| 词条 | Robert Shaw Oliver |
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|name = Robert Shaw Oliver |image = File:Robert Shaw Oliver, U. S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1903-1913.jpg |office2 = Assistant Secretary of War |term_start2 = 1903 |term_end2 = 1913 |predecessor2 = William Cary Sanger |successor2 = Henry Skillman Breckinridge |birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|9|13}} |birth_place=Boston, Massachusetts |death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|3|15|1847|9|13}} |death_place=Charleston, South Carolina |restingplace = Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, New York |spouse=Marion Lucy Rathbone |children=4, including John Rathbone Oliver }}Robert Shaw Oliver (September 13, 1847 – March 15, 1935) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Graduating from a military academy in Ossining, NY, he served as a second lieutenant in the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry at 17 years old. After the Civil War, he remained in the Army assigned to the 25th Army Corps in Texas and the 8th US Cavalry in California, Oregon and Arizona fighting in many Indian campaigns until 1879.[1] From 1881-1903, he was employed by Rathbone, Sard & Co., stove manufacturers in Albany. In 1881 he was elected as the first president of the United States National Lawn Association, known today as the USTA.[2] He served as brigadier general of the 3rd brigade of the New York State Militia. In 1903, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of War by President Theodore Roosevelt and continued under President Taft, serving for 10 years.[3] General Oliver spoke at the dedication of several monuments to Civil War Union Units from Pennsylvania at the Antietam Battlefield in 1904. The content of his speech can be found in the reference.[4] FamilyRobert Shaw Oliver married Marion Lucy Rathbone in 1870. They had four children: John Rathbone, Marion Lucy, Elizabeth Shaw, and Cora Lyman Oliver. John was a Harvard graduate, priest, scholar, and physician.[5] When Robert died in 1935 in Charleston, South Carolina, he was cremated and buried with his wife, Marion Rathbone Oliver in the Albany Rural Cemetery according to the Cemetery's Burial Cards. His great-great-grandson is actor Oliver Platt.[6] References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Parker|first1=Amasa J.|title=Landmarks of Albany County, New York|date=1897|publisher=D. Mason & Co.|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|url=http://albany.nygenweb.net/bio-264.htm|accessdate=17 November 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Robert Shaw}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Sprechman|first1=Jordan|last2=Shannon|first2=Bill|title=This Day in New York Sports|date=October 7, 1998|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=1571672540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJgqTXTelsC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=%22general+robert+shaw+oliver%22+tennis&source=bl&ots=6GBuGRuUJ8&sig=wqWnSpTNMKw0lGl_E6uHhs2g5Cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQwevhlrDQAhUI7IMKHVSFDowQ6AEIJDAC#v=onepage&q=%22general%20robert%20shaw%20oliver%22%20tennis&f=false|accessdate=17 November 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13263724|title=Gen Robert Shaw Oliver (1847 - 1935) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|accessdate=31 August 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=UybFgNcowCEC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA24|title=Pennsylvania at Antietam: report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of Thirteen of the Pennsylvania Commands engaged in the battle|first=Antietam Battlefield Memorial|last=Commission|date=31 August 2017|publisher=Harrisburg publishing company, state printer|accessdate=31 August 2017|via=Google Books}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/collections/show/107|title=John Rathbone Oliver Criminological Collection · Center for the History of Medicine: OnView|website=collections.countway.harvard.edu|accessdate=31 August 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=44106+oliver+platt&ahnum=1|title=Oliver Platt Pedigree Chart - Oliver Platt - Ahnentafel No: 1 (44106)|website=famouskin.com|accessdate=31 August 2017}} 6 : United States Assistant Secretaries of War|1847 births|1935 deaths|People from Boston|Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery|People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War |
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