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A farmer, blacksmith, and Justice of the Peace. Served in Civil War, Co. A of 83rd Pa. Vol. Relocated to Oil City, PA, where he conducted a machine shop for a company until the year 1861. This is when he enlisted. While in the war he was captured at the battle of Fredericksburg and kept a prisoner for some time by the Confederates, but was finally released. He was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and held many responsible township offices. He enlisted on 8/5/1861 and discharged on 10/22/1864 with severe deafness. Deafness originated from massed cannon fire on Malvern Hill - he actually suffered physical illness from horrible noise and was out of action for a while. (per Patricia Kramer, descendant) In 1890, he was in Heshbon, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania and served as enumerator for the special census. Obituary dated 1925: "George W. Cribbs and his wife, Mrs. Sarah Cribbs, prominent residents of West Wheatfield township, were instantly killed Thursday evening about 9 o'clock, when Cribbs' team became frightened and ran away. Mr. Cribbs and his wife had just returned from a visit with friends in Heshbon. As they entered the barnyard, the front wheel of the wagon locked under the wagon bed. The horses became frightened and broke loose and with the front end of the wagon ran for three miles before they were stopped. The aged couple were thrown from the wagon and from appearances must have been dragged all around the barnyard before the horses got out of the yard. Both bodies were terribly mangled. The couple leave four sons: O. L. Cribbs, Pennsylvania Railroad freight agent at Greensburg; S. C. Cribbs, of Denver, Colo.; A. H. Cribbs, of St. Paul, Minn., and W. O. Cribbs, of Shelbyville, Ind." As told to Marilyn Ginnevan, descendant, by Bertha Ross, descendant: "George and Sarah used to go shopping sometimes late in the evening. It was dark when they returned home and when George probably got down to go into the house to get a lantern to lead the horses into the barnyard, but something frightened them. Sarah probably had hold of the reins. The horses were acting skiddish and did not want to go through. George had hold of one of the horses and tried to lead them, when they bolted and started to run, dragging him along, being old he probably lost his footing and fell, unable to let loose, he was dragged along the ground. The horses ran around the barnyard, and Sarah was unable to control them, she was also thrown out of the wagon, and also could not get loose. It was a spring wagon and all that was with them was the two front wheels, after the horses ran around the barnyard they ran down the lane, where they were stopped by running around a couple of trees. George and Sarah had a dog, (named Nip). A black neighbor who lived down the road from them heard the dog barking and went to see what all the noise was about, his name was Mr. Balnium, the dog would not allow him to go to see if he could help. This is what Bertha and George say their parents figured out as to what happened. They found the lantern and groceries around the yard, and the rest of the wagon." George's description as written in his discharge paper is: "Said Corp'l George W. Cribbs was born in Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania, is twenty-four years of age, five feet nine inches high, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a blacksmith." |
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