523 Schenck, Paul F 19 Apr 1899 30 Nov 1968 113 421 NE1/4 4 Dec 1968 69 Miamisburg, OH Morris Sons
48674 Schenck, Peirce Davies 15 Oct 1930 113 1 17 Oct 1930 52.5 Boyer
634 Schenck, Renelsche W 5 Nov 1849 34 349 6 Nov 1849 38 Long Island, NY
15241 Schenck, Robert C 23 Mar 1890 34 351 26 Mar 1890 80.5 Warren Co., OH
24223 Schenck, Robert C 14 Oct 1902 113 1 17 Oct 1902 57 OH
74161 Schenck, Robert C 5 Aug 1905 13 Jan 1967 113 1 16 Jan 1967 61 Dayton, OH O.P. Boyer
81673 Schenck, Robert E 6 Sep 1887 21 Apr 1968 27 1757 * 81 OH O.P. Boyer Sons
95212 Schenck, Robert W 25 Nov 1912 27 Jun 1998 117 6 W1/2 West sp. 2 Jul 1998 85 Dayton, OH Routsong
49379 Schenck, Sallie L 23 Nov 1931 34 351 25 Nov 1931 90 OH Boyer
35827 Schenck, Sarah E 27 Oct 1915 113 426 29 Oct 1915 72.10 Miamisburg, OH Boyer
13262 Schenck, Walter E 21 Oct 1886 27 1757 23 Oct 1886 7.6 Dayton, OH
51875 Schenck, William M 19 Dec 1935 27 1665 N 1/2 23 Dec 1935 69 Greenville, OH Moore
30494 Schenck, William W 1 Apr 1910 109 2274 4 Apr 1910 74.10 Warren Co., OH
10202 Schenck, Woodhull S 10 May 1880 34 350 20 May 1880 39 Dayton, OH
17464 Schenck, Woodhull S 4 Jun 1893 34 352 7 Jun 1893 44.1 Dayton, OH
505 Schenck, Woodhull S 11 May 1849 34 350 17 May 1849 33 Franklin, OH

Plate facing page 76 has a portrait.

Name: Robert Schenck
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widower
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
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Occupation: Lawyer
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Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Schenck 70
Elizabeth Schenck 40
Julia Schenck 38
Sally Schenck 35

Name: Robert C Schenck
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Dayton Ward 3, Montgomery, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dayton
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert C Schenck 60
Elizabeth R Schenck 30
Julia C Schenck 27
Sallie S Schenck 24
Josephle Clements 34

Name: Robert Cummings Schenck
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Age: 80
Birth Date: 1810
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 23 Mar 1890
Death Place: District of Columbia
Burial Date: 24 Mar 1890
Burial Place: Dayton, Ohio
FHL Film Number: 2135907
Reference ID: cn 71191
Source Information
Ancestry.com. District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: District of Columbia, Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: Robert Cumming Schenck
Elected Office(s): Representative, Delegate
State: Ohio, Alabama, Washington
Country: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, USA
Biography: a Representative from Ohio; born in Franklin, Ohio, October 4, 1809; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1827; became a professor in that university 1827-1829; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Dayton, Ohio; member of the State house of representatives 1839-1843; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Roads and Canals (Thirtieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination; Minister to Brazil and also accredited to Uruguay, Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay, 1851-1853; entered the Union Army May 17, 1861, and served as brigadier general of Volunteers; promoted to major general September 18, 1862, to date from August 30, 1862; resigned his commission in the Army on December 3, 1863, to take his seat in Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to January 5, 1871, when he resigned to accept a position in the diplomatic service; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Ways and Means (Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; Minister to Great Britain from December 1870 until March 1876, when he resigned; delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalist Convention in 1866; member of the Alabama Claims Commission in 1871; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died March 23, 1890; interment in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.|Bibliography: Joyner, Fred B. Robert Cumming Schenck, First Citizen and Statesman of the Miami Valley. Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 58 (July 1949): 286-97.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IX
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Schenck, William Edward
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SCHENCK, Robert Cumming, diplomatist, was born in Franklin, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1809; son of Gen. William Cortenus and Elizabeth (Rogers) Schenck, and brother of James Findlay Schenck (q.v.). He was graduated at Miami university, A.B., 1827, A.M., 1830; was a tutor there, 1827–30, and studied law under Thomas Corwin at Lebanon, Ohio. He was married, Aug. 21, 1834, to Reunelche W. Smith of Smithtown, L.I. He practised law in Dayton, Ohio, 1831–43; was a representative in the Ohio legislature, 1841–43, and was a Whig representative from the third district in the 28th-31st and 38th-41st congresses, 1843–51 and 1863–71, serving as chairman of the committee on roads and canals in the 30th congress, and as a member of the committees on ways and means and military affairs, and commerce, 1863–71. He was U.S. minister to Brazil, 1851–54, where with John S. Pendleton (q.v.) he negotiated a treaty between the two countries; brought about the free navigation of the La Plata, and arranged treaties with Uruguay and Paraguay in 1852. He was a projector and president of a railroad from Fort Wayne, Ind., to the Mississippi river, 1853–61, and was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, May 17, 1861. At Vienna, Va., in June, 1861, he had an encounter with the Confederate force and was driven back, but he recharged with such boldness that the Confederates retreated. He commanded the 2d brigade in Tyler's 1st division at Bull Run, July 21, 1861; commanded Scammon's brigade in Rosecrans's army at Gauley Bridge, Va., Sept. 10, 1861; [p.256] commanded the forces at McDowell, Va., May 8, 1862, composed of his own and Robert H. Milroy's brigades, and under Frémont in the battle of Cross Keys, June 7, 1862. He commanded the 1st division, Sigel's 1st corps, at second Bull Run, where he was severely wounded; was promoted major-general of volunteers, Sept. 18, 1862, to date from Aug. 30, 1862, and commanded the Middle department and the 8th army corps at Baltimore, Md., in 1863. He resigned his commission, Dec. 3, 1863, to take his seat in the 38th congress. He procured while in congress the establishment of the military and naval asylum; and was president of the board of visitors of the U.S. Military academy in 1865. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalist convention of 1866, and a member of the Alabama claims commission, 1871. He was U.S. minister to Great Britain, 1871–76, resigning when charges were preferred against him of complicity in the celebrated Emma mine fraud in 1876, and he appeared before a committee of the U.S. house of representatives, where he was acquitted. He was a trustee of Miami university, 1835–39. After 1876 he practised law in Washington, D.C., until his death, which occurred in that city, March 23, 1890.

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