Frank Chester Robertson

Frank Chester Robertson
Frank Chester Robertson
born: 12 Jan 1890, Bear Creek,near Moscow,Latah Co.,Idaho
died: 29 Jul 1969, Las Vegas,Nevada
occu: western author
spouse: Winifred ``Winnie'' BOWMAN
marr: 11 Jul 1919, Pocatello,Idaho
born: 1900, Wyoming
died: 1967, Mapleton,Utah
Children:
Nellie Robertson
Glen Evan Robertson
Victor Hugh Robertson

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Hugh ROBERTSON (North Carolina - )
                      |
           |---------John ROBERTSON (1828, Illinois - 1891)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------William Hugh ROBERTSON (1852, Illinois - 1931, Utah)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Daniel HORTON (NY - )
  |        |          |
  |        |---------HORTON ( - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Frank Chester ROBERTSON (1890, Idaho - 1969, Nevada)
  |
  |                   |--------James MATTHEWS (1779, Virginia - 1837, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Tunstal Quarles MATTHEWS (1807, Kentucky - 1878, Nebraska)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Margaret REED (1784 - 1824, Ohio)
  |        |
  |------Mary MATTHEWS (1850, Indiana - 1927, Washington)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Harriet STONE (1808, New York - 1895, South Dakota)
                      |
                      |--------
Frank worked at a variety of menial jobs with cattle and sheep in his early life in an attempt to help provide for his family. He and his brother Oba became farmers, but were deeply in debt. He obtained his own homestead of 320 acres in 1914 at the age of 24. He typed up a western story and sold it, and gradually began to earn more of his money by writing than by farming. He had had little formal education, but his mother taught him and his brothers at home. He continued to write western stories all his life, and contributed about 100 stories and articles to magazines.

Frank wrote his autobiography, and the tale of his parents, in a book titled, A Ram in the Thicket which contains many more details about his and his family's life than it is possible to reproduce here. In later years, he also wrote a column called The Chopping Block for the Provo Herald. His home was Springville, Utah and he had a cherry orchard there.

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