Daniel McDiarmid

At a Glance

Catharine McDiarmid of Cumberland County, whose name appears in the Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51 [1], was the daughter of Daniel McDiarmid, a lawyer, planter, and Patron of the School [2].

Biographical Data

Relatives

• Other children: one daughter (Catharine McDiarmid [2] (1836-1874) ).
• Others: Henry McDiarmid Robinson (grandson, 1860-1939) [2], Lucy Robinson (granddaughter) [2], Eliza Wright Robinson (granddaughter) [2] and Henry Clay Robinson (son-in-law) [2].

References

1. Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51.
2. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).