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Robert Cooper Grier

Born: 5-Mar-1794
Birthplace: Cumberland County, PA
Died: 25-Sep-1870
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1846-70

Father: Isaac Greer (Presbyterian minister, educator, d. 1815)
Mother: Elizabeth
Wife: Isabelle Rose (m. 1829, six daughters, one son)
Daughter: Sarah Rose
Daughter: Mary Rose
Son: William Potter Grier (d. Civil War steamship explosion)
Daughter: Elizabeth Cooper
Daughter: Helen
Daughter: Martha
Daughter: Isabella (d. at age 12)

    University: Dickinson College (1812)
    Administrator: Headmaster, Northumberland Academy

    US Supreme Court Justice (10-Aug-1846 to 31-Jan-1870, resigned)
    Pennsylvania State Official District Court Judge, Allegheny County (1833-46)
    Pennsylvania Bar Association 1817
    Stroke 1867 (three)


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