Descendants of Silas Way
Robison
Submitted by PHGS Member: Jan Robison
Generation No. 1
1. CAPT. SILAS WAY2 ROBISON (ROBERT1) was born January
06, 1839 in Stueben
County, New York, and died December 29, 1923 in Village of Bradford,
NY.
He married CATHERINE E. DYKES December 17, 1864. She was born November
17, 1842 in Hammondsport, NY, and died June 21, 1902.
Notes for CAPT. SILAS WAY ROBISON:
Listed as Silas W. Robison in Cemetery Records.
"Captain Silas W. Robinson, a prominent farmer in the
town of Orange,
died at his home near the Village of Bradford, Friday, December 28. He
had been in failing health since August.
Captain Robinson was born in Hornell, January 6, 1839,
and was therefore,
nearly 85 years old. At the age of 18 he moved to Hammondsport, but the
past 58 years of his life have been spent in the vicinity of Bradford.
For a number of years he held the office of justice of the peace of the
town of Orange, in Schuyler County.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted
in Co. I, 34th
N.Y. Volunteer Infantry. Later he re-enlisted as first lieutenant in
Co.
C., 189th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry, and he served his country for nearly
four years until the close of the war, at which time he held the rank
of
Captain.
On December 17, 1864, he married Miss Catherine Dykes,
of Hammondsport,
who died a number of years ago. One son, John Robinson, who lives near
Sonora, and one daughter, Miss Mary Robinson, who lives at the family
home,
survive."
Steuben Courier, Bath, Steuben County, N. Y., Friday,
January 11, 1924.
Death Certificate: Registered No. 10, filed January 2,
1924 states date
of death as December 29, 1923, at 1:00 p.m. States Name of Father:
Robert
Roberson, Birthplace of Father "On the Ocean"; Maiden Name of Mother:
Cynthia
Seward; Birthplace of Mother, NY. Informant was Mary A. Robison,
probably
Silas's daughter, who never married.
Bradford Village Cemetery
Bradford, Steuben Co., NY
.25 mile from four corners on Telegraph Road. Read in
1998
Capt. Silas W. Robison 5 Jan 1839-28 Dec 1923
Catherine E. D. Robison 17 Nov 1842-21 Jun 1902
Wife of Silas W.
"189th Regiment of the Civil War Co C "
Taken from the book by William H. Rogers of Wellsville,
NY, 15 Aug 1865.
Captain Silas W. Robison, from the time of his birth
January 6th, 1832,
in Hornellsville, Steuben County, NY, lived with his parents till his
seventeenth
year, busied with lumbering. He enjoyed but limited school privileges
till
at the age just mentioned, he went to Hammondsport, to live with his
sister,
where he attended school winters, working on the farm during the summer
season. He was one of the first volunteers who in 1861 shouldered the
musket
for right against wrong, freedom against slavery, democracy against
aristocracy.
Entering Company I, 34th NY, as a private, he served two
years faithfully.
He was in the battles of Ball's Bluff, seige of Yorktown, Seven Day's
Fight
on the Peninsula, South Mountain, Antietam, first and second
Fredericksburgh.
He wins promotion as Sergeant, and then as Orderly, and is discharged
with
his regiment at Albany, July, 1863.
Working on the farm for his sister till February, 1864,
he married at
that date Miss K. T. Dykes, of Hammondsport, and buying a piece of
land,
pursued his farming avocation, until he entered the service again, as
1st
Lieutenant of Company C, and having been in command of the company
since
Captain Rice's promotion, was commissioned Captain in his place upon
the
death of that accomplished officer. "
34th Regiment Infantry "Herkimer Regiment"
Organized at Albany, N.Y., and mustered in June 15,
1861. Left State
for Washington, D. C, July 3, 1861. Attached to Stone's Brigade,
Division
of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Gorman's 2nd Brigade, Stone's
(Sedgwick's)
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division,
2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.--Outpost duty on the Upper Potomac until March,
1862. Seneca
Mills, Md., September 1 and 16, 1861. Operations on the Potomac October
21-24. Near Edwards Ferry October 22. Moved to Harper's Ferry February,
1862; thence to Charlestown and Berryville, Va., March 12-15. Moved to
Fortress Monroe, Va., March 22-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May
4.
Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, May 31-June 1. Seven days before
Richmond
June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak
Swamp
and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing
until
August 16. Movement to Newport News, thence to Centreville August
16-29.
Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run August 31-September 1. Maryland
Campaign
September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's
Ferry
September 22, and duty there until October 30. Movement to Falmouth,
Va.,
October 30-November 20. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April.
Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May
2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks'
Ford May 4. Three years men transferred to 82nd New York Infantry June
8, 1863. Mustered out June 30, 1863, expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 90 Enlisted
men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 68 Enlisted men by disease. Total
162.
189th Regiment Infantry
Regiment organized at Elmira, N.Y., October 3, 1864.
Companies "D,"
"E," "G" and "K" left State under orders to join Army of the Potomac
before
Petersburg September 18, 1864. Companies "A," "B," "C," "F," "H" and
"I"
left State for Petersburg, Va., October 23, 1864. (Co. "K" transferred
to 15th New York Engineers and a new Co. "K" assigned December 15,
1864.)
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac,
to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege of Petersburg, Va., October, 1864, to
April 2, 1865.
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864 (Cos. "D," "E,"
"G" and "K"). Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's
Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Hatcher's Run March 25.
Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29.
Junction
of Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five
Forks
April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to
Washington,
D.C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C., until
June.
Mustered out June 1, 1865. Recruits transferred to 5th N.Y. Veteran
Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted
men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 70 Enlisted men by disease. Total
80.
Silas W Robinson
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
13 July 1863 Elmira, NY Priv 22
Served New York Enlisted 33rd LA Reg. NY Mustered Out at
Petersburg,
VA on 25 June 1865
Source: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Abbreviation: NYRoster
Published by on 1894-1906
Silas W Robinson
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
22 May 1861 Hammondsport Priv 22
Promoted to Full Sergt on 01 July 1862
Promoted to Full 1st Sergt on 09 April 1863
Served New York Enlisted I Co. 34th Inf Reg. NY Mustered
Out at Albany,
NY on 30 June 1863
Source: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Abbreviation: NYRoster
Published by on 1894-1906
Silas W Robinson
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
15 January 1862 Corning, NY Priv 23
Served New York Enlisted I Co. 86th Inf Reg. NY disch
disability at
Elmira, NY on 24 December 1862
Source: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Abbreviation: NYRoster
Published by on 1894-1906
Silas W Robinson
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
15 September 1864 Urbana, NY 1st Lieut 32
Promoted to Full Capt on 09 February 1865
Served New York Commission C Co. 189th Inf Reg. NY
Mustered Out at Washington,
DC on 30 May 1865
Source: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Abbreviation: NYRoster
Published by on 1894-1906
More About CAPT. SILAS WAY ROBISON:
Cause of death (Facts Pg): Cerebral Hemorage
Fact 1: Buried at Bradford Village Cemetery, Bradford,
NY
More About CATHERINE E. DYKES:
Burial: Bradford Cemetery, Bradford, Steuben County, New
York
Children of SILAS ROBISON and CATHERINE DYKES are:
i. MARY ANN3 ROBISON, b. February 20, 1865; d. June 06,
1929, Bath,
NY.
Notes for MARY ANN ROBISON:
Bradford Village Cemetery
Bradford, Steuben Co., NY
.25 mile from four corners on Telegraph Road. Read in
1998
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ii. CAROLINE E. ROBISON, b. March 27, 1868; d. March 02,
1870.
More About CAROLINE E. ROBISON:
Burial: Bradford Cemetery, Bradford, Steuben County, New
York
iii. JOHN B. ROBISON, b. February 17, 1870; d. November
24, 1946, Bath,
NY; m. GOULDA SANFORD; b. 1869; d. 1940.
Notes for JOHN B. ROBISON:
Buried at Bradford Village Cemetery
Bradford, Steuben Co., NY
.25 mile from four corners on Telegraph Road. Read in
1998
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