Richard Gordon Grubbs (abt. 1833 - 1910)

Born about 24 Oct 1833 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Biography

Richard Grubbs is a part of US Black heritage.

Richard Grubbs served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 117th Regiment, U.S.C.I.

Richard was born into slavery about 1834 in Kentucky. According to Freedman Bank records his slave owner was Jesse Yates. According to Grubbs family history, Richard was able to learn to read and write a little bit from his owner's children and always emphasized education in his own family. Jesse married Mary Ann Thomas around 1856.

During the Civil War Richard was able somehow to leave his enslavement and join the 117th Regiment , U.S. Colored Infantry. From Grubbs family history, Jesse and Mary Ann "went North" after the war in order for their children to get an education. In 1875 Jesse and Mary Ann were living with five children in Kansas and according to the census had come to Kansas from Ohio. From there they moved around 1879 to the area around Paducah, Kentucky where they purchased a 100 acre farm. In the 1880 census they were in Paducah with the five children. They raised many types of produce which they took to the market every day in Paducah to sell. By 1900 only the youngest son John was still living with them on the farm. From family accounts faith was extremely important to Richard and his family, and Richard was an elder at the Trimble Street Christian Church.

Richard passed away in 1910 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah. His wife Mary Ann passed away a year later. They had been married over 50 years.

Slave Owners

• Jesse Yates

Sources

• 1866 U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874; ARC Identifier: 566522; Record Group Number: 101; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-2006
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8755 #215115 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  Name: Richard Grubbs; Account Date: 30 Aug 1866; Residence Address: MT Sterling, Kentucky; Residence: MT Sterling, Kentucky; Application Date: 30 Aug 1866; Bank Location: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; Relation to Head: Self (Head); Military Company: D. 117 U. S. C. I.; Spouse: Mary Ann Grubbs; Description: Roll 11: Louisville, Kentucky; Sep 15, 1865-Jul 8, 1874; Account Number: 934; Household
  Relationship: Richard Grubbs Self (Head)
  Mary Ann Grubbs Spouse. Master: Jesse Yates.

• 1875 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
  Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1875 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1875_1; Line: 68
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record KSstatecen #3617572 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  Richard Grubbs (40). Born in Kentucky. With wife Mary A., 5 children. Location: Washington, Anderson County, Kansas. Had come to there from Ohio.

• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Grand Cote, Perry, Illinois; Roll: 242; Page: 143D; Enumeration District: 077
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #30630280 (accessed 18 December 2021)
  Richard Grubbs (46), married self (head), Farmer, in household of Richard Grubbs (46) in Grand Cote, Perry, Illinois, USA. Born in Kentucky. with wife Mary and 5 children.

• 1891 Civil War Pension Filing: "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
  The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 189
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #1608533 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  Name: Richard Grubbs; Gender: Male; Unit: D, 117 U.S.C. Infantry; Filing Date: 2 Jun 1891; Place Filed: Kentucky, USA; Relation to Head: Soldier; Spouse: Mary A Grubbs; Roll number: 189.

• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: Massac, McCracken, Kentucky; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240540
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #21668347 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  Richard Grubbs (66), married, Farmer, head of household in Massac, McCracken, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, USA. With wife Mary A., 1 son, 2 grandkids. Owned farm (not mortgaged). Married 44 yrs.

• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: District 7, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0130; FHL microfilm: 1374506
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #8842024 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  Richard Grubbs, married, Farmer, head of household in District 7, McCracken, Kentucky, USA. Born in Kentucky. With wife Mary A., son John and John's family. Married 54 yrs.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #84018834 Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky

• Son's Marriage- gives wife's maiden name: "Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940"
  Various Illinois County Courthouses; Various Illinois County Courthouses; Marriage Records; Collection Title: Marriage Records
  Ancestry Record 61370 #1228918 (accessed 19 December 2021)
  John D Grubbs (22) marriage to Eulla Thompson in 1901 in Massac, Illinois, USA. father: Richard Grubbs, mother: Mary Thomas.

• History and Families, McCracken County, Kentucky, 1824-1989, Turner Publishing Company, 1989, See p. 140 for Richard Grubbs. Section written by Mrs> Grace (Grubbs) Newbern. Excerpts; Richard b. abt 1831 into slavery in Winchester, KY, Learned to read/write some from master's children. Joined Union Army. After war, Richard and wife Mary left Kentucky and "went North" so children could be educated. Returned to Kentucky around 1879. Family together purchased 100 acres 2mi west of Paducah. Youngest son stayed on farm and reared his family there too. Sold their produce on Broadway side of Market house. Richard was elder in Trimble Street Christian Church.