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PVT Robert H Finley

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PVT Robert H Finley Veteran

Birth
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
8 Jan 1872
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2781961, Longitude: -95.9609968
Plot
Lot 814
Memorial ID
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Served with Co. M of the 2nd US Cavalry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. It also noted that he may be Richard H.
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Final Statement
I Certify That Robert H. Finley of Captain John Mix Company "M" of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, born in Hamilton, in the state of Scotland aged 27 years, 5 feet 6¾ inches high, Fair complexion, Grey eyes, Sandy hair, and by profession a Clerk, was enlisted by Lieut Moylan at Cincinnati, O on the Ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and Seventy one, to serve for five years, who is now entitled to discharge by reason of Died in Post Hospital at Omaha Barracks, Neb. January 8th 1872, at 8:15 P.M.
Additional record states: late a Private, died of Typhoid Fever.
Provided by Jerry (#47207041), May 2015

Name on enlistment record is Finlay, Robert H.
Contributor: David Gettman (48274079) January 2021
Served with Co. M of the 2nd US Cavalry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. It also noted that he may be Richard H.
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Final Statement
I Certify That Robert H. Finley of Captain John Mix Company "M" of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, born in Hamilton, in the state of Scotland aged 27 years, 5 feet 6¾ inches high, Fair complexion, Grey eyes, Sandy hair, and by profession a Clerk, was enlisted by Lieut Moylan at Cincinnati, O on the Ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and Seventy one, to serve for five years, who is now entitled to discharge by reason of Died in Post Hospital at Omaha Barracks, Neb. January 8th 1872, at 8:15 P.M.
Additional record states: late a Private, died of Typhoid Fever.
Provided by Jerry (#47207041), May 2015

Name on enlistment record is Finlay, Robert H.
Contributor: David Gettman (48274079) January 2021

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