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Note: Robert and his brother John went out to Oklahoma before the Cherokee strip rush and staked out land. They participated in the Cherokee strip rush and lived with the Indians. John stayed in Oklahoma and lived ear the Arpaho Indian reservation. Robert lived in the Oklahoma panhandle near Enid, Oklahoma with his daughter Ruby. Robert moved back to Indiana near current Fort Harrision where he lived prior to going to Oklahoma. Ruby stayed in Oklahoma were she died. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, Section: 224, Lot: 445. Robert Hamilton Acre was a state representative from Marion County, Indiana. Robert Hamilton Acre Robert Hamilton Acre was the son of Ephraim and Margaret Elizabeth (Hamilton) Acre. He was a native of Martin Co., Indiana. Ephraim�s brother, Joseph, married Margaret�s sister, Caroline Cornelius Hamilton. Robert and his brother John Thomas Acre went out to Oklahoma before the Cherokee Strip rush from Hennessey and lived with the Indians. He staked a homestead claim on a farm a mile north of Lahoma. John stayed in Oklahoma and lived near the Arapaho Indian reservation. A short time later, however, he returned to Indiana and engaged in business there. He also took an active part in political affairs for many years, having been selected twice to serve in the Indiana State legislature. Robert returned in 1929 to live in the Oklahoma panhandle near Enid, Oklahoma with his daughter Ruby. He was engaged in real estate and oil and gas lease brokerage business. In this capacity he contacted and knew hundreds of farmers throughout northwest Oklahoma. Robert moved back to Indiana near current Fort Harrison where he lived prior to going to Oklahom Ruby stayed in Oklahoma and eventually moved to Tyler, Smith Co. Texas, where she worked for her sister, Margaret Paulyne Acre who owned a dress shop. Neither Ruby nor Paulyne ever married. Robert and Margaret�s other children were Gertrude (died young), Jesse Cecil (lived in Dallas, Texas at the time of his father�s death in 1947), Frederick Ephraim (apparently never married), Harry Miles (was married twice and had two daughters by his first marriage), Mabel Elizabeth (married Thomas Hindman and had one son), and Robert Ragel Acre (a doctor in Evansville, Indiana and Karen�s grandfather.) Robert Hamilton is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, Section: 224, Lot: 445. Robert Hamilton Acre was a state representative from Marion County, Indiana. Mr. Acre was a member of the Methodist church.
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