Robert Clifton Hargis

1874-1955

Robert Clifford Hargis was born 12 May 1894, the son of Jacob Weddington Hargis 1828-1915 and Nancy Jane Calhoun 1842-1919. Robert was a farmer by trade and lived his entire life in Rowan, County, Kentucky. He married Amanda Susan Hall 1881-1948, daughter of Ben Hall and Clemie Tolliver, on 14 May 1904.  They had two children that I can name: Flora E. born about 1919 and Audrey Allen 1914-1914. Robert's wife Amanda Susan (Hall) Hargis died 7 May 1948. Robert Clifford Hargis died on 1 Dec 1955. They were originally buried in the Hargis Family Cemetery but were later exhumed and moved to Alfrey Cemetery in Rowan County. The Army Corps of Engineers relocated several family cemeteries in Rowan County when they built a dam and created Cave Run Lake on the Licking River.