Robert Stuart Primrose

(1782-1856)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Robert Stuart Primrose was born on October 15, 1782. He died on December 6, 1856.

Places of Residence

• New Bern, NC, from December 6, 1856 [1].
• Kilmarnock, Scotland, from October 15, 1782 [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Anne Stephens (1802-1863), married until December 6, 1856 [1].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, Robert Stuart Primrose Jr (1828-1870) [1] and Cicero Stevens Primrose (1831-1867) [1].
  • one daughter, Mary Anne Primrose (1826-1916)  [1].
• Others: Caroline Primrose (granddaughter, b. 1858), Mary Ellis Primrose (granddaughter, 1863-1949), Robert Stuart Primrose III (grandson) and Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble (grandson).

References

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