George Washington Cribbs and Sarah Elizabeth Palmer

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Husband George Washington Cribbs ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Apr 1840 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: George Cribbs (1798-1866) 2 4 5
         Mother: Jane Barr (1800-1884) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 20 Apr 1865 6

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Wife Sarah Elizabeth Palmer ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1843 - Indiana Co, PA 5
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         Father: Henry Palmer (Abt 1807-1875) 1 7
         Mother: Sarah Ann Oaks (1808-Aft 1880) 1 6

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Children

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1 M Harry Albert Cribbs ^{4 6}

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            AKA: Henry Cribbs 5
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         Spouse: Gertrude Hoskinson (      -      ) 6

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2 M William B. O. Cribbs ^{4 5 6}

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         Spouse: Eva Limpus (      -      ) 6

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3 M Orrin L. Cribbs ^{3 4 6}

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            AKA: Oren Cribbs 8
           Born: 9 Mar 1873 - Heshbon, Indiana Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Julia Clara Wakefield (      -      ) 9 10
           Marr: 16 Mar 1899 10

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4 M Charles Crocker Cribbs ^{4 6}

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5 M Clarence Alexander Scott Cribbs ^{4 5 11}

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         Spouse: Dora Mack (      -      ) 11

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General Notes: Husband - George Washington Cribbs

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He received a common school education, and learned the trade of blacksmith with his father. Shortly after he attained his majority, on Aug. 5, 1861, he enlisted in the Union army, becoming a member of Company A, 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which he served over three years, being honorably discharged in October, 1864. Besides twenty small battles and skirmishes, he saw active service at Yorktown, Meadow Bridge, Hanover Court House, second Bull Run, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, four engagements at Petersburg and two at Yellow House.
From 1864 to 1866 Mr. Cribbs followed blacksmithing at Oil City, Pennsylvania, thence moving to Heshbon, in Brushvalley township, Indiana County, where he continued to work at his trade until 1875. That year he bought the Palmer farm of 106 acres in West Wheatfield township, and besides cultivating that property he worked at his trade, having a shop opposite his home. He gave up blacksmithing in 1907. Mr. Cribbs gave particular attention to the raising of small fruits, in which he was quite extensively interested, though he followed general farming very successfully. He also took part in the administration of public affairs in the township, serving twelve years as justice of the peace, and he also held the office of school director for ten years, and was secretary and treasurer of the board. In 1890 he was census enumerator. He was a prominent worker in the M. E. Church at Heshbon, serving as trustee and class leader, and was superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he held membership in Findley Patch Post, No. 137, G. A. R., of Blairsville, Indiana County.

He was born on the old Cribbs homestead in West Wheatfield township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he passed his life and became a prominent man in the community. He was brought up a farmer's boy of the pioneer type, as the community where his childhood and youth were spent was at that time very wild and undeveloped. He learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, and later located at Oil City, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a machine shop for a company until the year 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company A, Eighty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served actively throughout the course of the struggle. He was captured at the battle of Fredericksburg and kept a prisoner for some time by the Confederates, but was finally released. He served throughout the entire war in the Army of the Potomac under General McClellan and took part in twenty-one important battles including that of Gettysburg, besides numberless smaller engagements and skirmishes. He received his honorable discharge at the close of the war, and at once returned to Oil City, Pennsylvania, and there continued his business for a time. He later removed to Heshbon, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in the machinist business and conducted a shop for a number of years. He then purchased the old Palmer homestead, which had long been in the possession of his wife's family, and resided there. He was a Republican in politics, and held a number of responsible township offices. He and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 426.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 830.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1210.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 427.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1211.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 831.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 831, 1173.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 701.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 701, 831.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1212.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 832.