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Robert Major Sykes


Biography
Born 02/28/1847
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 01/17/1921
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Levi Sykes
Mother Catherine Wallis
Married 02/20/1867 (BU)
Spouse Manerva C. Arrington
Military Units
Virginia State Line
16th Cavalry (per RC PEN)
7th Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
Misc
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1917, Russell County
Widow filed pension: 1921, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1917
Appears on pension applications for: Samuel Sykes, 1906. Newbern Sykes, Sr. widow, 1915.

Notes: Cited in Russell County Death Records, Volume 1. RC DEATH says Manerva Lewis.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1

[Only appears on Post War Record, pension applications.]

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