Robert Easter

   Cause of his death was typhoid pneumonia; phthisis [TB].

  General Notes:

per Susan's death records

probably died in Civil War as his widow collected a pension in 1862 and he does not appear in the census after that

History of Plymouth, New Hampshire: vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies
By Ezra S. Stearns, Moses Thurston Runnels, Plymouth (N.H.). Town history committee
Published by Printed for the town by the University press, 1906
Item notes: v. 1
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jan 24, 2008
[He was of Lowell]

1860 Plymouth, Grafton County, NH
Robert Easter 1827 born England
Ann Easter 1830 NH
Martha Easter 1850 NH


Military records - Robert Easter enrolled 8 Aug 1862 in CO C 12th NH Inf [Capt Blake Fowler] and died 19 Oct 1862 in Washington, D C [Shown by Regt Surgeon to have died Nov 13th 1862 of "typhoid pneumonia" but from statement of Capt of his Company and applicant [wife] the soldier in all probability died 19 Oct 1862 of disease contracted in service...." [15 July 1862]Capt Fowler verified "Easter was taken sick with fever at Arlington Heights in the autumn of 1862 [October?] removed to Carver Hospital in Washington and died in a short time."
Wife rec'd pension for his death in Civil War - Civil War "Widows" Pension list for NH - 1 minor child Martha J. she applied in Bristol, NH

1870 Nashua, Hillsborough County, NH
no listing for Robert NH
Ann Easter 1830
Martha J. 1851 MA
also -
1880 Laconia, Belknap County, NH
William J. BLOOD Self M Male W 34 MA. Steamboat Pilot MA. ME.
Martha BLOOD Wife M Female W 28 MA. Housekeeper ENG. N.H.
Arthur A. BLOOD Son S Male W 1 N.H. MA. MA.
Ann EASTER MotherL W Female W 50 N.H. N.H. N.H.

Find A Grave Memorial 133101457
Inscription: NH

Robert married Susan Ann Straw, daughter of Dudley Straw and Mary Avery, on 12 Jan 1850 in Plymouth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. (Susan Ann Straw was born about 1830 in Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, died on 4 Feb 1891 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA.). The cause of her death was dementia.

  Marriage Notes:

History of the Town of Antrim, New Hampshire: From Its Earliest Settlement to June 27, 1877, with a Brief Genealogical Record of All the Antrim Families
By Warren Robert Cochrane
Published by Mirror Steam Printing Press, 1880
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jan 23, 2008
791 pages

pension papers indicate DOM as 8 March 1850 in Plymouth, NH by Thomas Clark