Civil War: Enlisted as a private in Virginia under the alias of William Adams and was mustered into Co. C, 38th US Colored Troops Infantry, on February 1, 1864. He served aboard the U.S. Revenue Cutters Stevens and Miami. Private Adams [Park] was mustered out January 25, 1867. He appears as William Adams on plaque C-53 of the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. He married Susannah J. (maiden name unknown). He appears in the San Francisco City Directory as a waiter at the Palace Hotel in 1877 and 1878, a chicken rancher in 1881, a teamster in 1882, and a postal messenger in 1889. Robert was a member of San Francisco's General George G. Meade Post, No. 48, GAR.
After his death, Susannah filed for a widow's pension August 8, 1890, and received application No. 453,433 and certificate No. 459, 587. With the closure of Laurel Hill Cemetery, his remains were reinterred along with others buried in the G.A.R. plot.
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THE BURIAL OF INDIGENT VETERANS
Nathaniel Hunter, who has charge under the State law of the burial of indigent veterans of the war, has reported to the Supervisors the burial in the G.A.R. plot at Laurel Hill of Robert M. Park, a soldier of Company C, Thirty-eighth Colored Regiment, United States Colored Troops, who died on the 12th inst. Park enlisted under the name of William Adams and was a member of Meade Post, No. 48 [Grand Army of the Republic].
(Daily Alta California [S.F.], Vol. 81, No. 83, Sep. 21, 1889; 8:4)
After his death, Susannah filed for a widow's pension August 8, 1890, and received application No. 453,433 and certificate No. 459, 587. With the closure of Laurel Hill Cemetery, his remains were reinterred along with others buried in the G.A.R. plot.
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THE BURIAL OF INDIGENT VETERANS
Nathaniel Hunter, who has charge under the State law of the burial of indigent veterans of the war, has reported to the Supervisors the burial in the G.A.R. plot at Laurel Hill of Robert M. Park, a soldier of Company C, Thirty-eighth Colored Regiment, United States Colored Troops, who died on the 12th inst. Park enlisted under the name of William Adams and was a member of Meade Post, No. 48 [Grand Army of the Republic].
(Daily Alta California [S.F.], Vol. 81, No. 83, Sep. 21, 1889; 8:4)
Civil War: Enlisted as a private in Virginia under the alias of William Adams and was mustered into Co. C, 38th US Colored Troops Infantry, on February 1, 1864. He served aboard the U.S. Revenue Cutters Stevens and Miami. Private Adams [Park] was mustered out January 25, 1867. He appears as William Adams on plaque C-53 of the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. He married Susannah J. (maiden name unknown). He appears in the San Francisco City Directory as a waiter at the Palace Hotel in 1877 and 1878, a chicken rancher in 1881, a teamster in 1882, and a postal messenger in 1889. Robert was a member of San Francisco's General George G. Meade Post, No. 48, GAR.
After his death, Susannah filed for a widow's pension August 8, 1890, and received application No. 453,433 and certificate No. 459, 587. With the closure of Laurel Hill Cemetery, his remains were reinterred along with others buried in the G.A.R. plot.
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THE BURIAL OF INDIGENT VETERANS
Nathaniel Hunter, who has charge under the State law of the burial of indigent veterans of the war, has reported to the Supervisors the burial in the G.A.R. plot at Laurel Hill of Robert M. Park, a soldier of Company C, Thirty-eighth Colored Regiment, United States Colored Troops, who died on the 12th inst. Park enlisted under the name of William Adams and was a member of Meade Post, No. 48 [Grand Army of the Republic].
(Daily Alta California [S.F.], Vol. 81, No. 83, Sep. 21, 1889; 8:4)
After his death, Susannah filed for a widow's pension August 8, 1890, and received application No. 453,433 and certificate No. 459, 587. With the closure of Laurel Hill Cemetery, his remains were reinterred along with others buried in the G.A.R. plot.
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THE BURIAL OF INDIGENT VETERANS
Nathaniel Hunter, who has charge under the State law of the burial of indigent veterans of the war, has reported to the Supervisors the burial in the G.A.R. plot at Laurel Hill of Robert M. Park, a soldier of Company C, Thirty-eighth Colored Regiment, United States Colored Troops, who died on the 12th inst. Park enlisted under the name of William Adams and was a member of Meade Post, No. 48 [Grand Army of the Republic].
(Daily Alta California [S.F.], Vol. 81, No. 83, Sep. 21, 1889; 8:4)
Gravesite Details
Cypress Lawn records confirm Robert M. Park was removed to this location, The Laurel Hill Mound.
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