Robbins, George C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Brookfield, VT Unit(s): 7th VT INF Service: enl 8/27/64, m/i 8/27/64, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VT INF, m/o 9/1/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/12/1841, Chelsea, VT Death: 04/05/1907 Burial: Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT Marker/Plot: 108 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 3/28/1881, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: Private George Robbins, 7th Vermont, related the following in a letter to his parents, in rather graphic detail: "There was only 2 died on the way - William Giddins of Poulkney (sic) and the other was a nigger. They sew them up in their blankets and tied coal to their feet an threw them overboard for the sharks. The sharks followed us most all the way down. The ships feaver was the disease they died with." (Courtesy of Lee Stender) DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Tunbridge
George Robbins, who had been in poor health all winter, though for a few weeks somewhat better, was taken suddenly worse and died Friday. funeral was attended at the house Sunday at 11 a.m., Rev. E. C. Clarke officiating. The remains were taken to Chelsea for burial.
Source: The Bethel Courier, 11 Apr 1907
Transcribed by Tom Ledoux