William Drew Robeson, Jr., M.D. (1881-1925) was a physician in Washington, DC; Marian M. Robeson (1894-1977) married Dr. William Forsythe, M.D. and they moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Benjamin C. Robeson (1893-1963), was a minister at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem, New York City; John Bunyan Reeve Robeson (1886-1973) aka Reed Robeson, moved to Detroit, where he worked as a laborer and may have worked at a hotel, then again moved to Sioux City, Iowa where he died in poverty. The youngest surviving child, Paul LeRoy Robeson, better known as Paul Robeson (1898-1976), became an internationally known athlete, orator, singer and actor. He also became an activist for civil rights. Another child died at birth, but the name is not known. Death and burial By 1904 Louisa was nearly blind from cataracts. She was severely burned in a kitchen accident when an ember from the stove ignited her clothes. She died several days later with burns over 80% of her body. She was buried in Princeton Cemetery. References Robeson-Bustill family Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni American Quakers American people of Igbo descent American people of English descent 1853 births 1904 deaths Deaths from fire in the United States Burials at Princeton Cemetery African-American schoolteachers Schoolteachers from New Jersey Educators from Philadelphia 19th-century American women educators American people of Lenni Lenape descent Accidental deaths in New Jersey Lenape people 19th-century American educators 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women 19th-century Native Americans 19th-century Native American women