Private
Robert
Harrison
Hurdle
Born about in United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Elisha Hurdle
and Julia Ann (Unknown) Hurdle
Brother of
Hiram Hurdle, William Clarkson Hurdle, Willard Hurdle, Elisha Hurdle, Idilia A. Hurdle [half], Frank Hurdle [half] and Olive Hurdle [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 21
in Morris Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
Robert Hurdle is a part of US Black heritage.
Robert was born about 1843 in Indiana.
He was the son of Julia Ann and Elisha Hurdle.
Education
In 1850, he is attending school, probably in or near Nettle Creek, Indiana.
Occupations
- 1863: Farmer
Residences
- 1863: Falmouth, Massachusetts (military enlistment)
- 1860: Nettle Creek, Indiana (post office: Farmland) with his parents, siblings, and the Duncan family (Jane and their children 7-year-old Eliza and baby Duncan)
- 1850: Nettle Creek, Indiana with his parents and siblings
Military Service
Private Robert Hurdle died of disease during the United States Civil War.
During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company B of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was 20 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 9 October 1863 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He died of pneumonia on 20 May 1864 at the regimental hospital on Morris Island in South Carolina.
Projects
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Nettle Creek, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: M432_168; Page: 37B; Image: 78
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Nettle Creek, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: M653_292; Page: 683; Family History Library Film: 803292
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
- Find a Grave: Robert H. Hurdle
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Categories: Nettle Creek Township, Randolph County, Indiana | Indiana, Free People of Color | 1850 US Census, Randolph County, Indiana | 1860 US Census, Randolph County, Indiana | Falmouth, Massachusetts | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | Pneumonia | Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina | Died of Disease, United States of America, United States Civil War