A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Syracuse, New York, December 15, 1862, and mustered into federal service March 31, 1863, as a private with Co. B, 12th New York Cavalry. He transferred to Co. E (says the roster; pension index says Co. I) on May 20, 1863, and honorably discharged with his company July 19, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina. He is on the roster and pension rolls as "Robinson."
His two wives were Jane Rodgers and Nettie unk, the latter of whom he married ca. 1925. By no later than 1920, he resided in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Given that he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen, the birth date shown above - from his death certificate - is highly suspect. Twenty-three-year-old recruits generally did not claim to be eighteen.
His death certificate also claims his surname was "Robinson."
Harrisburg Telegraph, January 5, 1937:
WAR VETERAN IS STRICKEN AT 97, BORN IN ENGLAND Once Worked as Canal Boatman, Was Married 12 Years Ago.
Carlisle, Jan. 5 -- Joseph Robinson, 97-year-old Civil War veteran, died last night at his home, 141 East Mulberry street after an illness of seven weeks.
Robinson was a native of Carlisle, England, and came to the United States with his grandparents when 9 years old. Before the Civil War he was employed as a boatman on the Erie Canal and when hostilities began enlisted in the New York volunteers. He came to this town at the close of the conflict.
He was one of four surviving Civil War veterans in Carlisle and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie Robinson, who he married twelve years ago.
Funeral service will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the W.J. Ewing Est., funeral parlors. Burial will be in the Old Graveyard.
His two wives were Jane Rodgers and Nettie unk, the latter of whom he married ca. 1925. By no later than 1920, he resided in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Given that he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen, the birth date shown above - from his death certificate - is highly suspect. Twenty-three-year-old recruits generally did not claim to be eighteen.
His death certificate also claims his surname was "Robinson."
Harrisburg Telegraph, January 5, 1937:
WAR VETERAN IS STRICKEN AT 97, BORN IN ENGLAND Once Worked as Canal Boatman, Was Married 12 Years Ago.
Carlisle, Jan. 5 -- Joseph Robinson, 97-year-old Civil War veteran, died last night at his home, 141 East Mulberry street after an illness of seven weeks.
Robinson was a native of Carlisle, England, and came to the United States with his grandparents when 9 years old. Before the Civil War he was employed as a boatman on the Erie Canal and when hostilities began enlisted in the New York volunteers. He came to this town at the close of the conflict.
He was one of four surviving Civil War veterans in Carlisle and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie Robinson, who he married twelve years ago.
Funeral service will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the W.J. Ewing Est., funeral parlors. Burial will be in the Old Graveyard.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Syracuse, New York, December 15, 1862, and mustered into federal service March 31, 1863, as a private with Co. B, 12th New York Cavalry. He transferred to Co. E (says the roster; pension index says Co. I) on May 20, 1863, and honorably discharged with his company July 19, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina. He is on the roster and pension rolls as "Robinson."
His two wives were Jane Rodgers and Nettie unk, the latter of whom he married ca. 1925. By no later than 1920, he resided in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Given that he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen, the birth date shown above - from his death certificate - is highly suspect. Twenty-three-year-old recruits generally did not claim to be eighteen.
His death certificate also claims his surname was "Robinson."
Harrisburg Telegraph, January 5, 1937:
WAR VETERAN IS STRICKEN AT 97, BORN IN ENGLAND Once Worked as Canal Boatman, Was Married 12 Years Ago.
Carlisle, Jan. 5 -- Joseph Robinson, 97-year-old Civil War veteran, died last night at his home, 141 East Mulberry street after an illness of seven weeks.
Robinson was a native of Carlisle, England, and came to the United States with his grandparents when 9 years old. Before the Civil War he was employed as a boatman on the Erie Canal and when hostilities began enlisted in the New York volunteers. He came to this town at the close of the conflict.
He was one of four surviving Civil War veterans in Carlisle and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie Robinson, who he married twelve years ago.
Funeral service will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the W.J. Ewing Est., funeral parlors. Burial will be in the Old Graveyard.
His two wives were Jane Rodgers and Nettie unk, the latter of whom he married ca. 1925. By no later than 1920, he resided in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Given that he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen, the birth date shown above - from his death certificate - is highly suspect. Twenty-three-year-old recruits generally did not claim to be eighteen.
His death certificate also claims his surname was "Robinson."
Harrisburg Telegraph, January 5, 1937:
WAR VETERAN IS STRICKEN AT 97, BORN IN ENGLAND Once Worked as Canal Boatman, Was Married 12 Years Ago.
Carlisle, Jan. 5 -- Joseph Robinson, 97-year-old Civil War veteran, died last night at his home, 141 East Mulberry street after an illness of seven weeks.
Robinson was a native of Carlisle, England, and came to the United States with his grandparents when 9 years old. Before the Civil War he was employed as a boatman on the Erie Canal and when hostilities began enlisted in the New York volunteers. He came to this town at the close of the conflict.
He was one of four surviving Civil War veterans in Carlisle and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie Robinson, who he married twelve years ago.
Funeral service will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the W.J. Ewing Est., funeral parlors. Burial will be in the Old Graveyard.
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