Charles Cramer Kribs
Charles Cramer Kribs was born around December 1847 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to William and Phoebe Kribs. His father was a carpenter who owned $1,100 of real estate by 1850. By the early 1860s, Kribs was living in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on March 24, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company B of the 19th Wisconsin Infantry. He apparently lied about his age, claiming that he was born in 1842 instead of 1847. The regiment took part in the siege of Suffolk and the siege of Petersburg. He supported the Democratic Party, and he voted for George B. McClellan in the presidential election of 1864.
 
In November 1864, he declared that he “wish[ed] this war was over with for it [is] just murdering men for nothing.” In May 1865, he assured his mother that he would not enlist in the Regular Army after the war was over. He explained that “I have given my country the best part of my life in war times so you need not worry about my going in the army again.” Kribs mustered out on August 9, 1865.
 
Kribs returned to Trempealeau after the war, and he married Mary C. Kribs on January 1, 1867. They had at least seven children: Ella, born around 1868; Herbert, born around 1870; Edwin, born around 1873; Lottie, born around 1877; Charles, born on September 13, 1882; Abbie, born around 1886; and Stella, born around 1893. He worked as a tinsmith in Trempealeau, and by 1870, he owned $250 of personal property.
 
They moved to Deer Creek, Minnesota, in the late 1800s. He applied for a federal pension in December 1891 and eventually secured one. By 1910, they were living in Wadena, Minnesota. They moved to Medford, Oregon, in the 1910s, and he died there of angina pectoris on April 13, 1916.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4284)Kribs, Charles Cramer1847-121916-04-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 15

  • (11858) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs and Mary B. Kribs, 4 January 1862
  • (11859) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 4 July 1862
  • (11860) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs and Mary B. Kribs, 8 October 1862
  • (11861) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 14 October 1862
  • (11862) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 28 October 1862
  • (11863) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 13 November 1862
  • (11864) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 14 December 1862
  • (11865) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs and Mary B. Kribs, 13 March 1864
  • (11866) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to William Kribs and Phoebe Kribs, 5 April 1864
  • (11867) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 8 November 1864
  • (11868) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 6 May 1865
  • (11869) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 15 May 1865
  • (11870) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs and Paul W. Kribs, 26 May 1865
  • (11871) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 7 July 1865
  • (11872) [writer] ~ Charles C. Kribs to Sibling, undated

People - Records: 7

  • (4286) Kribs, Phoebe is the [parent of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4287) Kribs, Mary B. is the [sibling of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4288) Kribs, Paul Wesley is the [sibling of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [parent of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4291) Giles, Lewis Alfred is the [friend of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4292) Kribs, Sarah Ann is the [sibling-in-law of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (5583) Kribs, Mary Catherine is the [wife of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer

Places - Records: 2

  • (2697) [birth] ~ Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin
  • (2708) [death] ~ Medford, Jackson County, Oregon

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1011) [enlisted] [B] ~ 19th Wisconsin Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (1) [member/supporter] ~ Democratic Party
SOURCES

1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Wisconsin Marriage Records, 1820-2004, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Oregon State Deaths, 1864-1971, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 8 November 1864, DL1743.010, Nau Collection; Charles C. Kribs to Phoebe Kribs, 26 May 1865, DL1743.013, Nau Collection.