Robert was the husband of Anna Helm.
Prescott Evening Courier (AZ), 8 Dec 1931
Bob Heckle, Characteristic Figure of Old Frontier, Dies at Glendale Home
Robert "Texas" Heckle, 84, with his flowing white locks a familiar figure
here during Frontier Days, an Indian scout, cowboy, frontiersman, soldier
and poet, died at his home in Glendale on Saturday. Two score and two years
of his nearly 85 he was a resident of Texas and for the same period of time
he lived in Arizona.
He was born in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 27, 1847. When he was twelve months old
his parents moved to Texas. In 1861, when he was 14 years old, "Texas Bob"
joined the First Texas regiment and served through the civil was as a
confederate soldier. For many years following the war he was a Texas
ranger, and later served under General Custer in the Indian territory and
General George Cook in Montana and Wyoming.
Bronzed, wiry, indelibly marked by years in the saddle on wind-swept plains,
his silky white hair dropping to his shoulders, he was one of the most
picturesque of the thousands who gathered annually at the Arizona pioneer
reunion.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Emma Robinson, Cactus, Ariz., Mrs. Hattie
Lewellin, San Diego, Mrs. Ella Sullivan and Mrs. Agnes Sikes, Glendale,
Ariz.; and six sons, David, Canon, Ariz., Robert, of this city; Travis, Camp
Wood; Ingersoll Wagner and Lee, of Ariz.; and Clarence, Redding, Calif.
Prescott Evening Courier (AZ), 8 Dec 1931
Bob Heckle, Characteristic Figure of Old Frontier, Dies at Glendale Home
Robert "Texas" Heckle, 84, with his flowing white locks a familiar figure
here during Frontier Days, an Indian scout, cowboy, frontiersman, soldier
and poet, died at his home in Glendale on Saturday. Two score and two years
of his nearly 85 he was a resident of Texas and for the same period of time
he lived in Arizona.
He was born in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 27, 1847. When he was twelve months old
his parents moved to Texas. In 1861, when he was 14 years old, "Texas Bob"
joined the First Texas regiment and served through the civil was as a
confederate soldier. For many years following the war he was a Texas
ranger, and later served under General Custer in the Indian territory and
General George Cook in Montana and Wyoming.
Bronzed, wiry, indelibly marked by years in the saddle on wind-swept plains,
his silky white hair dropping to his shoulders, he was one of the most
picturesque of the thousands who gathered annually at the Arizona pioneer
reunion.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Emma Robinson, Cactus, Ariz., Mrs. Hattie
Lewellin, San Diego, Mrs. Ella Sullivan and Mrs. Agnes Sikes, Glendale,
Ariz.; and six sons, David, Canon, Ariz., Robert, of this city; Travis, Camp
Wood; Ingersoll Wagner and Lee, of Ariz.; and Clarence, Redding, Calif.
Robert was the husband of Anna Helm.
Prescott Evening Courier (AZ), 8 Dec 1931
Bob Heckle, Characteristic Figure of Old Frontier, Dies at Glendale Home
Robert "Texas" Heckle, 84, with his flowing white locks a familiar figure
here during Frontier Days, an Indian scout, cowboy, frontiersman, soldier
and poet, died at his home in Glendale on Saturday. Two score and two years
of his nearly 85 he was a resident of Texas and for the same period of time
he lived in Arizona.
He was born in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 27, 1847. When he was twelve months old
his parents moved to Texas. In 1861, when he was 14 years old, "Texas Bob"
joined the First Texas regiment and served through the civil was as a
confederate soldier. For many years following the war he was a Texas
ranger, and later served under General Custer in the Indian territory and
General George Cook in Montana and Wyoming.
Bronzed, wiry, indelibly marked by years in the saddle on wind-swept plains,
his silky white hair dropping to his shoulders, he was one of the most
picturesque of the thousands who gathered annually at the Arizona pioneer
reunion.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Emma Robinson, Cactus, Ariz., Mrs. Hattie
Lewellin, San Diego, Mrs. Ella Sullivan and Mrs. Agnes Sikes, Glendale,
Ariz.; and six sons, David, Canon, Ariz., Robert, of this city; Travis, Camp
Wood; Ingersoll Wagner and Lee, of Ariz.; and Clarence, Redding, Calif.
Prescott Evening Courier (AZ), 8 Dec 1931
Bob Heckle, Characteristic Figure of Old Frontier, Dies at Glendale Home
Robert "Texas" Heckle, 84, with his flowing white locks a familiar figure
here during Frontier Days, an Indian scout, cowboy, frontiersman, soldier
and poet, died at his home in Glendale on Saturday. Two score and two years
of his nearly 85 he was a resident of Texas and for the same period of time
he lived in Arizona.
He was born in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 27, 1847. When he was twelve months old
his parents moved to Texas. In 1861, when he was 14 years old, "Texas Bob"
joined the First Texas regiment and served through the civil was as a
confederate soldier. For many years following the war he was a Texas
ranger, and later served under General Custer in the Indian territory and
General George Cook in Montana and Wyoming.
Bronzed, wiry, indelibly marked by years in the saddle on wind-swept plains,
his silky white hair dropping to his shoulders, he was one of the most
picturesque of the thousands who gathered annually at the Arizona pioneer
reunion.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Emma Robinson, Cactus, Ariz., Mrs. Hattie
Lewellin, San Diego, Mrs. Ella Sullivan and Mrs. Agnes Sikes, Glendale,
Ariz.; and six sons, David, Canon, Ariz., Robert, of this city; Travis, Camp
Wood; Ingersoll Wagner and Lee, of Ariz.; and Clarence, Redding, Calif.
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