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Robert Augustus Toombs the Spalding County GAGenWeb Project |
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Robert Toombs Robert Toombs helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War, though his support for the Georgia Platform in 1850 had demonstrated his commitment to preserving the Union. |
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~ Courtesy of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries |
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Robert Toombs returned to America in 1867 after escaping Union troops and fleeing to Cuba and Paris, but because he refused to request a pardon from Congress, he never regained his American citizenship. Toombs died in Georgia in 1885. |
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~ From Famous Georgians, by K. Coleman |
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Senator Robert Augustus Toombs Senate Years of Service: 1853-1855; 1855-1861 Born in Wilkes County, Georgia on July 2, 1810 Died in Washington, Georgia on December 15, 1885 Interment in Rest Haven Cemetery |
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~ from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |
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