Robert Hiram Fields (1838-1915) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Robert Hiram (Hiram) "Elder Hi" Fields

Born 11 Mar 1838 in North Fork Kentucky River, Kings Creek, Letcher, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of Isaac Newton Fields and Alice Lee (Day) Fields

Brother of Sarah (Fields) Day, John Moses Fields, Leroy W Fields, Ambrose Jackson Fields and Daniel David Fields

Husband of Rachel (Caudill) Fields — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Matthew Clinton Fields, Isaac W Fields, Ira Fields Esquire, Felix Gilbert Fields and Charlotte Fields

Died 10 Mar 1915 at age 76 in Letcher, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

A devout Baptist, he was commonly known as Elder Hi and Preacher Hi

He had 8 children including the direct ancestor of the creator of this profile (Travis Fields) and Ira Fields who was a Judge and Attorney in Whitesburg, Kentucky

His son Daniel David Fields also became a Judge and built "the Fields building" which still stands on Main Street in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky.

His descendant Travis Fields has at least one photograph of him as an elderly man somewhere which he will upload when he finds it

15 more sources found at the familysearch.org site which show he was a Sergeant in the Civil War Veteran (USA so presumably Union Army) who later received a military pension. He served from August 1863 to December 1864.

He has a 2 page obituary visible on familysearch.org which is very difficult to read but it clearly lists 3 children on the front page including Ira Fields, M.C. Fields and Isaac W. Fields

Children names and dates from rootsweb to verify (M.C. Fields = Matthew Fields?)

Mathew Fields: Birth: 6 OCT 1857 in Letcher Co,KY. Isaac Wilson Fields: Birth: 4 JAN 1860. Death: 31 JAN 1964 Ira Fields: Birth: 3 FEB 1863. Elizabeth Fields: Birth: 1866. John M(oses?) Fields: Birth: 1872. Felix G(ilbert?) Fields: Birth: 1877. Charlotte Fields: Birth: 1880. Sarah Frances Fields: Birth: 17 JAN 1882. Death: 14 NOV 1955 Ozina Fields: Birth: 18 AUG 1884.

Grave for Isaac Wilson Fields found, he married Phoebe Jane Caudill, see below

The 1870 Census showed "Hiram" living in Letcher, Kentucky with his wife and 4 children

Rachel Fields F 31 Kentucky

Mathew Fields M 12 Kentucky

Isaac Fields M 10 Kentucky

Ira Fields M 7 Kentucky

Elizabeth Fields F 4 Kentucky

A Fields Family Tree book which verified the personal recollection of his 2nd great-grandson Emmett Burke Fields as relayed to his son Travis. Ancestry.com Family Tree of Travis Burke Fields, his 3rd great-grandson.

Sources

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35599387.

1870 Census found https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWJ-XGX

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84755874/isaac-wilson-fields

Civil War Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-559W-BF?i=9&cc=1877095&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK8S6-VR1

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hiram by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hiram: