Re: Grandy family
GRANDY, GRANDE, BRUSH, TAYLOR, FARNUM
Posted By: Donald J. Brush (email) In Response To: Grandy family (Laurie Ghm)
Date: 8/22/2010 at 15:04:03
The following is a summary of the information that I have assembled on Samuel Forbes Brush who would be my great-great-grandfather. My great-grandfather is Thomas Pearl Brush; grandfather was Charles Edward Brush, and my father was James Basil Brush
Samuel Forbes Brush was born in Quebec, Canada 12 July 1819, the son of James & Sarah (Forbes) Brush. Samuel had one known brother, Ira Otis Brush. Samuel married Theadotia Ann Grandy 11 July 1842 in St. Lawrence County, New York. Theadotia was the daughter of Levi & Amanda Graham Grandy.
Children born to Samuel & Theadotia Brush while in New York state were Thomas Pearl (10 May 1843) and Julia Sophia (11 Jan 1845).
Samuel & Theadotia are believed to have moved from St. Lawrence County, New York to Johnston, Rock County, Wisconsin sometime between 1846 or 1849. During this period of time, two additional children were born to the couple; Monola (5 Oct 1846 - DOD 7 Sep 1847) and Amasa "Amzy" Althonzo (25 May 1849). They moved the family to Winneshiek County, Iowa in 1851.
Winneshiek County, Iowa records show that Theadotia’s father, Levi Grandy acquired title to land from the State of Iowa in Section 13 of Bloomfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa on 10 Aug 1854. The records further show that both Samuel Brush and his bother, Ira O. Brush, acquired title to land from the State of Iowa in the Section 13 of Bloomfield Township on 1 May 1856.
On 3 Nov 1855, a meeting was held at the Red Schoolhouse (Oak Hill) to organize a Burial Association: a committee was appointed to choose a suitable location for a cemetery. Appointed to the committee were Levi Grandy and Samuel Brush. Two weeks later, another meeting was held at which time Levi Grandy signed a contract for the sale of an acre of his land on the southwest corner of his farm for a cemetery. The location is now near and a part of the present Oak Hill Cemetery and Schoolhouse site.
Theadotia Ann (Grandy) Brush died 12 Jun 1859 after giving birth to twins, a baby boy named Samuel and a daughter (no identified name) both of which died at birth. She and the twins are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Samuel Forbes Brush, still grieving from the loss of his beloved wife, Theadotia Ann Brush, enlisted in Company C of the 12th Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry on 25 September 1861 to fight in the Civil War.
The 12th Regiment, Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque and mustered in November 1861. Moved to St. Louis, MO, November 28-30, 1861. Attached to Dept of Missouri till February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Tennessee, to April 1862.
He was captured at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862, and sent to Libby Prison. After 7 months at Libby Prison, a "prisoner exchange" was announced and he was paroled on October 26 for a scheduled exchange on 10 November 1862. The prisoners to be exchanged were put into train cars with very little food and no water. When the train stopped somewhere along the James River in Virginia, the prisoners headed straight for the river water. "Samuel drank so much that his stomach swelled and he died of internal injuries." It was 31 October 1862 and he bas buried at sea off the coast of Virginia.
After Samuel's enlistment, Ira O. Brush, younger brother of Samuel, took Samuel's children into his family.
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