He was born in 1826/27 (2 (38 in 1865), 4 [43 in 1870], 5 [55 in 1880]a). He was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (2, 4, 5).
When he enlisted, he was a farm[er] (2).
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, hazel eyes, and brown hair (2).
He was drafted from the seventh congressional district (1, 2). He enlisted and was mustered into service on 18 March 1865 (1, 2). He was enlisted for one year, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, by Captain Christmann (2). He was mustered in as a private in company H (1, 7).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1). He was a private, in company H (7).
In 1870, he was living in Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (4). He was a carpenter, and owned $600 in personal property (4). He was living with his wife Annie and children Elmer and George (4).
In 1880, he was living at 725 Green Street, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (5). He was a carpenter (5). He was living with his wife Annie and children Elmer, George, William, and Mary (5).
He died on 13 August 1881 (6).
On 23 July 1890, his widow, Annie E Grubb, successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension (3, 6).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (George W Grubb)
2 company H, descriptive roll, #160 (George W Grubb)
3 pension index, by name (George W Grubb)
4 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Chester Township (post office Village Green), microfilm series M593, film 1336, page 54 = 24 handwritten (George Grubb)
5 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Chester, supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 24, microfilm series T9, film 1126, page 468 C = 31 handwritten (Geo W Grubb)
6 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company H (George Grubb)
7 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (George W Grubb)
line | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Dwelling-house number | 188 | |||
Family number | 174 | |||
Name | Grubb George | " Annie | " Elmer | " George |
Age | 43 | 37 | 7 | 4 |
Sex | M | F | M | " |
Color | " [sc. W] | " | " | " |
Occupation | Carpenter | Keeping House | At Home | " " |
Real estate value | ||||
Personal estate value | 600 | |||
Birthplace | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " |
Father foreign born | ||||
Mother foreign born | ||||
Birth month if born within year | ||||
Marriage month if married within year | ||||
Attended school past year | 1 | |||
Can't read | ||||
Can't write | ||||
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||||
Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||
Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
line | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
street name | Green Street | |||||
house number | 725 | |||||
dwelling visit # | 290 | |||||
family visit # | 296 | |||||
name | Grubb Geo W | - Annie | - Elmer E | - Geo S | - William S | - Mary |
color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
sex | m | f | m | m | m | f |
age | 55 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 55 |
month born if born in year | ||||||
relationship | wife | son | son | son | sister | |
single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
married | 1 | 1 | ||||
widowed/divorced | ||||||
married during year | ||||||
occupation | Carpenter | Keeps house | Apprentice to machinist | Works in woolen mill | At School | At Home |
months unemployed | 4 | |||||
currently ill? | ||||||
blind | ||||||
deaf/dumb | ||||||
idiotic | ||||||
insane | ||||||
disabled | ||||||
school this year | 1 | |||||
can't read | ||||||
can't write | ||||||
birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Delaware | Penna | Penna |
father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |