Person:Robert Means (22)

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Lt. Col. Robert Stark Means, M.D.
b.10 Dec 1833 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
d.20 Jun 1874
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Jan 1833
  1. Lt. Col. Robert Stark Means, M.D.1833 - 1874
  2. Emma Sally MeansAbt 1835 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Aug 1856
  1. Robert Preston MeansAbt 1857 -
  2. Sally Stark Means1860 - 1861
  3. Mary Hart Means1861 - 1861
  4. John Hugh Means1863 -
  5. Emma Stark Means1865 - 1865
  6. Ballard Preston Means1867 - 1867
  7. Courtney Hanson Means1868 - 1877
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lt. Col. Robert Stark Means, M.D.
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 10 Dec 1833 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
Marriage 26 Aug 1856 to Virginia Ann Emily Preston
Military[2][3] South Carolina, United States17th South Carolina Infantry (Civil War), served as Major with his father and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel upon his father's death
Death[1][2] 20 Jun 1874 age 41 -
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Stark Means, in Hanson, George Adolphus. Old Kent: the eastern shore of Maryland; notes illustrative of the most ancient records of Kent County Maryland, and of the parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I. U. and genealogical histories of land and distinguished families of Maryland, and their connections by marriage, etc. (Baltimore, Maryland: John P. Des Forges, 1876).

    p 170, 171 -
    ... VIRGINIA ANN EMILY PRESTON, dau. of Gen. Robert Taylor Preston and Mary Hart, m. 26th Aug. 1856, Robert Stark Means, M.D., son of Governor John Hugh Means, of South Carolina, and had child., viz.,
    - Robert Preston Means,
    - Sally Stark Means, b. 6th Jan'y 1860, at Oakland, Fairfield District, South Carolina, d. 30th Dec. 1861,
    - Mary Hart Means, b. 20th Feb'y 1861, at same place, d. 17th Aug. 1861,
    - John Hugh Means, and
    - Courtney Hanson Means.

    MAJOR ROBERT STARK MEANS, M.D., C.S.A., was desperately wounded at South Mountain, Md., shot through both legs while leading his command. He was promoted, for his gallantry and faithful discharge of duty, to be a Colonel. He was brave, handsome, gently, patient in suffering, and very amiable. He d. in 1874. ...

    ... Col. Robert Stark Means, M.D., b. in Columbia, S.C., 10th Dec. 1833, ...
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    [Note: other sources show that he was not promoted to Colonel, but rather Lieutenant Colonel.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Robert Stark Means, in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952).

    Vol 7, p 213 -
    44. ROBERT STARK MEANS ... born December 10, 1833; married, August 26, 1856, Virginia, Ann Emily Preston (b. January 11, 1834), daughter of Col. Robert Taylor and Mary (Hart) Preston, of Virginia; was major of the 17th Regiment, S.C.V., and, upon the death of his father in 1862, was promoted lieutenant-colonel thereof; died June 20, 1874. ...

  3. ↑ R.S. Means, in Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: aka CWSS. (National Park Service).

    BATTLE UNIT NAME:17th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    SIDE:Confederacy
    COMPANY:F&S
    SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Major
    SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Lieutenant Colonel
    ALTERNATE NAME:
    FILM NUMBER:M381 ROLL 22
    PLAQUE NUMBER:
    NOTES: none

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