CS Lebby, Dr. Robert Sr.

Dr. Robert Lebby Sr.​

Born: June 1, 1805

Birthplace: South Carolina

Father: Robert Lebby

Mother: Catherine Ann Grattan

Wife: Elizabeth Esther Rivers 1810 – 1882

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

Children:

Sarah Wyatt Lebby Clement 1845 – 1926​

(Buried: Johns Island Presbyterian Church Johns Island S.C.)​

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Robert Lebby Jr.​

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B. M. Lebby​

Education:

1826: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina​

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Acting Assistant Surgeon at Fort Johnson, during the Yellow Fever Epidemic​

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Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, during Seminole War​

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Alderman for the City of Charleston, South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

Surgeon for the Confederate Field Hospital​

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Surgeon of Way Hospital, known as First Louisiana Hospital​

Occupation after War:

Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina​

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1868 – 1871: Charleston, South Carolina City Register​

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1873 – 1877: Charleston, South Carolina City Register​

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Charleston, South Carolina, City Physician​

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Port Physician for Charleston, and State of South Carolina

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Assistant Surgeon for United States Army, Freedmen's Bureau​

Died: February 18, 1887

Place of Death: Charleston, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 81 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina