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Robert Jasper Cypert, Jr. was born July 16, 1854, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Robert Jasper "Jap" Cypert and Mary Bundy.
Robert married Mary Caroline Stribling, who was born January 30, 1855, the daughter of Joseph Clayton Stribling and Penelope Caroline Hayes.
Robert and Mary moved their family to McKown Valley, near Whitney, Texas in the spring of 1893. That fall they moved to Union Bluff Community, near Hillsboro, Texas, where they remained. Robert was a farmer.
Robert died January 14, 1913, in Hill County, Texas. Mary died there on January 22, 1913. They both died from pneumonia. They are buried in Hickey Cemetery near Hillsboro, Texas.
Children of Robert Cypert and Mary Stribling
1. Josie Harper Cypert, b. Oct 7, 1875, Wayne Co, TN; d. Sept 12, 1876, Wayne Co.
2. Ola Maude Cypert, b. Aug 14, 1877, Wayne Co, TN; d. Sept 12, 1877, Wayne Co.
3. Edwin Boone Cypert, b. Aug 15, 1878, Wayne Co, TN; d. June 5, 1940; m. Vergie Moser
4. Lula Belle Cypert, b. Aug 9, 1880, Wayne Co, TN; d. Dec 3, 1880, Wayne Co.
5. Taylor Bundy Cypert, b. Oct 23, 1881, Wayne Co, TN; d. June 25, 1972; m. Mary Mattie Garrett
6. Ida Cordelia Cypert, b. Nov 28, 1883, Wayne Co, TN; d. May 22, 1966; m. Roughton L. McClure; no children
7. Ocie Mae Cypert, b. May 31, 1886, Wayne Co, TN; d. July 28, 1886, Wayne Co.
8. Lizzie Leona, b. Aug 16, 1887, Wayne Co, TN; d. June 5, 1970; m. Raphael Reed McClure (twin brother to Ida's husband, Roughton L. McClure)
9. Joseph Jasper Cypert, b. Aug 5, 1890, Wayne Co, TN; d. Nov 30, 1962; m. Deborah Laura Keene
10. Ethel Icy Ione Cypert, b. Dec 12, 1892, Wayne Co, TN; d. Dec 15, 1990; never married
11. Mary Etta Cypert, b. Mar 10, 1895, TX; d. Sept 25, 1984; m. Henry Drummond Greer; no children
12. William Carroll Cypert, b. May 3, 1897, TX; d. Aug 28, 1961; m. Mary Annie Williams
13. Leonard Karl Cypert, b. Sept 17, 1899, TX; d. Oct 28, 1899, TX