Editing Robert Toombs (section)

==Early life and education==
Born near [[Washington, Georgia]] in 1810, Robert Augustus Toombs was the fifth child of Catherine Huling and planter Robert Toombs. He was of [[English American|English]] descent.<ref>''Robert Toombs, statesman, speaker, soldier, sage: his career in Congress and ...'' By Pleasant A. Stovall, page 2</ref> His father died when he was five. After private education, Toombs entered [[Franklin College of Arts and Sciences|Franklin College]] at the [[University of Georgia]] in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] when he was fourteen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=no citation for Toomb's age of entry}} During his time at Franklin College, Toombs was a member of the [[Demosthenian Literary Society]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=no citation given for any involvement in student activities}} After the university chastised Toombs for unbecoming conduct in a card-playing incident,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seibert|first1=David|title=Robert Toombs Oak historical marker|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/clarke/robert-toombs-oak|publisher=Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=the linked citation only supports the claim that Toombs was dismissed, it says nothing about the reason}} he continued his education at [[Union College]], in [[Schenectady, New York]]. He graduated there in 1828. He returned to the South to study law at the [[University of Virginia Law School]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]].

===Marriage and family===
Shortly after his admission to the Georgia bar, on November 18, 1830, Toombs married his childhood sweetheart, Martha Juliann ("Julia") DuBose (1813–1883), daughter of Ezekiel DuBose and his wife of Lincoln County, Georgia.<ref>[https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/julia-dubose-toombs Julia DuBose Toombs], Civil War Women blog</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Toombs |first1=Robert |title=Letters to Martha Juliann DuBose Toombs, 1850-1867 |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hargrett/toombs/|website=Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> They had three children. Lawrence Catlett (1831–1832) died of [[scarlet fever]]. Mary Louisa (1833–1855) married and died in childbirth, along with her baby. Sarah (Sallie) (1835–1866) married [[Dudley M. DuBose]], a distant cousin. She died of complications of childbirth, together with her fifth child Julian.<ref>1950 U.S. Federal Census for Washington, Wilkes County Georgia family 677</ref>