Robert Burgher Pirtle and Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle 1952
Margaret Louise Stevens was the daughter of James Wharton Stevens (b. June 25, 1858 in Nashville, TN; d. January 16, 1930 in Memphis, TN; b. Forest Hill Cemetery- Midtown) and Emma Ann Williams Stevens (b. December 16, 1858 in Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA; d. December 1, 1921 in Chattanooga, TN; b. Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN). She was the granddaughter of James Charles Stevens, Jr. and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens.
1882, August 15, Margaret Louise Stevens was born Nashville, Davidson County, TN and was the sister of:
Emma Gertrude Stevens (Mrs. William Sydney Randolph)
Born: January 7, 1880, Nashville, Davidson, TN
Died: September 17, 1957, Memphis, Shelby, TN
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN
Jimetta Stevens (Mrs. Eugene Johnson Bettis)
Born: July 7, 1884, Nashville, Davidson, TN
Died: October 31, 1965, Memphis, Shelby, TN
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN
Arrabelle Stevens (Mrs. Thomas Goodlett Tucker)
Born: November 20, 1887, Memphis, Shelby, TN
Died: December 13, 1973, Memphis, Shelby, TN
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, TN
1890 No census available.
1902, May 24, Margaret Louise Stevens married Alberto L. Banning, Jr. and they had a daughter named, Eva R. They divorced.
1907, Margaret Louise Stevens Banning met Robert Burgher Pirtle and they married on July 21, 1907 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR. Robert Burgher Pirtle legally adopted Eva R and her name was changed to Pirtle.
1910 Census, Memphis, Shelby, TN: James Wharton Stevens (51), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (53), Charles George Stevens (42) (JWS’s brother), Arrabelle Stevens (22) (sister of Margaret Louis Stevens Pirtle), Robert Burgher Pirtle (29), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (27) and Eva R Pirtle (7). They lived on Monroe Avenue.
1920 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (39), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (37), Eva R Pirtle (17), Emma Ann Williams Stevens (62), James Wharton Stevens (62). They lived at 807 Dodds Avenue.
1930 Census, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN: Robert Burgher Pirtle (49), Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle (47), Charles Russell Dickson, Sr. (28), Eva R Pirtle Dickson (27), Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. (3), Margaret Nancy Dickson (3/12). They lived at 723 South Germantown Road.
Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle was a member of Highland Park Christian Church and a member of the Belvoir Garden Club in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.
1946, Robert Burgher Pirtle retired from the Railway Express Co. in Chattanooga, TN.
1949, Robert Burgher Pirtle and Margaret Louis Stevens Pirtle moved to Memphis, TN. They lived at 3156 Lamphier Avenue.
1961, September 25, Robert Burgher Pirtle died and was buried in Memphis National Cemetery #C4175, Memphis, Shelby, TN, side by side with his wife, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle.
1963, March 23, Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle died and was buried in Memphis National Cemetery #C4164, Memphis, Shelby, TN, side by side with her husband, Robert Burgher Pirtle.
