Richard Spotswood Burwell

(1853-1944)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Richard Spotswood Burwell was born on July 8, 1853, in Hillsborough, NC. He was born at the Burwell School [1]. He died on November 6, 1944.

Relatives

• Parents: Robert Burwell [1] and Margaret Anna Robertson (b. 1810) [1].
• Spouses:
  • Marah Julia Blair, married on October 22, 1884.
  • Blanche A. Franklin, married on May 6, 1897.
• Paternal grandparents: Armistead Burwell and Mary Cole Turnbull.
• Maternal grandparents: William Bruce Robertson and Margaret Ann Spotswood.
• Siblings:
  • seven brothers, Armistead Burwell (1839-1913), Dandridge Spotswood Burwell (b. 1847), Edmund Strudwick Burwell (1849-1887), James Webb Burwell (1845-1864), John Bott Burwell (1834-1904), Robert Turnbull Burwell (1841-1864) and William Roberson Burwell (1843-1924).
  • four sisters, Anna Robertson Burwell (1836-1895) , Frances Armistead Burwell (1838-1856) , Mary Susan Burwell (1832-1859)  and Virginia Isabella Burwell (1851-1867).
• Aunt: Mary Dandridge Robertson.
• Cousins: Sally Bridges  and Virginia Bridges (1832-1859) .
• Others: Anna Robertson Crow (niece, b. 1872), Edmund Burwell Crow (nephew, b. 1874), Harriet Holcomb Crow (niece, 1877-1887), Robert Burwell Crow (nephew, 1868-1889), William Henry Crow (nephew, 1870-1880), Mary Nash Strudwick (niece, 1855-1855) and Robert Cincinnatus Strudwick (nephew, b. 1857).

References

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