The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-13
ROBERT A. BROCK
D|ESAT HIS HOME:
Was Distinguished Antiquarian,
Gcnealogist and Authority
on Southern History.
HONORED HERE AND ABROAD
Author. of Valuable Papers for
Southern and Virginia His
torical Societies.
H0NORED HERE AND ABROAD

torical Societies.
Robert Alonzo Brock, ANTIQUARIAN.
SencalO@ist and member OF literary and
historical societies in this country.
Canada and Europe. died at his resi-
d"ncc. 5l7 West Marshall Street. yes
/ ter''a% afternoon at i:l5 o'clock, in
the seventy siXth year of his ace.
Trained in carly life for mercantile
career. Mr. Brock soon showed a ton
dencN Cor study and q love for his
tory and when the time came he threw
aSid" the dry tcd!um Of business life
ana settled himself into the work which
nature had mapped out for him Dc"p-
~ Interested In his work. he WAS him
sell an Interesting man. and as he
broadcncd out into Tia. fuirllment Of
early promise, hc soon became rccog-
nizcd AS an authority rs an ANTIGUA
rian ana as a historian of his state
and times. He was recognized across
thu seas, and was so widely known that
ne was at the time of his death either
an honorary or corresponding member
OF about siXty-fvc learned soci.;ics i'm
tho United states. Canada and Europe
EORMnRLY ENGAGED
N LUMBER BUSINESS
Mr. Brock was born in Richmond on
March = 1882. the son Of Robert Eiug
and Elizabeth Mildred UtarlandD
Crock, of Hanover County. Thougl,
possessed of antiquarian tastes from
childhood, Mr.. Brock was bred 10 ile:-
cantiio pursuits. and went INTO the em-
~ VI uhCtcs VINO were extensive
ir'noer merchants Later he engaged
in business on his own account but
when the War Between the states
n,y,, -, - -. ~ ga . "nShct 10
-, - - Va ne So nc var
VI . ~" - t"t mercantile
Nd ON - i,,r,t,.r h,,,,i, ''e I'd.
encroes Nrerr,,.,Lto 80, y -. : -
sccrs,a. nF 49,, - III .it "'.l n',,"e
ciefv J., iSsi ~. $3.50! 20. 30
ness TO ..ivc binn.oif ,,,,,.yo,,.a,,,'.
,n,innn,i,n ana ,,n,oa ,, 49,, ,H'' ~
research. Eleven Volumes ~ M 80, 49,
nor,s Of tho viryi,,I, Iii",t,,cai
will porn.,u,tc his name ~ e,,i,.,,,,
Virginia history. In lSs- he yvoe
elected secretary of Tho southern nc.
torical society. and rreparcd for mill.
cation a number of lis livaluobIn vol.
umes of Southern history. he was also
historian and registrar of the Vir.ini,
Society Of tho Sons Of the AD,ari,nu
Revolution He Was a member OF the
William and Mary Chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa. He was a FREQUENT contribu-
tor 10 the press and ruagnZuics and
was one Of the editors OF the Rich
mond standard. a family paper contain
ing departments Of science. history and
SencaloGy. Occupying this position from
1919 10 4Hs- lie also contributed 20
standard reference works. and pre-
pared various STATISTICAL and historical
papers ior the tinted --atea govern
mem.
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III I'm CONE EDEtAIE w AR
IN April ~ 1872 ne married Hali'c
N'u"' ""uRh ter oil richardson lEree
ana M"rsaret watt How, o! Hanover
COUNTY 9he "len on fcnruary o. lSS"
it'NI"t wv" "iuRh,efs' f'izapeth car
TINS ION anu Anne he"uI0rI. On pcto-
per 10 iSS'' ne h"rr'ei Lucy Anna
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"'ooN'
III 'hc war Between Tue states MI
hiorh STiNcu WIN '"ihpAn ny r. ii'a"t
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