Bessie Robeson

« return to database list

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Bessie was buried in Old Bluff Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Wade, NC.

Relatives

Parents: Raiford Robeson [1] and Bettie Smith (1836-1875) [1].
Maternal grandparents: Farquhard C. Smith, [Sr.] (1801-1871) and Sarah Slocumb Grady.
Cousins: Bettie Smith (1881-1881), Douglas Smith, Edwin Sanders Smith (1873-1929), Farquhard [III] Campbell Smith (1881-1941), Jane Robeson Smith (1885-1910), Laura Sanders Smith (1875-1953) and Ida Ross Smith (1872-1958).

References

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