Individual Details

Robert married Eva Angeline Coe. They had two children. Eva died between 1861-65 and he married her sister Jemima Jane Coe. The 1880 census suggests yet another wife.

1850 Census. Cumberland Co, KY, Hh 309
Calvin Johnson, 35, birthplace unknown. Polly, 40, b. KY
Jacob 14. John 12.
J. R. Poindexter 12. Robert M. Poindexter 10. Nancy Johnson, age 6.

1860 Census. District 2, Cumberland Co KY
Hh 104
R. M. Poindexter, age 20, b. KY. V. A., female, age 21, b. KY
J. T., male, age 2. M. E., female, age 3 months.
Hh 103 was John J. Coe, 42 and wife Mary 42, and their family.


Robert M Poindexter first inlisted in the CSA Company H 8th regiment Tennessee Infantry 5th of Nov 1862 under Capt T. J. Davis. In 1864 he deserted and enlisted in the USA Army in Co. L, 10th Cavalry Regiment 4th of March 1864.

CUMBERLAND CO DEEDS
Deed Book R, 1865-66 time frame. Soldiers' discharges listed first
Pvt Robert M POINDEXTER, Co L, 10 TN Cav, 4 Mar 1864-1 Aug
1865, Born Marion Co KY, age 24.

1870 Census. Kettle Creek, Cumberland Co KY, Hh 20
R. Poindexter, age 30
Jemima, 22.
John T. 13. Mary 10. Jesse R. 4, Jas. C. age 1

1880 Census. Martinsburg, Monroe Co, KY, Hh 76
R. M. Poindexter, age 40, b. KY, father b. NC, mother b. KY
Martha, wife, age 29, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. VA

1890 - Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Widows, etc. of the Civil War
Cumberland Co, KY, Kettle Creek & Cary & precincts, p.3
House No. 180, Family No. 186
Robt. M. Poindexter. Private, Co. L, 10th TN Cav. Enlisted 4 Mar 1864; Discharged 1 Aug 1865. Served 1 yr, 4 mos. 27 days

Robert married, or attempted to marry a 4th time to Margaret Ann "Peggy" Branham who had also been married several times, on 15 Nov 1891. She had never divorced her most recent husband Henry Clay Scott and the marriage was illegal.

He is believe buried Short Cemetery at Short's Chapel, Monroe Co, KY, along with Jess Poindexter and wife (presumably his son) - their graves are all unmarked.

Birth	26 Mar 1840
Marriage	Ca 1857	Eva Angeline Coe
Marriage	1 Aug 1865	Jemima Jane Coe
Divorce	Bef 1877	Jemima Jane Coe
Marriage	16 Aug 1877	Clay County, Tennessee - Martha Thompson
Divorce	29 May 1891	Martha Thompson
Death	7 Sep 1895	Cumberland County, Kentucky

Spouse	Jemima Jane Coe (1849 - 1892)
Child	Jesse Wright Poindexter (1866 - 1931)
Child	James C. Poindexter (1869 - )
Child	Archie Turner Poindexter (1872 - 1943)
Child	Irma Gertrude Poindexter (1874 - 1917)

Spouse	Eva Angeline Coe (1838 - 1865)
Child	John T. Poindexter (1857 - 1923)
Child	Mary E. Poindexter (1862 - 1938)

Spouse	Martha Thompson (1851 - )
Child	Walter Allen Poindexter (1881 - 1919)
Child	Mattie B. Poindexter (1884 - )
Child	Albert Hunter Poindexter (1887 - 1957)

Father	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1802 - 1881)
Mother	Fannie Coe (1808 - 1850)
Sibling	?Nancy Poindexter (1825 - )
Sibling	John Robert Poindexter (1828 - 1862)
Sibling	Rebecca Frances Poindexter (1830 - 1867)
Sibling	Archibald Poindexter (1833 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Poindexter (1831 - )
Sibling	Mary Coe Poindexter (1838 - 1884)
Sibling	Josiah Jefferson "Bud" Poindexter (1841 - 1924)
Sibling	Thomas Archibald Poindexter (1844 - )