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Note: On the 1880 census Ella was living with her new husband at the Metropolitan Hotel and listed as keeping house. She listed her age as 24. June 8th & 9th, 1880 Robert may have listed father's birthplace as Hamburg. On the 1890-91 Sidney, Nebraska Busness Gazateer, Robert was listed as the proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. In 1887 he served on the General Committee for the Cheyenne County Fair. 1890 Veterans Schedules Veteran's Name: Robert Shimron Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska Year enlisted: 1862 Feb 19 Year discharged: 1865 July 14 Rank: Private service 3 yrs, 5 months, 5 days disability incurred - shot through the leg Civil War Pension files indicate that Robert Shuman served in K 60 and K 82 Illinois Infantry under the name of Robert Von Ehrenstein. Robert filed for benefits in August of 1890 and Ella filed for widow benefits in May of 1907. American Civil War Soldiers Name: Robert Vonehrenstein , Enlistment Date: 13 Oct 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Illinois Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 October 1864 Enlisted in Company K, 82nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 13 October 1864. Transferred Company K, 82nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 09 June 1865 Transfered in Company K, 60th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 09 June 1865. Mustered out Company K, 60th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 July 1865 in Louisville, KY Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Illinois; Enlistment date: 13 October 1864.. In 1891 Robert Shuman was listed in the Denver City Directory living at 3925 High. 1900 Census - 3rd Ward, North Platte, Lincoln County, NE 7th Street indexed on Ancestry as Sherman Shuman, Robert 57, Dec 1843 M 20 years, IL, father Germany, mother France/ city treasurer. Ella 45, July 1854 M 20 years, 5 children, 4 living, MO, father NY, mother KY Estelle 19, Feb 1881 NE, milliner Abbie 17, Sept 1882 NE, dry good saleswoman Hazel 10, May 1890 NE Dorette 6, Dec 1893 NE ________ Shuman, Robert E. Long time resident of North Platte died at his home in North Ward Saturday. Funeral services, Episcopal Church Buried yesterday afternoon. __ The North Platte Telegraph, North Platte, Nebraska Tuesday, May 21, 1907 ________ Civil War Veterans, Lincoln Co. NE, by Gerald E. Sherard Shuman, Robert, d May 1907, bur NP cemetery #889, Pvt Co K, 82nd Il Inf ________ Episcopal Church records May 20, 1907 Robert Shuman B.C.C. of North Platte died Saturday May 18, 1907 of paralysis (result of injury) bur North Platte. Robert J. Schatz remembers being told that their was a VonEhrenstein hat factory in New York.
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