William Todd Robins
Born: November 22, 1835
Birthplace: Glouchester County, Virginia
Father: Augustine Warner Robins 1809 – 1875
(Buried: Newington Baptist Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
Mother: Elizabeth Pollard Todd 1820 – 1885
(Buried: Newington Baptist Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
1st Wife: Martha Tabb 1839 – 1874
(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
2nd Wife: Sally Berkeley Nelson 1855 – 1925
(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
Children:
Elizabeth Todd Robins Lunn 1880 – 1943
(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
William Todd Robins 1881 – 1884
(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church, Glouchester, Virginia)
General Augustine Warner Robins 1882 – 1940
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
Attended Virginia Military Institute
Graduated from Washington College
Occupation before War:
Farmer in Glouchester County, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861: Private Company H, 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Sgt. Major of 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862: Lt. And Adjutant in 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862: Captain, and Assistant General to Brig. General W. H. F. Lee
1863: Lt. Colonel, 40th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 42nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion
1864: Injured by a falling tree in February
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1864: Wounded in foot on October 26, 1864
1865: Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1894: Attorney in Glouchester County, Virginia
1894 – 1906: Attorney in Richmond, Virginia
Died: October 26, 1906
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Ware Episcopal Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia
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