Robert Preston MEANS^[1]

1857 - 1917  (59 years)

• Name	Robert Preston MEANS
  Nickname	Preston
  Birth	Jul 1857	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1897, 1898	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [3, 4]
  	The 1897 Birmingham City directory states that Preston held the positions of secretary and treasurer at Virginia & Alabama Coal Company's Birmingham facility. The 1898 directory indicates that he was president of Means & Fulton Iron Works, a company incorporated in 1897. His brother, John, was vice-president of the company.
  Death	17 May 1917	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [1]
  	Robert died at the Hanover Court Apartments in Birmingham, Alabama on 17 May 1917. He was 59 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [1]
  	His remains were interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.
  Person ID	I62916	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Dr. Robert Stark MEANS,   b. 10 Dec 1833, Columbia, Richland Co, SC d. 1874 (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Virginia Ann Emily PRESTON,   b. 1834, Virginia d. 30 May 1898, Birmingham, Jeffverson Co, AL (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1856  [5]
  Family ID	F7169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah PALMER,   b. Sep 1860, Virginia d. Before 2 Aug 1938 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	c. 1886  [2]
  Children	1. Virginia Preston MEANS,   b. 9 Dec 1887, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL d. 24 Sep 1972, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F7170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1900 US Census / Means, R.P. 826 21st Street, Birmingham, Alabama.
  		1910 US Census / Means, Robert P. 826 21st Street, Birmingham, Alabama.

  
  

• Notes

  JPP/Smithfield Prestons says: b. 17 Jul 1857; married 21 Dec 1886.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2854] Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881 - 1974. FHL film no. 1908190: Robert Preston Means entry. [S2848] 1900 US Census / Means, R.P. [S2871] City Directory of Birmingham, Alabama 1897. Ancestry.com., ((n.p.: Maloney Directory Co, n.d)). p. 499: R. Preston Means entry. [S2877] City Directory of Birmingham, Alabama 1898. Ancestry.com. , ((n.p.: Maloney Directory Co, n.d)). p. 560: R. Preston Means entry. [S2938] George A. Hanson, Hanson, Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, ((1876, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 2002)), p. 170., ISBN 0-8063-4632-9.