Marriage 4 Dec 1873 • Detroit, Wayne, Michigan - Jessica Garnes Mack (1850–1912)
Robert was the great-grandson of American Revolutionary war hero William "War Billy" Fitzhugh of the Virginia and Maryland Fitzhugh family. This was the branch of the Virginia Fitzhughs that left Virginia, moved to New York and established in the Rochester, New York area. He was the nephew of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith and Gerrit Smith, well-known philanthropist and social reformer and the chief financier of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
When visiting his aunt and uncle's farm, Robert was often in the company of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, close friends of his aunt and uncle, as well as his cousins Elizabeth Smith Miller and Ann Fitzhugh Miller - both leaders in the woman's suffrage movement. During the Civil War, Robert's parents, aunts, and uncles were instrumental in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist activities. When he was 19 years old, Robert enlisted in the New York 14th Heavy Artillery as a 2nd Lt. He rose to the rank of Brevet Major. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 2-3, 1864, Robert survived the war.
For a time, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he was a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fairbanks post of the G.A.R. He married in Detroit and returned East, moving to Washington, D.C., where he joined the Burnside post of the G.A.R. He lived the remainder of his life in Washington, D.C. He died at his home at 2474 Ontario St., where the funeral was held two days later on 17 Jul 1906. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Robert was the great-grandson of American Revolutionary war hero William "War Billy" Fitzhugh of the Virginia and Maryland Fitzhugh family. This was the branch of the Virginia Fitzhughs that left Virginia, moved to New York and established in the Rochester, New York area. He was the nephew of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith and Gerrit Smith, well-known philanthropist and social reformer and the chief financier of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
When visiting his aunt and uncle's farm, Robert was often in the company of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, close friends of his aunt and uncle, as well as his cousins Elizabeth Smith Miller and Ann Fitzhugh Miller - both leaders in the woman's suffrage movement. During the Civil War, Robert's parents, aunts, and uncles were instrumental in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist activities. When he was 19 years old, Robert enlisted in the New York 14th Heavy Artillery as a 2nd Lt. He rose to the rank of Brevet Major. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 2-3, 1864, Robert survived the war.
For a time, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he was a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fairbanks post of the G.A.R. He married in Detroit and returned East, moving to Washington, D.C., where he joined the Burnside post of the G.A.R. He lived the remainder of his life in Washington, D.C. He died at his home at 2474 Ontario St., where the funeral was held two days later on 17 Jul 1906. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Marriage 4 Dec 1873 • Detroit, Wayne, Michigan - Jessica Garnes Mack (1850–1912)
Robert was the great-grandson of American Revolutionary war hero William "War Billy" Fitzhugh of the Virginia and Maryland Fitzhugh family. This was the branch of the Virginia Fitzhughs that left Virginia, moved to New York and established in the Rochester, New York area. He was the nephew of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith and Gerrit Smith, well-known philanthropist and social reformer and the chief financier of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
When visiting his aunt and uncle's farm, Robert was often in the company of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, close friends of his aunt and uncle, as well as his cousins Elizabeth Smith Miller and Ann Fitzhugh Miller - both leaders in the woman's suffrage movement. During the Civil War, Robert's parents, aunts, and uncles were instrumental in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist activities. When he was 19 years old, Robert enlisted in the New York 14th Heavy Artillery as a 2nd Lt. He rose to the rank of Brevet Major. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 2-3, 1864, Robert survived the war.
For a time, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he was a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fairbanks post of the G.A.R. He married in Detroit and returned East, moving to Washington, D.C., where he joined the Burnside post of the G.A.R. He lived the remainder of his life in Washington, D.C. He died at his home at 2474 Ontario St., where the funeral was held two days later on 17 Jul 1906. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Robert was the great-grandson of American Revolutionary war hero William "War Billy" Fitzhugh of the Virginia and Maryland Fitzhugh family. This was the branch of the Virginia Fitzhughs that left Virginia, moved to New York and established in the Rochester, New York area. He was the nephew of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith and Gerrit Smith, well-known philanthropist and social reformer and the chief financier of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
When visiting his aunt and uncle's farm, Robert was often in the company of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, close friends of his aunt and uncle, as well as his cousins Elizabeth Smith Miller and Ann Fitzhugh Miller - both leaders in the woman's suffrage movement. During the Civil War, Robert's parents, aunts, and uncles were instrumental in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist activities. When he was 19 years old, Robert enlisted in the New York 14th Heavy Artillery as a 2nd Lt. He rose to the rank of Brevet Major. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 2-3, 1864, Robert survived the war.
For a time, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he was a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fairbanks post of the G.A.R. He married in Detroit and returned East, moving to Washington, D.C., where he joined the Burnside post of the G.A.R. He lived the remainder of his life in Washington, D.C. He died at his home at 2474 Ontario St., where the funeral was held two days later on 17 Jul 1906. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
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