Reverend Robert Wilkins LIDE, Sr.^[1]

1952 - 1940

• Name	Robert Wilkins LIDE  [2]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Sr.
  Death	2 Aug 1940	Florence, Florence County, South Carolina   [3]
  Birth	1853/52  [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Education	he graduated from Furman College (University ) and from Southern Baptist Seminary in 1875 in Greenville, South Carolina  [6]
  HIST	He wrote a book, “Loyalties in Black and White” 1940, an account of his family’s relationship with African-Americans  [6]
  Occupation	a Baptist preacher  [6]
  _UID	47665B1D84E64B4A96468AF3AB97A82990F6
  Person ID	I53225	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Evan James LIDE,   b. 18 Mar 1802, South Carolina d. 9 Sep 1882, South Carolina (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann MILLER,   b. 10 Dec 1818   d. 3 Sep 1857, Springville, Darlington District, South Carolina (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1839	Sumter, South Carolina   [7, 8, 9]
  _UID	EB90B66DB91F4B659266A222744855D0C30B
  _UID	EB90B66DB91F4B659266A222744855D0C30B
  Family ID	F36443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dora Lydia DARGAN,   b. 16 Jun 1849, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 23 Dec 1878, Darlington County, South Carolina (Age 29 years)
  _UID	6EB3F233AEB749D9AC7200BDEA350DAB7FEB
  _UID	6EB3F233AEB749D9AC7200BDEA350DAB7FEB
  Family ID	F37896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Anna/Annie Elizabeth WILSON,   b. 1859   d. 1954 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	1880  [6]
  _UID	D457BE3313164346B6D0D471E2904E7ED71D
  _UID	D457BE3313164346B6D0D471E2904E7ED71D
  Children	1. Dora Lydia LIDE,   b. 1881, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1971 (Age 90 years)   2. Jane Wilson LIDE,   b. 1883, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1979 (Age 96 years)   3. Florence Coker LIDE,   b. 4 Apr 1884, Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 24 Feb 1970, McLeod Infirmary Annex, Florence County, South Carolina (Age 85 years)   4. Arthur Forrester LIDE,   b. 1886, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1948 (Age 62 years)   5. Marian Evans LIDE,   b. 1888, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1980 (Age 92 years)   6. James Furman LIDE,   b. 1890, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1918 (Age 28 years)   7. Dr. Lewis Maxwell LIDE,   b. 1893, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1979 (Age 86 years)   8. Robert Wilkins LIDE, Jr.,   b. 1895/85, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1957   9. Francis Pugh LIDE, Sr.,   b. 1898, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1970 (Age 72 years)   10. Martha Miller LIDE,   b. 1901, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1993 (Age 92 years)   11. John Stout LIDE,   b. 1903, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1998 (Age 95 years)   12. Furman Wilson LIDE,   b. 1904, Society Hill, South Carolina d. 1906 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F37897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2003

  
  

• Notes

  After his retirement from the ministry, he and Annie lived in Greenville, South Carolina and later in Florence, South Carolina The churches which he served included the following: Cheraw Baptist Church (1880-1886); Old First Baptist Church, Charleston (1886-1889); Barnwell Baptist Church (1884-1885); Darlington First Baptist Church (1895-1916); Alcolu Baptist Church (1916-1919); and Georgetown Baptist Church (1919-1932). He retired in 1932 and lived in Greenville, South Carolina until 1936 until his death. He was a member of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. In 1909, Furman College awarded him a doctorate in divinity. [6, 10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S673] Florence, SC Area Obit. Vol. 5 John M. Gregg-Three Rivers Historical Society, page 221. [S2138] . [S529] Eliza Cowan Ervin and Horace Fraser Rudisill, (The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1997), page 395. [S496] page 11. [S1784] . [S1784] page 9. [S496] . [S2139] . [S9350] The Carolina Herald and Newsletter - Official Publication of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, The Hugh Lide Family Bible - Circa 1815. [S1784] page 10.