Bro. Kenneth H. Robison II, PCCCharles Devens Jr. Camp No. 10, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.Samuel R. Adams was born in 1841 in New York State.At the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company F of the 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on October 17th, 1861, for three years service, at the age of 21. He was promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on November 20th, 1861; to Regimental Sergeant Major on April 1st, 1862; to Second Lieutenant of Company A on October 26th, 1862; to First Lieutenant of Company K on February 26th, 1864; and finally to Captain of Company H on November 26th, 1864. He received an appointment as an Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, of United States Volunteers on April 27th, 1865, and was assigned to the staff of Brigadier General Manning Force of the 1st Division, 17th Army Corps. For his service in the War he was brevetted to the rank of Major of Volunteers to rank from March 13th, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services during the war." Remaining in service on staff duty he was honorably mustered out of volunteer service on September 18th, 1865.Following the war he returned North for a time, but later settled in Camden, South Carolina, where he became a prominent member of the Freemasons in that town. He died in 1914 at Camden, South Carolina, and was buried at the Quaker Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.
Bro. Kenneth H. Robison II, PCCCharles Devens Jr. Camp No. 10, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.Samuel R. Adams was born in 1841 in New York State.At the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company F of the 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on October 17th, 1861, for three years service, at the age of 21. He was promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on November 20th, 1861; to Regimental Sergeant Major on April 1st, 1862; to Second Lieutenant of Company A on October 26th, 1862; to First Lieutenant of Company K on February 26th, 1864; and finally to Captain of Company H on November 26th, 1864. He received an appointment as an Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, of United States Volunteers on April 27th, 1865, and was assigned to the staff of Brigadier General Manning Force of the 1st Division, 17th Army Corps. For his service in the War he was brevetted to the rank of Major of Volunteers to rank from March 13th, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services during the war." Remaining in service on staff duty he was honorably mustered out of volunteer service on September 18th, 1865.Following the war he returned North for a time, but later settled in Camden, South Carolina, where he became a prominent member of the Freemasons in that town. He died in 1914 at Camden, South Carolina, and was buried at the Quaker Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.
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