Chicago Tribune (IL) - April 14, 1940
CAPT. ROBINSON, CIVIL WAR VET, IS DEAD AT 97
Deceased Name: Capt. Charles H. Robinson
Capt. Charles H. Robinson, 97 years old, honorary commander in chief of the Loyal legion, a branch of the G. A. R., and last surviving civil war officer in the Chicago area, died yesterday at 1401 East 53d street, where he had lived for the last 19 years. He was born in Ohio and was a grandson of Alexander McCracken, who fought in the revolutionary war with his eight sons. Capt. Robinson's mother was one of the first women students at Oberlin college.
After the war Capt. Robinson served as mayor of Knoxville, Ia., and was for many years a member of the Iowa legislature. He was the discoverer of the "Capt. Robinson rose" and was an early student and authority on the sand dunes of Indiana. He wrote several books, one of which, "Longhead," was one of the four books Theodore Roosevelt carried with him on his South American explorations.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at 5203 Lake Park avenue. Capt. Robinson will be buried in Arlington national cemetery, Washington, D. C.
CAPT. ROBINSON, CIVIL WAR VET, IS DEAD AT 97
Deceased Name: Capt. Charles H. Robinson
Capt. Charles H. Robinson, 97 years old, honorary commander in chief of the Loyal legion, a branch of the G. A. R., and last surviving civil war officer in the Chicago area, died yesterday at 1401 East 53d street, where he had lived for the last 19 years. He was born in Ohio and was a grandson of Alexander McCracken, who fought in the revolutionary war with his eight sons. Capt. Robinson's mother was one of the first women students at Oberlin college.
After the war Capt. Robinson served as mayor of Knoxville, Ia., and was for many years a member of the Iowa legislature. He was the discoverer of the "Capt. Robinson rose" and was an early student and authority on the sand dunes of Indiana. He wrote several books, one of which, "Longhead," was one of the four books Theodore Roosevelt carried with him on his South American explorations.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at 5203 Lake Park avenue. Capt. Robinson will be buried in Arlington national cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - April 14, 1940
CAPT. ROBINSON, CIVIL WAR VET, IS DEAD AT 97
Deceased Name: Capt. Charles H. Robinson
Capt. Charles H. Robinson, 97 years old, honorary commander in chief of the Loyal legion, a branch of the G. A. R., and last surviving civil war officer in the Chicago area, died yesterday at 1401 East 53d street, where he had lived for the last 19 years. He was born in Ohio and was a grandson of Alexander McCracken, who fought in the revolutionary war with his eight sons. Capt. Robinson's mother was one of the first women students at Oberlin college.
After the war Capt. Robinson served as mayor of Knoxville, Ia., and was for many years a member of the Iowa legislature. He was the discoverer of the "Capt. Robinson rose" and was an early student and authority on the sand dunes of Indiana. He wrote several books, one of which, "Longhead," was one of the four books Theodore Roosevelt carried with him on his South American explorations.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at 5203 Lake Park avenue. Capt. Robinson will be buried in Arlington national cemetery, Washington, D. C.
CAPT. ROBINSON, CIVIL WAR VET, IS DEAD AT 97
Deceased Name: Capt. Charles H. Robinson
Capt. Charles H. Robinson, 97 years old, honorary commander in chief of the Loyal legion, a branch of the G. A. R., and last surviving civil war officer in the Chicago area, died yesterday at 1401 East 53d street, where he had lived for the last 19 years. He was born in Ohio and was a grandson of Alexander McCracken, who fought in the revolutionary war with his eight sons. Capt. Robinson's mother was one of the first women students at Oberlin college.
After the war Capt. Robinson served as mayor of Knoxville, Ia., and was for many years a member of the Iowa legislature. He was the discoverer of the "Capt. Robinson rose" and was an early student and authority on the sand dunes of Indiana. He wrote several books, one of which, "Longhead," was one of the four books Theodore Roosevelt carried with him on his South American explorations.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at 5203 Lake Park avenue. Capt. Robinson will be buried in Arlington national cemetery, Washington, D. C.
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