Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name GRUB, JOHN G Rank PVT Company B Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL Age 35
Height 5' 3 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status Occupation CARPENTER Nativity GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When JAN 5, 1864 Joined Where DECATUR, IL
Joined By Whom CPT DURFEE Period 3 YRS Muster In FEB 2, 1864 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER Muster In By Whom Muster Out MAY 4, 1866 Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
DAILY REVIEW 1/13/1893
JOHN GOTTLEIB GRUBB WAS FOUND DEAD ABOUT 5 OCLOCK LAST EVENING, HANGING TO A CELL DOOR IN THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION. HE HAD MADE A ROPE BY TEARING A STRIP OFF A BLANKET. ONE END HE FASTENED TO THE TOP BAR IN THE CELL DOOR AND THE OTHER END AROUND HIS NECK. HE LET HIMSELF DOWN WITH HIS WHOLE WEIGHT AND DEATH BY STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT.
GRUBB HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. IDA ETHERTON AT 529 S JACKSON STREET. HE WAS VERY QUARRELSOME WHEN HE WAS DRINKING AND WEDNESDAY HE BECAME SO VIOLENT THAT HIS DAUGHTER SWORE OUT A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. OFFICER BROCKWAY ARRESTED GRUBB ABOUT 3 OCLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PUT HIM IN FRANKLIN STREET SATION. HE SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE SOLIDERS HOME AT QUINCY IN A FEW DAYS. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT WAS NOT DRUNK. THE OFFICER LOCKED HIM UP AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE.
CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED AND THE BODY WAS CUT DOWN AND TAKEN TO BRINTLINGERS UNDERTAKING ROOMS. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD THERE AT 9 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN GERMANY AND WAS ABOUT 64 YEARS OLD. HE HAS LIVED IN DECATUR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AND HAS THREE CHILDREN LIVING HERE.
HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAS IN COMPANY B, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS INFANTRY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY.
OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER
Name GRUB, JOHN G Rank PVT Company B Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL Age 35
Height 5' 3 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status Occupation CARPENTER Nativity GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When JAN 5, 1864 Joined Where DECATUR, IL
Joined By Whom CPT DURFEE Period 3 YRS Muster In FEB 2, 1864 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER Muster In By Whom Muster Out MAY 4, 1866 Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
DAILY REVIEW 1/13/1893
JOHN GOTTLEIB GRUBB WAS FOUND DEAD ABOUT 5 OCLOCK LAST EVENING, HANGING TO A CELL DOOR IN THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION. HE HAD MADE A ROPE BY TEARING A STRIP OFF A BLANKET. ONE END HE FASTENED TO THE TOP BAR IN THE CELL DOOR AND THE OTHER END AROUND HIS NECK. HE LET HIMSELF DOWN WITH HIS WHOLE WEIGHT AND DEATH BY STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT.
GRUBB HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. IDA ETHERTON AT 529 S JACKSON STREET. HE WAS VERY QUARRELSOME WHEN HE WAS DRINKING AND WEDNESDAY HE BECAME SO VIOLENT THAT HIS DAUGHTER SWORE OUT A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. OFFICER BROCKWAY ARRESTED GRUBB ABOUT 3 OCLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PUT HIM IN FRANKLIN STREET SATION. HE SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE SOLIDERS HOME AT QUINCY IN A FEW DAYS. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT WAS NOT DRUNK. THE OFFICER LOCKED HIM UP AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE.
CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED AND THE BODY WAS CUT DOWN AND TAKEN TO BRINTLINGERS UNDERTAKING ROOMS. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD THERE AT 9 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN GERMANY AND WAS ABOUT 64 YEARS OLD. HE HAS LIVED IN DECATUR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AND HAS THREE CHILDREN LIVING HERE.
HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAS IN COMPANY B, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS INFANTRY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY.
OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name GRUB, JOHN G Rank PVT Company B Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL Age 35
Height 5' 3 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status Occupation CARPENTER Nativity GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When JAN 5, 1864 Joined Where DECATUR, IL
Joined By Whom CPT DURFEE Period 3 YRS Muster In FEB 2, 1864 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER Muster In By Whom Muster Out MAY 4, 1866 Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
DAILY REVIEW 1/13/1893
JOHN GOTTLEIB GRUBB WAS FOUND DEAD ABOUT 5 OCLOCK LAST EVENING, HANGING TO A CELL DOOR IN THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION. HE HAD MADE A ROPE BY TEARING A STRIP OFF A BLANKET. ONE END HE FASTENED TO THE TOP BAR IN THE CELL DOOR AND THE OTHER END AROUND HIS NECK. HE LET HIMSELF DOWN WITH HIS WHOLE WEIGHT AND DEATH BY STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT.
GRUBB HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. IDA ETHERTON AT 529 S JACKSON STREET. HE WAS VERY QUARRELSOME WHEN HE WAS DRINKING AND WEDNESDAY HE BECAME SO VIOLENT THAT HIS DAUGHTER SWORE OUT A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. OFFICER BROCKWAY ARRESTED GRUBB ABOUT 3 OCLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PUT HIM IN FRANKLIN STREET SATION. HE SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE SOLIDERS HOME AT QUINCY IN A FEW DAYS. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT WAS NOT DRUNK. THE OFFICER LOCKED HIM UP AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE.
CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED AND THE BODY WAS CUT DOWN AND TAKEN TO BRINTLINGERS UNDERTAKING ROOMS. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD THERE AT 9 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN GERMANY AND WAS ABOUT 64 YEARS OLD. HE HAS LIVED IN DECATUR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AND HAS THREE CHILDREN LIVING HERE.
HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAS IN COMPANY B, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS INFANTRY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY.
OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER
Name GRUB, JOHN G Rank PVT Company B Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL Age 35
Height 5' 3 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status Occupation CARPENTER Nativity GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When JAN 5, 1864 Joined Where DECATUR, IL
Joined By Whom CPT DURFEE Period 3 YRS Muster In FEB 2, 1864 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER Muster In By Whom Muster Out MAY 4, 1866 Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
DAILY REVIEW 1/13/1893
JOHN GOTTLEIB GRUBB WAS FOUND DEAD ABOUT 5 OCLOCK LAST EVENING, HANGING TO A CELL DOOR IN THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION. HE HAD MADE A ROPE BY TEARING A STRIP OFF A BLANKET. ONE END HE FASTENED TO THE TOP BAR IN THE CELL DOOR AND THE OTHER END AROUND HIS NECK. HE LET HIMSELF DOWN WITH HIS WHOLE WEIGHT AND DEATH BY STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT.
GRUBB HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. IDA ETHERTON AT 529 S JACKSON STREET. HE WAS VERY QUARRELSOME WHEN HE WAS DRINKING AND WEDNESDAY HE BECAME SO VIOLENT THAT HIS DAUGHTER SWORE OUT A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. OFFICER BROCKWAY ARRESTED GRUBB ABOUT 3 OCLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PUT HIM IN FRANKLIN STREET SATION. HE SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE SOLIDERS HOME AT QUINCY IN A FEW DAYS. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT WAS NOT DRUNK. THE OFFICER LOCKED HIM UP AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE.
CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED AND THE BODY WAS CUT DOWN AND TAKEN TO BRINTLINGERS UNDERTAKING ROOMS. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD THERE AT 9 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN GERMANY AND WAS ABOUT 64 YEARS OLD. HE HAS LIVED IN DECATUR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AND HAS THREE CHILDREN LIVING HERE.
HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAS IN COMPANY B, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS INFANTRY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY.
OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER
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