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Robert Dunn McIlwaine

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Robert Dunn McIlwaine

Birth
Death
13 Jul 1905 (aged 41)
Burial
Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ward C-OG, Square 2, Sec 1
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Dr. R. D. Mcllwaine, of Petersburg, Virginia, was born in Dinwiddie County in that State on the 4th of March, 1864. His father was Robert D. Mcllwaine, and his mother, Miss Lucy Atkinson Pryor. His father's ancestors came from Londonderry, Ireland, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. On his mother's side he is descended from the well known and distinguished families of Atkinson, of Virginia and North Carolina, and Pryor, of Virginia.
His early education was obtained at McCabe's University School, in Petersburg, Virginia, from which he entered the University of Virginia, being graduated therefrom in 1885 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He studied for twelve months in the New York Polyclinic Hospital, and returned to his native city, where he began the practice of his profession, which still continues. He is Surgeon of the Petersburg City Hospital. He is a member of the Petersburg Medical Faculty, the Virginia State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. In politics he is a Democrat.
In 1888 he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Plummer, and has four children: Mary Plummer, William Byrd, Rebecca and Lucy Atkinson McIlwaine.

Source:
University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2; Lewis Publishing, 1904.
Dr. R. D. Mcllwaine, of Petersburg, Virginia, was born in Dinwiddie County in that State on the 4th of March, 1864. His father was Robert D. Mcllwaine, and his mother, Miss Lucy Atkinson Pryor. His father's ancestors came from Londonderry, Ireland, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. On his mother's side he is descended from the well known and distinguished families of Atkinson, of Virginia and North Carolina, and Pryor, of Virginia.
His early education was obtained at McCabe's University School, in Petersburg, Virginia, from which he entered the University of Virginia, being graduated therefrom in 1885 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He studied for twelve months in the New York Polyclinic Hospital, and returned to his native city, where he began the practice of his profession, which still continues. He is Surgeon of the Petersburg City Hospital. He is a member of the Petersburg Medical Faculty, the Virginia State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. In politics he is a Democrat.
In 1888 he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Plummer, and has four children: Mary Plummer, William Byrd, Rebecca and Lucy Atkinson McIlwaine.

Source:
University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2; Lewis Publishing, 1904.


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