CS Kinloch, Dr. Robert Alexander

Dr. Robert Alexander Kinloch​

Born: February 20, 1826

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina

Father: George Kinloch 1785 – 1867

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Mother: Charlotte Granby 1802 – 1877

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell 1834 – 1914

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Children:

Mary Caldwell Kinloch 1857 – 1864​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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George G. Kinloch 1859 – 1886​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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Alice Kinloch Missildine 1861 – 1946​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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Robert Henry Kinloch 1863 – 1930​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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Dr. Edward Jenner Kinloch 1869 – 1908​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

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James Caldwell Kinloch 1873 – 1937​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Education:

1845: Graduated from College of Charleston, South Carolina​

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1848: Graduated from University of Pennsylvania Medical School​

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Spent two years at the hospitals in Paris, London, and Edinburgh​

Occupation before War:

Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1865: Surgeon in the Provisional of the Confederacy​

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Served on the Staffs of Generals Lee, Pemberton, and Beauregard​

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Member of the Medical Examining Board in Virginia, & South Carolina​

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Inspector of Hospitals for South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida​

Occupation after War:

Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina​

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Chairman of Materia Medica Medical College of South Carolina​

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First Surgeon at Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina​

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Surgeon at Saint Francis Infirmary in Charleston, South Carolina​

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Chairman of Principles and Practices of Surgery Medical College​

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Dean of the Faculty for Medical College of South Carolina​

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President of the South Carolina State Medical Society​

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Founder of the American Surgical Association​

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Associate Fellow of Philadelphia College of Physicians

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Editor of Charleston, South Carolina Medical Journal​

Died: December 23, 1891

Place of Death: Charleston, South Carolina

Cause of Death: Influenza

Contributing Factors: Pneumonia, Dysppepsia and Heart Disease

Age at time of Death: 65 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina