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 1838 - 1907 (68 years)
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| Name |
Robert Bolling Dandridge |
| Birth |
6 Aug 1838 |
Henry County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Feb 1907 |
Horsepasture, Henry County, VA |
| Person ID |
I22815 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Jr. William Alexander Dandridge, b. 12 May 1807, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Oct 1865, Henry County, VA (Age 58 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sarah Virginia Nicholds, b. 1796/1820, Hanover or Goochland County, VA d. Aft 20 Aug 1845, Henry County, VA (Age > 25 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
7 Nov 1832 |
| Family ID |
F8679 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Susan Webster Rangeley, b. 30 Nov 1843, Stuart, VA d. 26 Sep 1936, Martinsville, VA (Age 92 years) |
| Marriage |
Nov 1866 |
Henry County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. William Rangeley Dandridge, b. 10 Sep 1867, Henry County, VA d. 13 Feb 1948, Henry County, VA (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 2. John Robert Dandridge, b. 14 Jul 1870, Henry County, VA d. 15 Feb 1946, Martinsville, VA (Age 75 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Thomas Nichols Dandridge, b. 18 Oct 1883, Henry County, VA d. 29 Feb 1964, Martinsville, VA (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Una Denzil Dandridge, b. 31 Mar 1876, Rangeley, Henry County, VA d. 18 Dec 1959, Martinsville, VA (Age 83 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Annie Dell Dandridge, b. 15 Jan 1881, Henry County, VA d. 5 Apr 1964, Gaithersburg, MD (Age 83 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Harry Clay Dandridge, b. 23 Jan 1887, Henry County, VA d. 29 May 1947, Williamson, WV (Age 60 years) [natural] |
| | 7. John Thomas Dandridge, b. Abt 1870 [natural] |
| | 8. Annie Dandridge [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8678 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- [Broderbund WFT Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Tree #0089]
Was told by his granddaughter Mary (Dandridge) Main that "his nanny, Aunt Easter probably spoiled him" and that he did not have any [self] discipline. This could be interpreted to mean that he drank too much or that he may have become involved with other women.
Dr. Dandridge and his wife, Susan W. Rangeley, were estranged over the last years of his life. She moved to and kept a home in Martinsville; it was stated that his daughters Una and Annie would have nothing to do with him.
Was told by Martha A. Anthony that she had heard the reasons Susan Rangeley left him was because he had a drinking problem and that there were rumors he fathered a child/children by a black mistress. Martha also said that she believed (no basis stated) that Susan left him because RBD was not supporting her in the manner she would like (this is the preferred response!). Virginia (Puckett) Hodnett said that she had not heard why RBD and SWR separated - "that sort of thing just wasn't talked about much." She, too, thought he may have had a drinking problem; but that "times were tough after the war."
Mary Main said that, after his body was discovered by his housekeeper, his sons John Robert, William (her father), and possibly Thomas, carried his body from his home to [what is now] the Horsepasture Christian church a few miles away by wagon. It was a cold and blustery February day and only a very few attended the funeral. Mary did not believe that his estranged wife or daughters attended the ceremony. As of 1981, there was no marker; RBD's final resting place was identified only in church records "Dr. Dandridge - d: 1907", there was no stone. A few years later, Mary and Martha Anthony arranged, through the United Daughters of the Confederacy to have a marker placed at his grave site.
From impressions by Virginia Puckett, there seems to have been a situation in which the girls (Annie and Una) seemed to remain close and identify with their mother.
Ltr. dtd. Nov. 27th, 1865 to Mr. [John] Rangeley:
Sir, You are probably aware that Miss Sue & myself are engaged to be married. and I feel it my duty to consult - both your wishes and your lady's. Hoping this will be agreeable to you both. I am, very Respectfully R.B. Dandridge
BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: A History of Henry County Virginia, Judith Parks America Hill
Graduated in medicine at the Virginia Medical College, Richmond, 8 Mar 1860; took post graduate course at the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville. Returned to "Locust Grove" where he had an office and established a practice in the surrounding country. Enlisted for service in the Civil War 5 Jun 1861 at Lynchburg. Entered as private, Co. H, 24th Regiment, Va. Infantry, CSA. Promoted to Hospital Steward 24 Nov 1861; discharged 3 Jun 1862.
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