Robert B. Steger

Birth Date

1835-10-05

Death Date

1913-03-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Son of Machinias Steger and Lucy Steger. Married to Hannah A. Steger. Father of Mary Steger. Attended school in Adair County in 1850. Family owned three enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and sergeant from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 99A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 584.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Ireland, p. 252A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0268.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 859.
"Robert Burns Steger (1835-1913)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6795516, accessed April 5, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6795516.

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