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D.A.R. Rededication Of
The Edward Robinson Gravesite
At Sherwood Cemetery - Oct. 2005
Scipio NY (Cayuga County)

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-SANDIE GILLILAND -
Owasco Chapter of Genesee Council District VII, NSDAR sponsored a monument rededication and marker placement for Revolutionary War Patriot Edward Robinson.  The ceremony was on Saturday, October 1st, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at the Sherwood/Phelps Cemetery in Cayuga County on State Route 34B in Sherwood NY. A Reception was held immediately following the ceremony at the Scipioville Presbyterian Church, also on Route 34B.

Edward Robinson was a Drummer and then a Private in the 7th Massachusetts. He settled in Cayuga County about 1800 with his wife Eunice Rix. Both are buried in the Sherwood/Phelps Cemetery.

Robinson family descendants attended from Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts. A color guard, twenty-one gun salute and the playing of "Taps" was provided by the American Legion Post 1107 of Union Springs, NY.

Several members of the Owasco Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution attended. Among them were:
Susan Close, Regent
Joan Minde Welch, Registrar
Betty Lewis, Chaplain
Ruth Close, Historian
Norma Bilak
Georgianna Tracy, Chapter member and Deputy for the Cayuga County Veteran's Office
Sandra Stoker Gilliland, Chapter member and Town of Scipio Historian
Kayann Taylor
Elizabeth Arnold

Also attending:
NYS District VII Director, Mary Cole
Gary Finch, NYS Assemblyman
George Fearon, Cayuga County Legislator
Sheila Tucker, Cayuga County Historian

Rix Robinson, son of patriot Edward Robinson, is recognized as the first white man to settle permanently in western Michigan. More information and photographs about this family can be found at http://miserybay.com/robinson/.

Sandra Stoker Gilliland
Town of Scipio Historian
sandieg@localnet.com
11/2/2005
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