Robert L. Dishman1

Male, #734, (1833 - 1864)

FatherWilliam Jackson Dishman2,1 b. 1807, d. 1851
MotherElizabeth C. Miller1,3 b. 1807, d. 1897

Relationship 3rd great-grandson of Samuel Duchemin.

Birth*1833 Robert L. Dishman was born in 1833 in King George County, Virginia.1,4 
(males 5-10) Census18401840 He was probably one of the males, age 5 to 9, in William Jackson Dishman's household on the 1840 census in Westmoreland County, Virginia.5 
(Witness) Census18501850 Robert L. Dishman was listed as a household member living with William Jackson Dishman on the 1850 census in King George County, Virginia.6 
Marriage*15 Feb 1855 Robert L. Dishman married Lucinda H. Sisson, daughter of William R. Sisson and Ann E. (?), on 15 Feb 1855 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.1,4 
Census1860*1860 Robert L. Dishman was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 census in King George County, Virginia.7 
Military* He served as a Sergeant in Company A of the 15th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War.8 
Death*1864 He died in the Civil War in 1864 in Virginia.1,2 
Burial* He was buried in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.9 

Family

Lucinda H. Sisson b. circa Feb 1833, d. 24 Jan 1878
Children

Last Edited 29 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. [S106] Dishman Family, Informal Genealogical Notes, James Dallas Dishman, Personal papers of James Dallas Dishman, Lynchburg, Virginia, Chart 1.
  2. [S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, box 2, file 117, "Dishman, James (1712-1800) and Mary (Weedon), 5 of 5", letter from Clarence W. Dishman of Washington, D.C. to S. R. Dishman dated 21 Jan 1906 in which he states that his father was Robert L. Dishman and grandfather was William I. Dishman, and that his father was killed in Confederate Army when he was 2 years old.
  3. [S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, box 2, file 117, "Dishman, James (1712-1800) and Mary (Weedon), 5 of 5", letter from R.G. Clarke of Fairfax, Va to S.R. Dishman dated 1 Feb 1916, states that she is the daughter of Fauntleroy Dishman, and that the Dishman family consisted of William J. Dishman and wife Elizabeth Miller Dishman, and their children Fauntleroy J. Dishman, James Dishman, Robert Dishman, William I. Dishman (all deceased), Miss Mary Dishman, and the "one who went west". He was somewhat deaf and went by the nickname of Toosh.
  4. [S140] Westmoreland County Virginia Marriage Bonds: Vol. 16 (1855-1859), p. 55-7, County Clerk's Office, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Hereinafter cited as Westmoreland Co. Marriage Bonds.
  5. [S65] 1840 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Westmoreland County, Virginia, p. 284, line 4, Wm. J. Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), image 15 of 57, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  6. [S42] 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p. 210, dwelling 60, family 60, William J. Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), image 10 of 62, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  7. [S43] 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p. 49, line 30, dwelling 388, family 388, Robert Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), image 49 of 73, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  8. [S116] War Department, Civil War Compiled Military Service Records. Online Database http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4284.htm, Ancestry.com, Robert L. Dishman entry. Hereinafter cited as Civil War Service Records.
  9. [S166] David Hintze, Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia. Online Database http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/spotsylvania/…, USGENWEB, accessed 12 Feb 2003, Virginia Square 1, row 6, grave 8..
  10. [S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, box 2, file 117, "Dishman, James (1712-1800) and Mary (Weedon), 5 of 5", letter from Mrs Elizabeth F. Rollins of Colonial Beach, VA to S.R. Dishman dated 18 Feb 1916. States that Robert Dishman married a Miss Sisson and had 2 children, Clarence and Anabelle.
 

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