Capt. George A. Cribbs and Jane S. Skelly

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Husband Capt. George A. Cribbs ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Capt. George A. Krebs 4
           Born: 15 Apr 1820 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Sep 1862 - Washington, D. C. 6
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         Father: Christopher Cribbs (1780-      ) 2 5 7
         Mother: Mary Magdalene Silvis (1780-      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 4 Sep 1845 6

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Wife Jane S. Skelly ^{1 2 8}

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         Father: William Skelly (Abt 1784/1788-1867) 1 9 10 11
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Byerly (      -      ) 1 9 10 12 13

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Children

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1 M Christopher Cribbs ^{1 5}

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           Born: 30 Dec 1847 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Amanda Ann Potteiger (      -1885) 6
           Marr: 4 Sep 1872 6

         Spouse: Mary B. McKean (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1 Jan 1889 6

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2 F Alice Cribbs ^{6 14}

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         Spouse: Capt. Jacob N. Thomas (      -      ) 6 15

         Spouse: U. G. Kemp (      -      ) 6

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3 F Sarah J. Cribbs ^{6 16}

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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Spouse: Cyrus P. Cope (1838-1911) 16 17
           Marr: 3 Nov 1869 17

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4 F Amelia E. Cribbs ⁶

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         Spouse: Samuel Rumbaugh (      -      ) 6

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5 M Richard Nyce Cribbs ⁵

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6 F Mary Cribbs ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Emma Cribbs ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. George A. Cribbs

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He was born on the Cribbs homestead. When the Civil war broke out he was among the first to respond to President Lincoln's call for troops. He was commissioned captain of Co. I, Eleventh Pa. Vols., August 21, 1861, which was re-cruited at Greensburg and mustered into the ser-vice at Harrisburg, September 20, 1861. He participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, Rappahannock Station, August 21, 1862, Thoroughfare Gap, August 21, 1862, and was mortally wounded at Second Bull Run, August 30, 1862. He died at Columbia College Hospital, Washington City.

He and his wife were the parents of eight children, two sons and six daughters.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane S. Skelly

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from Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 73.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 646.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 175, 774.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 74.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 73, 665.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176, 774.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 465.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 774.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1004.

12 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 703.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 182.

14 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176, 773.

15 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 773.

16 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 175.

17 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 67.