 1831 - 1908 (76 years)
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| Name |
Robert Willard |
| Born |
25 Sep 1831 |
along the Saint Lawrence River somewhere  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
25 Sep 1831 |
Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence County, NY [2] |
| Died |
10 Aug 1908 |
Burton, Geauga County, OH [1] |
| Person ID |
I22334 |
Day Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Reverend Samuel Robert Willard, b. Abt 2 Oct 1791, Pawlet, Rutland County, VT , d. 1876 (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Trotter, b. 1807, Isle of Man , d. 1881, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH (Age 74 years) |
| Family ID |
F8507 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Esther Day, b. 24 Mar 1830, Mantua Township, Portage County, OH , d. 16 Dec 1862, Castle Rock, Dakota County, MN (Age 32 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Willis Robert Willard, b. 15 Jun 1854, Mantua Township, Portage County, OH , d. 30 Oct 1940, Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Dennison Ambrose Willard, b. 6 May 1858, Lagrange, Lorain County, OH , d. 22 May 1936, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA (Age 78 years) |
| | 3. Archibald Levi Willard, b. 6 Aug 1860, Castle Rock Township, Dakota County, MN , d. 20 Jun 1935, Burton, Geauga County, OH (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. Theodore Arthur Willard, b. 10 Dec 1862, Castle Rock Township, Dakota County, MN , d. 3 Feb 1943, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F8508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Esther and Robert moved from OH to MN in 1859 and settled on a farm in section 21 in Castle Rock Twp., Dakota Co., MN. Esther died at the birth of her last child in 1862 and the baby was cared for by his grandfather and grandmother Day. Robert married again and moved his family to another farm near Cannon City, MN, here they lived for a few years before moving back to OH. Esther is buried in Castle Rock Valley Cemetery near Farmington, MN and Robert is buried at Burton, OH. They had four children. The youngest of which, Theodore Arthur Willard, became interested in electricity and invented the storage battery. His first factory was in Norwalk, OH. The batteries were used by Edison Phonograph Co. and Western Union Telegraph Co., in fire stations, in electric automobiles, for Pullman car lighting and finally for gasoline automobiles. His business grew and he moved to Cleveland, OH, where he built factories covering 16 acres. Batteries were turned out daily by the thousands and sent all over the world. He was also interested in photography and archaeology, especially the ruins in the Yucatan, Mexico, where he dug around the ruins of the old Mayan temples. He wrote several books about his work there. He also built a radio station, WTAM, in Cleveland, OH, the only one ever operated solely with a storage battery.
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