Robert Lee Vann (1879 - 1940)

Born 29 Aug 1879 in Ahoskie, Hertford, North Carolina, United States

Died 24 Oct 1940 at age 61 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Robert Vann was a Freemason and a member of Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio.

Robert Vann is Notable.

Robert Lee Vann was an American newspaper publisher and editor. He was the publisher and editor of the "Pittsburgh Courier" from 1910 until his death.^[1]

He died in 1940.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Vann
2. ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 Oct 1940, p. 40, col. 1; accessed 21 Feb 2022.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TN-LRH : 3 February 2021), Robert L Vann, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCCH-Y3T : accessed 22 February 2022), Robert L Vann, Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 206, sheet 1A, line 27, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1976; FHL microfilm 2,341,710.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ4L-DX4 : 7 January 2021), Robert L Vann, Plum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-449, sheet 12A, line 36, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3415.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53L-74WK : 18 July 2020), Robert L Vann, 1940.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125350593/robert-lee-vann : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for Robert Lee Vann (29 Aug 1879–24 Oct 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125350593, citing Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Jeff Donaldson (contributor 47678069) .