Peckman, Julia A. Robinson
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Northfield, VT Unit(s): Nurse Service: Nurse, USV See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: Unknown, Northfield, VT Death: 07/19/1904 Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: Robinson, Julia A. Pension?: Yes, application 08/5/1893 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: Birth of child Frederick, in Massachusetts in 1853, shows Julia's birth as Northfield, VT DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice    Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
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Obituary
WAR NURSE DEAD
Mrs. Julia A. Robinson Died at Waterbury Center Tuesday. Waterbury Center, July 30. - Mrs. Julia A, Robinson died Tuesday after noon at the age of 83 years. The funeral will be held at the home of Mr. L. R. Bryan, where she died, and under the auspices of Stetson W. R. C. The body will be taken on the 12:20 express to Northfield for burial. Mrs. Robinson first married Prof. Peckman, an English gentleman with whom she lived fifteen years when he died but his death was preceded by that of their son who was five years old. While Mrs. Robinson was a widow she became a nurse in the hospitals of Washington, D .C., during the war, and was the only war nurse living in Vermont. For her second husband she married Noah Robinson of Waterbury Center who died after they had lived happily together for fifteen years. Mrs. Robinson was a beautiful character and much loved by those who knew her. She will be greatly missed by her friends and societies. She was a sister of Col. Fred R. Smith of Montpelier.
Source: Montpelier Evening Argus, July 20, 1904.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.