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- Death Notice: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~annieron/Mom/folks/4288.htm
OLD VETERAN DEAD
Reuben N. Robbins had an Honorable War Record
Reuben N. Robbins, a veteran of the late war, died on Monday at his late residence on Sturtevant street at Norwich Town. He had been in an enfeebled state of health for some years, owing to his services in the war. About four weeks since he was prostrated by pneumonia, from which he recovered, but was so much reduced physically that he did not regain his strength and finally passed away.
Mr. Robbins was born in Thompson, Conn. in 1829, being 67 years old at his decease. At the outbreak of the war he was residing at Belchertown, Mass., where he enlisted in Co. C. 10th Mass volls Jun 21, 1861. He re-enlisted in Co. F, 37th Mass 21 Dec 1863. In the same regiment Frank A. Foster of this city and WIllis W. Clark, past commander of Sedgwick Post, served. Mr. Robbins participated in the battle of Fair Oaks, the seven days battle in the wilderness, and at Petersburg, where he was wounded Jan. 20, 1864, and on June 7 1865 was honorably discharged for disability.
Mr. Robbins has been a comrade in Sidgwick Post since October 8, 1886. He was an industrious man, a painter by trade, and esteemed for his good qualities. He was of patriotic descent, his grandfather, Stephen Robbins, having been a soldier in the Revolution, and his father Amos Robbins, a soldier in the war of 1812. A wife, two grown up daughters and one son 14 years old survive.
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