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In the meet and greet, I mentioned that two of my grandfathers first cousins (instead of the three quoted) were caught two counties away from home in Kentucky and got a four month vacation at Camp Chase (Columbus) Ohio. After promising to stay out of trouble and not aid the rebel cause, they were released. In October 1862, John Henry, Thornton FJ , and Albert HG Crumbaugh joined the Kentucky cavalry at Lexington, KY. David B Crumbaugh later enlisted as a miller in Arch Dobbins first AR cavalry. Albert and Thornton were, I believe, couriers. Thornton was captured on Morgan's raid near Bardstown and got a long vacation at Camp Douglas in Chicago. Albert was captured near Cleveland, Tennessee after Lookout Mountain and he spent his Illinois vacation in Rock Island. He was later paroled and surrendered at Washington, GA. While Albert was getting caught, the grandson of his Ohio great aunt, Barbara Crumbaugh Shank, was the second man up Lookout Mountain for the Union side. John Shank fell ill later in the war and was buried back on the Shank farm near Bellbrook, Ohio. This is also a likely burial spot for Margaret Seideman Crumbaugh, the wife of Conrad Crumbaugh and the great grandmother of the boys. John Henry C. made it through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio and made it across the Ohio River at Buffington Island. I imagine that he felt that one Ohio vacation was enough. Those that didn't get away later surrendered near West Point and Liverpool, Ohio on the David Crubaugh farm. Yup, a couple of the tribe decided after getting off the boat that they didn't need the m in there so they dropped it and became Crubaugh. There are notes about this in Bill and Linda Crubaugh's family history book. In the book there are also pictures and details of the Morgan surrender site. This is also covered in the Lester Horwitz book: The Longest Raid.
John Henry C. surrendered at Washington, GA . He was one of Breckinridge's men that accompanied Jeff Davis. John Henry C. later returned to Georgetown, KY and lived with one of his brother Albert's children's family in his old age. As a bachelor great uncle, he babysat a little girl who grew up, married and raised a family of her own. She's able to live in her own home and go out to eat with her family and it was nice to meet my cousin, Bess Crumbaugh Thornton 102, last spring when we visited Georgetown for the first time. Her grandfather and his brothers all survived the War Within the States. It was said by one of the brothers that the only time that he was warm during the winter during the war was when it snowed and the snow acted as insulation. Thornton was captured in Kentucky when he went on Morgan's raid and spent his vacation in Camp Douglas in Chicago. I believe that his health was damaged because he only lived to be 45; much less than his older brothers. Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson C. later lived in Fort Worth, Texas and worked for a possible relative; city engineer William Munroe Johnson on some of the first paving in Dallas. This was done using hedge or osage orange blocks set on end; almost as hard as iron. A cousin, Calvin Crumbaugh, from Woodford County, KY was also captured and spent a long time at Camp Douglas. He was recently determined to be a grandson of grandfather Conrad's brother John. He couldn't survive the harsh conditions and spends eternity in Confederate Mound in Chicago.
Another of the Crumbaugh brothers, James Solomon C. enlisted later in the war. Supposedly, he drew the short straw and was to stay home, help run the mill and take care of the grandparents. James Solomon was captured by the Federals on the way to join up but was allowed to escape by the commanding officer; a friend and neighbor. He made his way to Canada and worked in a hospital for the remainder of the war. However, John Headley wrote a book about his wartime experiences in Morgan's cavalry about 1900. Headley was one of those later involved in undercover work in Canada. Among others involved were John Castleman and Thomas Henry Hines from Kentucky. They were all veterans of the ninth Kentucky Confederate cavalry. They were working to free the prisoners at Johnston's Island in Ohio and also at Camp Douglas in Chicago. The last name Crumbaugh is on the list of people involved. James Solomon C. could be the one.
David B. Crumbaugh lost his horse and saddle when he surrendered at Wittsburg, AR, the furthest spot up river that a steamboat could reach from the Mississippi. But he made it back to Georgetown, KY after the war and later married a lady whose brother most likely fought for the Union. He's buried in Hillside Cemetery ( and it is) in Augusta, KY along the Ohio River in Bracken County. David turned in a claim to the Federal Gov't in 1880 for his horse and saddle but received nothing.
William Crumbaugh, the last of the bad little Crumbaugh boys, moved to Phillips Co.,AR after the war. He never served, probably due to his breaking his arm when young. It never grew back right. He worked on the farm with his older sister Orpha C. Threlkeld and her much older husband David. The Threlkelds are listed in both the KY and AR 1850 census for Scott Co.,KY and Phillips Co., AR. The Threlkelds (misspelled Threlkeid) are listed in rejected claims from the Southern Claims Comission for eleven pages of goods including 400 pounds of lard, 300 chickens and several kegs of nails. He also lost all his carpenter tools that he had brought with him from Kentucky. I believe that the Union Cavalry might well have been chasing Arch Dobbins and Orpha's younger brother David when they did such a thorough job of cleaning out that area of AR. But a household member of the Crumbaughs from KY was a housekeeper for bachelor William C. and had lived with the childless Threlkelds as well. Her descendants inherited some of the ground in Marion Twp. It isn't well known where she nor William Crumbaugh are buried. But the Threlkelds were able to hang onto some of the ground in Spring Creek Twp., AR for they are buried in Central Cemetery located between Marvell and Helena in the center on the east half with lettering on the stone denoting that David Threlkeld was born in Scott County, KY. A long time back and a ways away from Illinois, but still, the first cousins that my grandfather didn't know.
John Henry C. surrendered at Washington, GA . He was one of Breckinridge's men that accompanied Jeff Davis. John Henry C. later returned to Georgetown, KY and lived with one of his brother Albert's children's family in his old age. As a bachelor great uncle, he babysat a little girl who grew up, married and raised a family of her own. She's able to live in her own home and go out to eat with her family and it was nice to meet my cousin, Bess Crumbaugh Thornton 102, last spring when we visited Georgetown for the first time. Her grandfather and his brothers all survived the War Within the States. It was said by one of the brothers that the only time that he was warm during the winter during the war was when it snowed and the snow acted as insulation. Thornton was captured in Kentucky when he went on Morgan's raid and spent his vacation in Camp Douglas in Chicago. I believe that his health was damaged because he only lived to be 45; much less than his older brothers. Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson C. later lived in Fort Worth, Texas and worked for a possible relative; city engineer William Munroe Johnson on some of the first paving in Dallas. This was done using hedge or osage orange blocks set on end; almost as hard as iron. A cousin, Calvin Crumbaugh, from Woodford County, KY was also captured and spent a long time at Camp Douglas. He was recently determined to be a grandson of grandfather Conrad's brother John. He couldn't survive the harsh conditions and spends eternity in Confederate Mound in Chicago.
Another of the Crumbaugh brothers, James Solomon C. enlisted later in the war. Supposedly, he drew the short straw and was to stay home, help run the mill and take care of the grandparents. James Solomon was captured by the Federals on the way to join up but was allowed to escape by the commanding officer; a friend and neighbor. He made his way to Canada and worked in a hospital for the remainder of the war. However, John Headley wrote a book about his wartime experiences in Morgan's cavalry about 1900. Headley was one of those later involved in undercover work in Canada. Among others involved were John Castleman and Thomas Henry Hines from Kentucky. They were all veterans of the ninth Kentucky Confederate cavalry. They were working to free the prisoners at Johnston's Island in Ohio and also at Camp Douglas in Chicago. The last name Crumbaugh is on the list of people involved. James Solomon C. could be the one.
David B. Crumbaugh lost his horse and saddle when he surrendered at Wittsburg, AR, the furthest spot up river that a steamboat could reach from the Mississippi. But he made it back to Georgetown, KY after the war and later married a lady whose brother most likely fought for the Union. He's buried in Hillside Cemetery ( and it is) in Augusta, KY along the Ohio River in Bracken County. David turned in a claim to the Federal Gov't in 1880 for his horse and saddle but received nothing.
William Crumbaugh, the last of the bad little Crumbaugh boys, moved to Phillips Co.,AR after the war. He never served, probably due to his breaking his arm when young. It never grew back right. He worked on the farm with his older sister Orpha C. Threlkeld and her much older husband David. The Threlkelds are listed in both the KY and AR 1850 census for Scott Co.,KY and Phillips Co., AR. The Threlkelds (misspelled Threlkeid) are listed in rejected claims from the Southern Claims Comission for eleven pages of goods including 400 pounds of lard, 300 chickens and several kegs of nails. He also lost all his carpenter tools that he had brought with him from Kentucky. I believe that the Union Cavalry might well have been chasing Arch Dobbins and Orpha's younger brother David when they did such a thorough job of cleaning out that area of AR. But a household member of the Crumbaughs from KY was a housekeeper for bachelor William C. and had lived with the childless Threlkelds as well. Her descendants inherited some of the ground in Marion Twp. It isn't well known where she nor William Crumbaugh are buried. But the Threlkelds were able to hang onto some of the ground in Spring Creek Twp., AR for they are buried in Central Cemetery located between Marvell and Helena in the center on the east half with lettering on the stone denoting that David Threlkeld was born in Scott County, KY. A long time back and a ways away from Illinois, but still, the first cousins that my grandfather didn't know.
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