Benjamin Robinson Huske

At a Glance

Benjamin Robinson Huske took an AB from UNC in 1850 and opened a successful school for boys in Hillsborough.

Biographical Data

Relatives

• Spouse: Annabella Giles Norwood  (1831-1914), married on December 4, 1851. Annabella Giles Norwood  married Benjamin Robinson Huske at Poplar Hill Plantation.
  Children:
  
  • two sons, Benjamin Norwood Huske (b. 1853) [1] and Thomas Webb Huske (1856-1931) [1].
  • two daughters, Anna Bella Huske [1] and Elizabeth Anderson Huske [1].
• Cousin: Mary Huske Pearce (b. 1836)  [1].

References

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