The obituary was published in the Wapello Republican, Jan 30, 1930. TAPS SOUNDED FOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN Wm. Robertson Passed Away Monday Funeral Services Yesterday Again the bugle has sounded taps and another member of the Grand Army of the Republic has been summoned from the rapidly thinning ranks. William Robertson, well known farmer and Civil war veteran of this community passed away at his home Monday night. He was 83 years of age. He was born in Hope, Ind., August 29, 1846. One of four sons of John and Mary Robertson. When the Civil war began, through but a boy in his teens, Mr. Robertson heard the call of his country and on July 21, 1863, he enlisted in the Robert Harrison Co. G. 116 Reg. of Ind., for six months service and accordingly was honorably discharged March 1, 1864, at Lafayette, Ind. Again, on May 6, 1864, he enlisted in the R.A.Williamsson Co. F. 135th Reg. to serve 100 days and on September 21, 1864, was again honorably discharged at Indianapolis, Ind. The war was not yet finished. He had not yet felt that his call to his country was fully filled so he again enlisted Febryary 22 in the Isaac Jack Co. C 15th Ind. Inf. to serve one year or until the close of the war and his final discharge papers are dated August 5, 1965, at Stevens Stations, Va. Though in no real battles, he was kept on lookout duty, backing up sharpshooters and served his place honorably through three enlistments as a true soldier. After the war, in the spring of 1866 he came with his parents to Kingston, Iowa, where he lived until October 26, 1874, when he was married to Olive Brown, at Oakville, and settled on what is to be known as the Len Willard farm, south of Oakville, where he first purchased 20 acres, cleared that and then purchased an additional 20 acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Robertson were born five children, four of whom are living. One son, Harvey met with accidental death by drowning when but little past three years of age. The remaining children are Mrs. Nettie Benesh, of Cedar Rapids; Robert A., of Columbus Junction; Mrs. Lottie Young of Wapello; and Mrs. Orpha Carpenter, of Waterloo. There also remain of his immediate family a brother, Sylvester of Cedarvale, Kansas; a half-brother Wesley Robertson of Oakville, Iowa and a sister, Octavia, of Indianapolis, Indiana. These with fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild and his good wife are left to mourn his passing. Although in poor health for some time, Mr. Robertson had been active about the place until about three weeks ago when he suffered a stroke which resulted in his death. It was in 1902 that Mr. and Mrs. Robertson came to take up their residence in the Wapello community and have come to be well loved and respected neighbors by all who know them. Funeral services were held from the home yesterday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C.E.Burdine. Burial was made in the Wapello cemetery. Transcribed by Nancy Wagner