Brig. General Robert Shaw Oliver (1847-1935)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Marion Lucy Rathbone Brig. General Robert Shaw Oliver 2 3 4 5 6 Born: 13 Sep 1847, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 4 5 Marriage (1): Marion Lucy Rathbone on 17 Nov 1870 1 Died: 16 Mar 1935, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States at age 87 3 4 Buried: 20 Mar 1935, Menands, Albany, New York, United States 3    Cause of his death was Lobar Pneumonia.   General Notes: Served as assistant secretary of war under Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft. (Volume 8, Number 4, Page 56, October 1988)   Noted events in his life were: • Alt. Birth, May 1847, , , Massachusetts, United States. 6 • Military Service: 2nd Lieut., Company G. Massachusetts, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 27 Sep 1864-1879. 7 8 Graduated from a military academy in Ossing, New York, he served as a second lieutenant in the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry at 17 years old. After the Civil War, he remained in the Army assigned to the 25th Army Corps in Texas and the 8th U. S. Cavalry in California, Oregon and Arizona fighting in mayh Indian campaigns until 1879. In 1903, he served as brigadier general of the 3rd brigade of the New York Militia. In 1908, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of War by President Theodore roosevelt and continued under President Taft, serving 10 years. • Occupation: stove manufacturer, 3 Jun 1880, Albany, Albany, New York, United States. 5 • Residence: 42 Willett, 3 Jun 1880, Albany, Albany, New York, United States. 5 • Occupation: manufacturer, 4 Jun 1900, Albany, Albany, New York, United States. 6 • Residence: 42 Willett, 4 Jun 1900, Albany, Albany, New York, United States. 6 • Occupation: Assistant Secretary of War, 15 Apr 1910, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States. 9 • Residence: 1767 Q Street NW, 15 Apr 1910, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States. 9 • Residence: 1767 Bur Street, 5 Jan 1920, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States. 10 Robert married Marion Lucy Rathbone, daughter of General John Finley Rathbone and Mary Allen Baker, on 17 Nov 1870.1 (Marion Lucy Rathbone was born on 20 Jan 1847 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States,1 11 12 13 died on 10 Jun 1926 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States 14 and was buried on 15 Jun 1926 in Menands, Albany, New York, United States 14.). The cause of her death was Carcinoma.

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 13, Number 1, Page 13, January 1993. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 8, Number 4, Page 56, October 1988. Source Medium: Magazine

3 "Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2001," Ancestry  Image (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012), Robert Shaw Oliver (Brig. General); Ancestry.com.

4 South Carolina Department of Archives and History, "South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012), Robert Shaw Oliver; Ancestry.com.

5 1880 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, enumeration district (ED) 33, p. 7, dwelling 61, family 73, Robert S. Oliver; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 806.

6 1900 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 3, p. 3A, dwelling 38, family 39, Robert Oliver; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1005.

7 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012), Gen Robert Shaw Oliver.

8 "U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012), Robert Shaw Oliver; Ancestry.com.

9 1910 U.S. census, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington, enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 20, family 20, Robert S. Oliver; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 153.

10 1920 U.S. census, Washington, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington, enumeration district (ED) 176, sheet 5, p. 5B, dwelling 94, family 114, Robert Shaw Oliver; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 210.

11 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 8, Number 4, Page 54, October 1988. Source Medium: Magazine

12 1850 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, p. 329, dwelling 589, family 1195, Marrien Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 472.

13 1900 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 3, p. 3A, dwelling 38, family 39, Marion Oliver; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1005.

14 "Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2001," Ancestry  Image (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Dec 2012), Marion Rathbone Oliver; Ancestry.com.