The son of William & Hannah Davidson and sibling of John Young, Eleanor J., Samuel, Sarah E., William, James, and George Davidson. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was 5' 5"
tall. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Newville, Cumberland County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. E, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the right hand at the battle of Antietam [casualty list in Philadelphia Inquirer of September 29, 1862, says "side"] and hospitalized in Harrisburg. Listed as a deserter as of October 24, 1862, but shown present on the rolls as of November 7 following, but the exact date of return to the regiment is unknown. He was honorably discharged with his company on May 21, 1863.
In 1885, he resided in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1898, applied for his pension from Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. An acquaintance described him as a "peacable, quiet, sober, moral man." Late in life, he lost the sight in his left eye as it "became smaller and smaller," a condition a doctor diagnosed as "rheumatism."
NOTE: The cemetery has reported that Robert Davidson's grave is unmarked.
tall. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Newville, Cumberland County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. E, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the right hand at the battle of Antietam [casualty list in Philadelphia Inquirer of September 29, 1862, says "side"] and hospitalized in Harrisburg. Listed as a deserter as of October 24, 1862, but shown present on the rolls as of November 7 following, but the exact date of return to the regiment is unknown. He was honorably discharged with his company on May 21, 1863.
In 1885, he resided in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1898, applied for his pension from Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. An acquaintance described him as a "peacable, quiet, sober, moral man." Late in life, he lost the sight in his left eye as it "became smaller and smaller," a condition a doctor diagnosed as "rheumatism."
NOTE: The cemetery has reported that Robert Davidson's grave is unmarked.
The son of William & Hannah Davidson and sibling of John Young, Eleanor J., Samuel, Sarah E., William, James, and George Davidson. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was 5' 5"
tall. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Newville, Cumberland County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. E, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the right hand at the battle of Antietam [casualty list in Philadelphia Inquirer of September 29, 1862, says "side"] and hospitalized in Harrisburg. Listed as a deserter as of October 24, 1862, but shown present on the rolls as of November 7 following, but the exact date of return to the regiment is unknown. He was honorably discharged with his company on May 21, 1863.
In 1885, he resided in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1898, applied for his pension from Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. An acquaintance described him as a "peacable, quiet, sober, moral man." Late in life, he lost the sight in his left eye as it "became smaller and smaller," a condition a doctor diagnosed as "rheumatism."
NOTE: The cemetery has reported that Robert Davidson's grave is unmarked.
tall. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Newville, Cumberland County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. E, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the right hand at the battle of Antietam [casualty list in Philadelphia Inquirer of September 29, 1862, says "side"] and hospitalized in Harrisburg. Listed as a deserter as of October 24, 1862, but shown present on the rolls as of November 7 following, but the exact date of return to the regiment is unknown. He was honorably discharged with his company on May 21, 1863.
In 1885, he resided in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1898, applied for his pension from Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. An acquaintance described him as a "peacable, quiet, sober, moral man." Late in life, he lost the sight in his left eye as it "became smaller and smaller," a condition a doctor diagnosed as "rheumatism."
NOTE: The cemetery has reported that Robert Davidson's grave is unmarked.
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