Robert Darrington, M.D. born 1837, Clarke Co. AL

Robert Darrington, M.D. was born in 1837 in Clarke Co. AL.He was the son of John Darrington and his wife Rebecca James Hicks.I have located a Robert Darrington, M.D. who is listed in the 1880 census for Wilkinson Co. MS born, AL, 1837, age 43, wife Mollie Darrington, born MS, age 43, John Darrington, son, born MS, age 10, Lizzie Darrington, daughter, age 8, born MS, Maud Darrington, daughter, age 6, born MS, Ethel Darrington, daughter, age 3, born MS, and Lizzie Molleman, sister-in-law, age 50, born MS.I believe that this Robert Darrington, M.D. may be the son of the John Darrington and his wife of Clarke Co. AL.

This Robert Darrington, M.D. served in the Civil War as an Assistant Surgeon. He was in Company G, 3rd Alabama Calvary, CSA. He was listed in the 1850 census in Clarke Co. AL with his father, John Darrington and his mother Rebecca, age 13,with his sister, Mariah Darrington, age 18.He is listed in the 1860 census for Jasper Co. MS in the household of A. G. Nixon as a Medical Student, age 22.

Is anyone familiar with this family?I am a descendant of Mary Darrington, sister of John Darrington, and her husband Samuel James, who also lived in Clarke Co. AL.Would like to correspond with any descendants of Robert Darrington, M.D. or his father, John Darrington.Will be glad to share any family information that I have.Charlotte G. Boykin