Person:Amasa Robinson (1)

He is buried in the Orting Cemetery, soldier section, white cross section per Aunt Louise Gerking. Per his discharge document which I, Heidi Shuler viewed at Aunt Louise Gerking's home, Amasa was honorably discharged from the Army on August 15, 1865 out of Houston, Texas.

per Melvina notes: Information gleaned from the Civil War Pension file of Amasa J. Robinson who enrolled at West Union, Iowa, on the 15th day of August 1862 as a private in Company "F" 38 Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the service of the United States, in the War of the Rebelion and was Honorably discharged at Houston, Texas on the 15th day of August 1865.

Places of residence since leaving the service: Iowa until Aug. 15, 1862. Nebraska seven years, Minnesota 29 years, Washington state 5 years. He also served in Co. "K" Regiment, Iowa Infantry Volunteers.

(Medical):per Melvina notes: The end of the 2nd (middle) finger on his right hand was cut off by his brother in an accident involving an ax, when he was four years old. An ax caught in the wheel of a wagon. The team moved forward, throwing the ax in his hand and severed his finger. In 1875 his right hand was injured by a threshing machine and crippled his ring finger. At Jackson Co., Iowa, on or about the 1st day of January 1887, the other fingers and thumb, on the right hand, were injured while loading a wagon. In the War he was shot by a revolver in the right side of the abdomen but the balls did not penetrate. There are three linear scars. He also suffered varicose veins.

Amasa's cemetery and headstone

Amasa and Whitman