R for Robinson
Dr. Myron Winslow Robinson
Myron Winslow Robinson (born: 1839 - died: 1912) was a doctor in Colchester, Connecticut for 32 years from 1867 until 1899. He attended medical school in his youth and got hands-on medical training during the Civil War helping sick and wounded soldiers. This experience began in 1861 when he enlisted in the 6th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry as a Private and was assigned as a hospital steward. In 1862, he enlisted in the regular U.S. Army and was soon promoted to an assistant surgeon assigned to the 6th Regiment.
On a side note, in one of the letters he sent home during the war, he mentioned that for the first time, he observed his fellow soldiers playing a new, little-known game called “baseball”.
After the war, he attended Bellevue Medical School, married Emma Stewart, and established a home and medical practice in Colchester. He used a horse and buggy when he made house-calls to his patients. At various times, he also served as Medical Director/Health Officer for the town, state, and his veterans’ organization.
He was a member of a Civil War Veterans group called the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and a medical director of the G.A.R. department of Connecticut. In 1899, he became the resident physician of the Fitch Soldiers Home in Darien, Connecticut, where he and his wife lived until they died. Myron and Emma Robinson are buried in Linwood Cemetery, Colchester, Connecticut along with their son Harry who died as an infant in 1868. They were survived by their son Ralph, and daughter, Annie.
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