Dr. Robert Stark MEANS^[1]

1833 - 1874  (40 years)

• Name	Robert Stark MEANS
  Title	Dr.
  Prefix	Dr.
  Nickname	Stark
  Birth	10 Dec 1833	Columbia, Richland Co, SC   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1874  [2]
  	Stark died during 1874. He was approximately 41 years of age at the time of his death.
  Burial	Montgomery Co, VA   [2]
  	His body was interred at the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation in Montgomery County, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62915	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Hugh MEANS
  Mother	Sally STARK
  Family ID	F7247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Ann Emily PRESTON,   b. 1834, Virginia d. 30 May 1898, Birmingham, Jeffverson Co, AL (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1856  [1]
  Children	1. Robert Preston MEANS,   b. Jul 1857, Virginia d. 17 May 1917, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL (Age 59 years)   2. Sallie Stark MEANS,   b. 6 Jan 1860, South Carolina d. 30 Dec 1861 (Age 1 year)   3. Mary Hart MEANS,   b. 20 Feb 1861, South Carolina d. 17 Aug 1861 (Age 0 years)   4. John Hugh MEANS,   b. Oct. 1863, South Carolina d. 17 Feb 1936, Mayville, Dodge Co, WI (Age 72 years)   5. Emma Stark MEANS,   b. 27 Nov 1865   d. 27 Nov 1865 (Age 0 years)   6. Ballard Preston MEANS,   b. 1867   d. 1867 (Age 0 years)   7. Courtney Hanson MEANS,   b. 1868   d. 1877 (Age 9 years)
  Family ID	F7169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  JPP/Smithfield Prestons says: b. 10 Dec 1833; d. 20 Jun 1874; married 26 Aug 1856. Stark's father was John Hugh Means (August 18, 1812 – August 30, 1862), the 64th Governor of South Carolina (1850 - 1852) and an infantry colonel in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Manassas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2938] George A. Hanson, Hanson, Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, ((1876, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 2002)), p. 170., ISBN 0-8063-4632-9. [S2844] Historic Smithfield Plantation, online (http://www.smithfieldplantation.org/). Preston Cemetery. [S2938] George A. Hanson, Hanson, Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, ((1876, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 2002)), p. 171., ISBN 0-8063-4632-9.