Company H, 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry-Civil War
Robert T. Norris enlisted in Company H, Missouri 4th Cavalry Regiment. Rank at enlistment: Sergeant. Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records and National Archives Film Number: M390 roll 36.
Robert T. Norris, age 20, height 6 feet, dark complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair, born in Platte, Missouri, occupation: Farmer, enlisted on March 26, 1862 at Stewartville. Appointed corporal Jun 1, 1862 and was paid [an additional] $1.90 for furnishing horse from June 30, 1864 to Aug 5, 1864, value of horse: $75. Source: Fold3image211896741 and 221896739.
Pension benefits were granted by filing on November 17, 1892 in California.
R.T. Norris, aged 80, born Indiana, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1922. He died on April 28, 1926. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 Apr 1926, Friday Page 5: G.A.R. Veteran Dies In Chico. Chico, April 29. – Death at 5 o'clock yesterday morning summoned Robert T. Norris, 85, Civil War veteran, at the home his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Baker, 937 Orient Street.
The deceased was born March 4, 1841, at Platte City, Missouri, and was the seventh of a family of ten children. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Baker [sic: Norris] with his two brothers, Samuel and David Baker [sic: Norris], enlisted in Company H, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, at Liberty, Missouri. He took part in several skirmishes and was discharged April 18, 1865.
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Burial took place in the GAR section at Chico Cemetery, per Chico Cemetery Association records on May 3, 1926.∼In 1900, Robert T. Norris filed for a disability pension in Kern County, California. In the affidavit, he listed various causes for his varicose veins and rheumatism, and one dated back to a gun accident in 1861. To corroborate this story, Robert's brother, Samuel M. Norris swore before a notary public the following: "About the month of June, 1861, my brother, Robert T. Norris, and myself were driving [a buggy] from St. Joseph, Missouri to our home about four miles north of Stewartsville in DeKalb County, Missouri. We had with us a revolver known as 'Pepperbox' that we were shooting along the road. The revolver got out of order and would not fire. My brother said to me that if I would hold it out, he would hit it to make it fire. I held it out and he hit the revolver, knocking it out of my hand. It fell into the wheel of the buggy and went off twice. One of the shots hit my brother in the right leg below the knee."
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See the completed biography on Robert Norris, by Matthew Hamilton, entitled "The Concise Life of Robert T. Norris" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Robert T. Norris enlisted in Company H, Missouri 4th Cavalry Regiment. Rank at enlistment: Sergeant. Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records and National Archives Film Number: M390 roll 36.
Robert T. Norris, age 20, height 6 feet, dark complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair, born in Platte, Missouri, occupation: Farmer, enlisted on March 26, 1862 at Stewartville. Appointed corporal Jun 1, 1862 and was paid [an additional] $1.90 for furnishing horse from June 30, 1864 to Aug 5, 1864, value of horse: $75. Source: Fold3image211896741 and 221896739.
Pension benefits were granted by filing on November 17, 1892 in California.
R.T. Norris, aged 80, born Indiana, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1922. He died on April 28, 1926. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 Apr 1926, Friday Page 5: G.A.R. Veteran Dies In Chico. Chico, April 29. – Death at 5 o'clock yesterday morning summoned Robert T. Norris, 85, Civil War veteran, at the home his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Baker, 937 Orient Street.
The deceased was born March 4, 1841, at Platte City, Missouri, and was the seventh of a family of ten children. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Baker [sic: Norris] with his two brothers, Samuel and David Baker [sic: Norris], enlisted in Company H, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, at Liberty, Missouri. He took part in several skirmishes and was discharged April 18, 1865.
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Burial took place in the GAR section at Chico Cemetery, per Chico Cemetery Association records on May 3, 1926.∼In 1900, Robert T. Norris filed for a disability pension in Kern County, California. In the affidavit, he listed various causes for his varicose veins and rheumatism, and one dated back to a gun accident in 1861. To corroborate this story, Robert's brother, Samuel M. Norris swore before a notary public the following: "About the month of June, 1861, my brother, Robert T. Norris, and myself were driving [a buggy] from St. Joseph, Missouri to our home about four miles north of Stewartsville in DeKalb County, Missouri. We had with us a revolver known as 'Pepperbox' that we were shooting along the road. The revolver got out of order and would not fire. My brother said to me that if I would hold it out, he would hit it to make it fire. I held it out and he hit the revolver, knocking it out of my hand. It fell into the wheel of the buggy and went off twice. One of the shots hit my brother in the right leg below the knee."
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See the completed biography on Robert Norris, by Matthew Hamilton, entitled "The Concise Life of Robert T. Norris" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Company H, 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry-Civil War
Robert T. Norris enlisted in Company H, Missouri 4th Cavalry Regiment. Rank at enlistment: Sergeant. Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records and National Archives Film Number: M390 roll 36.
Robert T. Norris, age 20, height 6 feet, dark complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair, born in Platte, Missouri, occupation: Farmer, enlisted on March 26, 1862 at Stewartville. Appointed corporal Jun 1, 1862 and was paid [an additional] $1.90 for furnishing horse from June 30, 1864 to Aug 5, 1864, value of horse: $75. Source: Fold3image211896741 and 221896739.
Pension benefits were granted by filing on November 17, 1892 in California.
R.T. Norris, aged 80, born Indiana, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1922. He died on April 28, 1926. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 Apr 1926, Friday Page 5: G.A.R. Veteran Dies In Chico. Chico, April 29. – Death at 5 o'clock yesterday morning summoned Robert T. Norris, 85, Civil War veteran, at the home his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Baker, 937 Orient Street.
The deceased was born March 4, 1841, at Platte City, Missouri, and was the seventh of a family of ten children. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Baker [sic: Norris] with his two brothers, Samuel and David Baker [sic: Norris], enlisted in Company H, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, at Liberty, Missouri. He took part in several skirmishes and was discharged April 18, 1865.
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Burial took place in the GAR section at Chico Cemetery, per Chico Cemetery Association records on May 3, 1926.∼In 1900, Robert T. Norris filed for a disability pension in Kern County, California. In the affidavit, he listed various causes for his varicose veins and rheumatism, and one dated back to a gun accident in 1861. To corroborate this story, Robert's brother, Samuel M. Norris swore before a notary public the following: "About the month of June, 1861, my brother, Robert T. Norris, and myself were driving [a buggy] from St. Joseph, Missouri to our home about four miles north of Stewartsville in DeKalb County, Missouri. We had with us a revolver known as 'Pepperbox' that we were shooting along the road. The revolver got out of order and would not fire. My brother said to me that if I would hold it out, he would hit it to make it fire. I held it out and he hit the revolver, knocking it out of my hand. It fell into the wheel of the buggy and went off twice. One of the shots hit my brother in the right leg below the knee."
~~~
See the completed biography on Robert Norris, by Matthew Hamilton, entitled "The Concise Life of Robert T. Norris" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Robert T. Norris enlisted in Company H, Missouri 4th Cavalry Regiment. Rank at enlistment: Sergeant. Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records and National Archives Film Number: M390 roll 36.
Robert T. Norris, age 20, height 6 feet, dark complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair, born in Platte, Missouri, occupation: Farmer, enlisted on March 26, 1862 at Stewartville. Appointed corporal Jun 1, 1862 and was paid [an additional] $1.90 for furnishing horse from June 30, 1864 to Aug 5, 1864, value of horse: $75. Source: Fold3image211896741 and 221896739.
Pension benefits were granted by filing on November 17, 1892 in California.
R.T. Norris, aged 80, born Indiana, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico in 1922. He died on April 28, 1926. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 Apr 1926, Friday Page 5: G.A.R. Veteran Dies In Chico. Chico, April 29. – Death at 5 o'clock yesterday morning summoned Robert T. Norris, 85, Civil War veteran, at the home his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Baker, 937 Orient Street.
The deceased was born March 4, 1841, at Platte City, Missouri, and was the seventh of a family of ten children. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Baker [sic: Norris] with his two brothers, Samuel and David Baker [sic: Norris], enlisted in Company H, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, at Liberty, Missouri. He took part in several skirmishes and was discharged April 18, 1865.
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Burial took place in the GAR section at Chico Cemetery, per Chico Cemetery Association records on May 3, 1926.∼In 1900, Robert T. Norris filed for a disability pension in Kern County, California. In the affidavit, he listed various causes for his varicose veins and rheumatism, and one dated back to a gun accident in 1861. To corroborate this story, Robert's brother, Samuel M. Norris swore before a notary public the following: "About the month of June, 1861, my brother, Robert T. Norris, and myself were driving [a buggy] from St. Joseph, Missouri to our home about four miles north of Stewartsville in DeKalb County, Missouri. We had with us a revolver known as 'Pepperbox' that we were shooting along the road. The revolver got out of order and would not fire. My brother said to me that if I would hold it out, he would hit it to make it fire. I held it out and he hit the revolver, knocking it out of my hand. It fell into the wheel of the buggy and went off twice. One of the shots hit my brother in the right leg below the knee."
~~~
See the completed biography on Robert Norris, by Matthew Hamilton, entitled "The Concise Life of Robert T. Norris" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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