Robert
Leasure
Born in Belmont County, Ohio
Ancestors 
Son of William Edward Leasure
and Jemima Mary Workman
Brother of
Helen Lois Leasure, Alfred Joshua Leasure, Mary Leasure, Richard Cunningham Leasure, Elizabeth L Leasure, Alice M Leasure and [private sister (1910s - 1980s)]
Husband of
[private wife (1920s - 1980s)]
Father of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1960s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 83
in Custer County, Colorado
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2013
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Biography
Robert was born in Ohio. He was an WWII Army Veteran, having served in Italy and other locations. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star He moved to Colorado in the 1960s where he was a miner, writer and raconteur. He was known as Mountain Bob. In 1993/94 Mountain Bob spent 211 days underground in a mine attempting to break a Guiness World Record. Robert was well known in the Colorado area for his story telling and knowledge of the mountains.
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Sources
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137040548&ref=acom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hc0X1Fivg
http://cozine.com/1994-august/central-colorado-briefs-for-august-1944/
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Thanks to Anne Baker for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Anne and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert 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 Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert 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 Robert:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Liza (Lovejoy) France 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lizalovejoy
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