Robert Powel Page was the son of Judge John Evelyn Page (1796-1881) of "The Meadow," Clarke County, Va., and Margaret Emily (McGuire) Page. He attended the University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Medical Department (graduating in 1860) and the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department (graduating in April 1861). He enlisted in the Confederate Army in May 1861 and served as an assistant surgeon and surgeon before being placed in charge of the Poplar Lawn Hospital in Petersburg, Va. He married Martha Turner "Pattie" Hardee (1841-1914) on November 25, 1863. She was the daughter of Whitmill Hardee (d. 1864) of North Carolina and Petersburg, Va. The couple had eight children, including: William Hardee Page, b. 1864, d. 1864 near Atlanta, Ga. of drowning; Evelyn Page (1866-1938); Dr. John Evelyn Page (b. 1868?), a surgeon in the U.S. Navy; Elizabeth Rice (Page) Broun (b. 1871), Robert Page (b. 1875; died in infancy), Helen "Nellie" (Page) McGill (b. 1879), and Mary Powel (Page) Patteson (1881-1960)
From the description of Papers, 1863-1911, of Dr. Robert P. Page and family of Petersburg and Berryville, Va. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 746358209
