Personal Information 

Brother Robert Alvin Crum, PDC was born in Pekin, Illinois on April 18, 1954. He joined

the SUVCW through Gibbons-Burke Camp No. 2, Dept. of NC in 2014, and he was the

Camp Organizer for the MG George Stoneman Camp No. 6 in 2017. As Department

Commander, he authorized the organization of and became a Charter Member of the

MG Judson Kilpatrick Camp No. 7. Brother Robert is a Dual Member of the Kilpatrick

and Stoneman Camps.

Veteran Ancestors 

Great-great-great Grandfather Captain Robert Elkin Haggard formed Company F, 61 st Illinois

Volunteer Infantry in 1861. In 1862, while fighting at the Battle of Shiloh, he was shot on

April 6 (Bloody Sunday) and captured along with others of the Sixth Division, Army of

Tennessee, commanded by General Prentiss. Captain Haggard spent six months in the

Southern prison system until he was paroled at Aikens Landing, Virginia during an

exchange of officers. He returned to his regiment. In 1863, he resigned his commission

due to his inability to use his right arm and poor health caused by his imprisonment.

Great-great Grandfather Private John Brown, 1st Regiment of the United States

Missouri Cavalry and Battery K, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery.

Brother Robert also has four additional ancestors who are Union Veterans that can be added once supplements for them with the SUVCW are submitted and approved.

Summary of Camp and Department Positions

SUVCW National Organization

• Life Member No. 974 (2021)

SUVCW Department of North Carolina

• Department Commander 2020 – 2022

• Department Council 2018 – 2020 & 2022 – present

• Department Historian 2025 – present

MG Judson Kilpatrick Camp No. 7

• Camp Senior Vice Commander 2021 – present

MG George Stoneman Camp No. 6

• Camp Organizer in 2017

• Camp Commander 2017 – 2018

• Camp Senior Vice Commander 2018 – present

Gibbons-Burke Camp No. 2

• Camp Chaplain 2015 – 2017

Awards

• Department of North Carolina Certificate of Commendation in 2018 for organizing MG

Stoneman Camp No. 6

• Department of North Carolina Certificate of Commendation in 2025

Membership in other Organizations

• Col. Daniel Boone Chapter-North Carolina Society of the SAR – Past President

• General Society of the War of 1812 – Hereditary Member

• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States – Hereditary Member

• National Order of the Korean War – Hereditary Life Member

• North Carolina Daniel Boone Heritage Trail – Board Member 2024-present

• Order of Founders of the Granville District – Hereditary Life Member

• Society of Boonesborough – Hereditary Life Member

• The Boone Society, Inc. – Member and Past Board Chairman

• The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States – Hereditary Member

Special Activities and Accomplishments

Brother Robert, PDC is a historian, writer, visual artist, and public speaker, who also

portrays his sixth great-grandfather Col. Daniel Boone. He earned a Bachelor of Arts at

Bradley University in political science with a concentration in history and studied law for

two years at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He became a full-time visual artist in

2001 specializing in oil painting, murals, and mosaics. For decades, he's been

researching, writing, painting, and telling stories about the Boone and Bryan ancestors,

and he’s received multiple grants and awards for his work.