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Judge Jacob Grosh was born on 25 January 1776 in East Hempfield Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He and Margaret. Gooder were married on 13 June 1799 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He and Leah Bushong were married in 1843 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died on 4 November 1860, at age 84, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Marietta Cemetery, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Grosh, son of John Grosh, grandson of Valentine.

Jacob Grosh was born Jan 25th 1776
Jacob married Miss Leah Bushong of Reamstown in 1843. She died Oct 15th 1847.
Judge Jacob Grosh died Nov 4 1860

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He served four years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

He served four years in the Pennsylvania Senate.

He served nine years as a judge of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas.

Initially opposed to the War of 1812, Grosh changed his mind after the British burned Washington. He led a company of soldiers, known as the Marietta Grays, to the defense of Baltimore.

As a judge in the 1840s, nearly two decades before the Civil War, Grosh never returned an escaped slave to bondage.

He outlived his first four wives and died at age 84 in 1860.

born in 1776 in East Hempfield Township and raised in the humblest of circumstances, endured only three summers of educational instruction; all in German; before he went to work full-time at age 12.

That's according to Alexander Harris's "Biographical History of Lancaster County," which Griffing cites as her primary source.

So Grosh never learned English as a youth. He knew no English when he settled at Anderson's Ferry, now Marietta, as a young adult. He spoke only German, which held him down.

Margaret, the second of Jacob Grosh's five wives, could not speak German.

So the couple's communication was constrained. Or, as Harris phrased it, "their intercourse was confined to looks and dumb show."

Therefore, Margaret taught Jacob English, after which his career took off.

At a time when native intelligence and common sense were sufficient to promote a man, the English-speaking Grosh achieved plenty.

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Birth: unknown
Death: 1860


Burial:
Marietta Cemetery
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Cathy Alton
Record added: Mar 27, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 107396000. “A Biographical History of Lancaster Co. Being a History of
Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County” by Alex. Harris,
Lancaster, Pa.: Elias Barr & Co., 1872

Pg. 242, JACOB GROSH. In 1745 two families of the name of GROSH, emigrated to this country from Manheim, Germany. On landing at Philadelphia, two of the children were indentured as “Redemptioners,” to aid in paying their passage money.

VALENTINE GROSH, the grandfather on the subject of this sketch, settled in East Hempfield, on wild lands purchased on credit from the government, at a shilling (13 1/3 cents) per acre. The houses being built of round hickory logs, the neighborhood was called Hickorytown; afterward Snufftown. After a time VALENTINE moved to Litiz, being a member of the Moravian Church, and gave up the farm to his son, JOHN, the father of DANIEL and JACOB, and their sisters.

JACOB GROSH, the youngest of these children, was born Jan. 25, 1776. Between the ages of 8 and 12 years he was sent to school in Litiz, three months each summer, a daily walk of ten miles. The teacher was Rev. Mr. Grube, grandfather of John Beck, the founder, and for 50 years the principal of the Boys’ Academy in Litiz. At 12 years of age he was put to “man’s work,” plowing, felling trees, etc. At 20 he married, and was disowned by his father. His wife died on Christmas eve of 1796.

His father having married again. In 1799 he made his home with DANIEL, his brother, whose wife, “GRETEL,” (MARGARET) was always a beloved sister; laboring on the farm, where he became acquainted with MARGARET, daughter of George Gutedel, (anglicised into Gooder). But a marriage resulted, June 13, 1799. His father now gave him the tenancy of 100 acres of wild land. He cleared ten acres, and built a two-story log house and a double barn. Here were born to them HANNAH, (who died age four years), and AARON BURT, (Mr. G..’s mother’s family name); and afterward, in Marietta, RUFUS KING, C. C. PINKNEY, J. A. BAYARD, MALVINA, MAGDALENA, and B. FRANKLIN. In 1811 he was nominated for the House of Representatives. He was reelected to the Legislature for the sessions of 1813, 1814 and 1816. In 1818 he was elected to the State Senate, and served four years, making his legislative service eight years, four in the House and four in the Senate.

When Washington city was captured, the capitol and its records burned, and other cities threatened, he contributed liberally to send (pg. 245) a company of drafted men to Baltimore. Soon after, Governor Snyder issued a proclamation calling for volunteers, and sent a copy with a letter, appealing to MR. GROSH to give it his influence. At the meeting he made a warm appeal and called for volunteers. Over eighty gave their names on the spot, uniform and name (“Marietta Greys”) were agreed on, and money subscribed to equip the men and provide for needy families. The principal work and cost soon rested on MR. GROSH, who was unanimously chosen Captain; John Pedan, 1st Lieutenant; John Huss, 2d Lieutenant, and J. Albright, Ensign. On the fourth day after receiving the Governor’s proclamation, 107 men were uniformed and marched for their destination. They were mustered in as “9th Co., 2d Reg., Pa. Vols., L. Inf., “ commanded by Col. Lewis Bache.

During the speculation fever MR. G. (in 1813) bought 48 acres of land, east of (now in) Marietta, at $13.00 per acres, and laid it out in lots. In two months all were sold at $500 each, and, in February following, when titles were given, were held at $600 and upwards. He bought back many lots at these prices, and a farm of 133 acres, seven miles from town, at $250 per acre, merely to invest his money. He also built a three-story brick house (pg. 246) in the new town, costing over $10,000...His faithful wife sunk into consumption, and died December 1823, age 36 years, leaving 6 children, the youngest about 5 years old...(pg. 248) He found, in the Litiz “Sister House,” a lady every way suited to make him happy, and was married November 2d, 1824. In 1822 his oldest son embraced Universalism...(pg. 251) In 1842 his wife was taken ill, and lingered along, until he, too, was prostrated by a fever, from the delirium of which he awoke to find that his affectionate wife had died Aug. 26, 1842, age 58 years. He next married MISS LEAH BUSHONG, of Reamstown, in 1843. She died Oct. 15, 1847. A fifth marriage was entered into with MRS. SARAH ALBRIGHT, on May 24, 1849, who survived him. He died Nov. 4, 1860, in his 85th year. John Jacob Grosh
Sex: M
Birth: 25 JAN 1776 in Litiz, Lancaster, PA
Death: 4 NOV 1860 in Litiz, Lancaster, PA
Reference Number: TJG-83874


Marriage 1 Margaret Gutedal
Married: 13 JUN 1799 in Litiz, Lancaster, PA
Children
Has No Children Aaron Burt Grosh b: 22 MAY 1803
Has Children Charles C. Pickney Grosh b: 6 AUG 1811 in Marietta, Lancaster, PA. Judge Jacob Grosh

Birth: Jan. 25, 1776
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Nov. 4, 1860
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Judge Jacob Grosh, son of John Valentin Grosh Jr. and Barbara Burt (Bort), grandson of Valentin Grosh (Grosch). He married five times and outlived his first four wives, dying at age 84 in 1860.

Married first; in 1796, she died Dec 24, 1796.
Second: Margaret Gutedel anglicized to Gooder, married; June 13, 1799. Daughter of George Gutedel. She died December 1823, age 36 years.
Third; married Eva Margaret, November 2, 1824. She died Aug. 26, 1842, age 58 years.
Fourth; Miss Leah Bushong of Reamstown, in 1843. She died Oct. 15, 1847.
Fifth; Mrs Sarah Albright, on May 24, 1849, who survived him.

In 1811 he was nominated for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was reelected to the Legislature for the sessions of 1813, 1814 and 1816. In 1818 he was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate, and served four years, making his legislative service eight years, four in the House and four in the Senate. After, he served nine years as a judge of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. It is said, as a judge, Grosh never returned an escaped slave to bondage, even after Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was eneacted.

In the war of 1812, he was Captain of the company of soldiers, known as the Marietta Grays, also in the company; John Pedan, 1st Lieutenant; John Huss, 2d Lieutenant, and J. Albright, Ensign. They were mustered in as the 9th Co., 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Light Infantry, commanded by Col. Lewis Bache.

Jacob was born in 1776 in East Hempfield Township and raised in the humblest of circumstances, He was allowed only three summers of schooling, all in German, before he went to work full-time at age 12. So he never learned English as a youth and he spoke no English when he settled at Anderson's Ferry, which is now Marietta, as a young adult. Speaking only German limited his potential greatly, but Margaret, his second wife, could no speak German. So the couple's communication was constrained. Margaret taught Jacob English, and afterwards, his career took off. Because, at a time when native intelligence and common sense were sufficient to promote a man, the now English-speaking Grosh achieved much success.

Jacob Grosh and his second wife, Margaret had children; Hannah, (who died age four years), and Aaron Burt, (Bort was Jacob's mother's family name); and afterward, in Marietta, Rufus King, C. C. Pinkney, J. A. Bayard, Malvina, Magdalena, and B. Franklin, In 1811.

Family links:
Parents:
John Valentin Grosch (1734 - 1808)
Barbara Bort Grosch (1741 - 1781)

Spouses:
Eve Margaret Grosh (____ - 1842)
Margaret Grosh (____ - 1823)
Leah Bushong Grosh (1797 - 1847)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Bio extracted from; A Biographical History of Lancaster Co. Being a History of Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County" by Alex. Harris, Lancaster, Pa.: Elias Barr & Co., 1872


Burial:
Marietta Cemetery
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Maintained by: Rick Bushong
Originally Created by: Cathy Alton
Record added: Mar 27, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 107396000.

Walter H. Grosh was born about 1852 in Pennsylvania. He died.

Added from this census and Maria's 1906 obituary...

Alex Jacobs, "United States Census, 1870"
Event Place: ward 6, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace
Alex Jacobs M 46y Pennsylvania
Maria Jacobs F 40y Pennsylvania
Lizzie Jacobs F 8y Pennsylvania
Franklin Jacobs M 3y Pennsylvania
Walter Grosh M 18y Pennsylvania
Sally Jacobs F 14y Pennsylvania
Mary Stringer F 18y Pennsylvania. ?

Walter Bayard /Grosh/
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Walter Bayard /Grosh/
death:
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spouse:
Katharine A. /Kuntz/
birth: about 1854
death. 1. Walter B. Grosh

Birth: Oct. 20, 1851
Death: Jul., 1909


Burial:
Union Cemetery
Slatington
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Tim Gruber
Record added: Feb 14, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65637034. Walter B Grosh, "United States Census, 1900"
Name: Walter B Grosh
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 86 Precinct 9 Denver city Ward 10, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
Birth Date: Oct 1851
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 24
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1876
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 161
Reference ID: 43
GS Film number: 1240119
Digital Folder Number: 004118991
Image Number: 00443

Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Walter B Grosh M 49 Pennsylvania
Wife Kate F Grosh F 44 Pennsylvania
Niece-in-law Gertrude Kuntz F 26 Pennsylvania
Niece-in-law Bessie Kuntz F 24 Pennsylvania. His wife...

Katie A. Grosh

Birth: Jan. 5, 1855
Death: Feb. 27, 1935


Burial:
Union Cemetery
Slatington
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Tim Gruber
Record added: Feb 14, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65637008.

Margaret. Gooder was born about 1787. She and Judge Jacob Grosh were married on 13 June 1799 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died in December 1823, at age ~36, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Marietta Cemetery, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Her married name was Margaret. Grosh. MARGARET, daughter of George Gutedel, (anglicised into Gooder). But a marriage resulted, June 13, 1799

His faithful wife sunk into consumption, and died December 1823, age 36 years, leaving 6 children, the youngest about 5 years old.. Margaret Grosh

Birth: unknown
Death: 1823


Family links:
Spouse:
Jacob Grosh (1776 - 1860)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Marietta Cemetery
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Cathy Alton
Record added: Mar 27, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 107396047.

Rev. Aaron Bort Grosh was born on 22 May 1803 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He and Hannah Rinehart were married. He died on 27 March 1884, at age 80, in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland. He was buried in Marietta Cemetery, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Rev. Aaron Bort Grosh was a Minister of the Universal Church. Rev Aaron B Grosh

Birth: May 22, 1803
Death: Mar. 27, 1884

Sacred
to the memory of
Rev Aaron B Grosh
Born May 22 1803
Died March 27 1884
For I am persuaded that neither life nor death, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present things to come, 38. nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38

Plaque that reads
Aaron B Grosh
One of the seven founders and first chaplain of the national grange of the order of patrons of husbandry.

(which is is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization)

Family links:
Children:
Mary Letitia Grosh Williams (1830 - 1861)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Marietta Cemetery
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Lostnfog
Record added: Nov 21, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16729480. San Francisco Call, Volume 80, Number 77, 16 August 1896

father of Ethan Allen Grosh born 1824 and Hosea Ballou Grosh born 1826, who are the discovers of the Comstock Silver Lode...

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960816.2.157#. Aaron Burt Grosh
Given Name: Aaron Burt
Surname: Grosh
Prefix: Rev.
Sex: M
Birth: 22 May 1803 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 27 Mar 1884 in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland
Burial: Marietta Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Residence: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States 1880
Event: Bort --- instead of Burt middle name alt
Residence: Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States 1830
Residence: Spring Garden Ward 3 Precinct 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1850
Residence: Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States 1860
Residence: District of Columbia 1865
Residence: Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, United States 1870
Change Date: 13 Oct 2011 at 15:51
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Marriage 1 Hannah Rinehart b: 21 Apr 1800 in Coventry , Chester County, Pennsylvania
Married: Abt 1823 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Change Date: 5 Sep 2011
Children
Has No Children Ethan Allen Grosh b: 7 Nov 1824 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Has No Children Hosea Ballou Grosh b: 23 Aug 1826 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Has Children Emma Margaret Grosh b: 1829 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Has No Children Mary Letitia Grosh b: 23 Jul 1830 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Has No Children Malvina French Grosh b: 23 Sep 1832 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Has No Children Warren Reinhart Grosh b: Dec 1834 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Marriage 2 Sarah B. Smith b: 15 May 1817 in Pennsylvania
Married: 21 Dec 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Change Date: 21 Sep 2011
Children
Has No Children Charles L. Grosh b: Abt 1855 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Has No Children Benjamin Franklin Grosh b: Abt 1853 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Hannah Rinehart was born on 21 April 1800 in Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania. She and Rev. Aaron Bort Grosh were married. She died on 10 November 1849, at age 49.

Her married name was Hannah Grosh.

Ethan Allen Grosh was born on 7 November 1824 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died on 19 December 1857, at age 33, in Last Chance, Placer County, California. He was buried in Last Chance Cemetery, Last Chance, Placer County, California.

Stone photo present - personal photo present

Ethan Allen Grosh

Birth: Nov. 7, 1824
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Dec. 19, 1857
Last Chance
Placer County
California, USA

Born Murietta, Penn.

"Ethan Allen and Hosea Ballou Grosh were brothers who mined in both California and Nevada. They worked in California in the winter then crossed the Sierra to Carson Valley in the summer. They made their way to Gold Canyon and, along with many other hopeful prospectors, searched for the claim that would make them rich.
The Grosh brothers were a bit different in their approach to mining. Unlike most miners, who looked only for gold, Ethan and Hosea were also looking for silver. They found silver, a strike they described as the "monster ledge," in the Silver City area, but did not live to develop their discovery. In late summer of 1857, Hosea had an accident with a pick, and died after his foot became badly infected. His brother also came to a tragic end: his feet were frozen when he and a friend were caught in a snowstorm trying to cross the Sierra. He did not want his legs amputated and died in December, 1857."

Frostbite to leg/gangrene.

First man who found silver on Sun Mountain that later became the famous Comstock lode. He died before being able to prove up on his claim.

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August 22, 2013

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Find A Grave contributor Sylvia Seymour has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Ethan Grosh.


Multiple prospectors were collecting surface gold when they arrived, hence the name Gold Canyon, but he and Hosea were the first to recognize that the heavy, blackish material everybody was throwing out was probably silver. And of course it was!

Burial:
Last Chance Cemetery
Last Chance
Placer County
California, USA


Created by: Glenda Ragan
Record added: Oct 16, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 43164218. Ethan Allen Grosh born 1824 and Hosea Ballou Grosh born 1826, who are the discovers of the Comstock Silver Lode...

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960816.2.157#

San Francisco Call, Volume 80, Number 77, 16 August 1896. Brothers Hosea and Ethan Allen Grosh were jubilant after they discovered a "monster ledge" of silver in the parched mountains of present-day Nevada in the summer of 1857.

The sibling-prospectors never prospered from the find, however. In fact, both went to early graves without realizing they were on the verge of locating one of the world's greatest bonanzas: a massive, underground pocket of silver and gold known as the Comstock Lode, about 20 miles southeast of Reno.

But their sad story has a new and brighter final chapter now.

Historians say the real treasure trove is more than 80 letters, recently acquired by the Nevada Historical Society, that the brothers wrote from Nevada and California mining camps from 1849 to 1857.

The letters are among the most important Gold Rush-era documents to surface in modern times because of their rich detail about life on the rough-and-tumble frontier, said Fred Holabird, owner of Holabird-Kagin Americana in Reno, one of the country's largest auction houses of Western Americana.

"In quality and content, those letters rank among the very best for telling what life was like back then. It wasn't for the weak-hearted or the weak-bodied," Holabird said.

A century and a half later, the correspondence also documents the obscure tragedies of two devoted, hardworking brothers who experienced the worst luck.

The sons of a Universalist minister in Marietta, Pa., the Grosh brothers arrived by ship in San Francisco in 1849 to find a tent city "growing like a mushroom," full of grog shops and gamblers.

But they faced problems from the start in the West, suffering from dysentery soon after arriving, and both were ill off and on until the end eight years later. Like most 19th century prospectors, they endured hardship and continual setbacks and never struck it rich.

"We have done very - very - bad this winter. Bad luck is at our fingers' end. ... The gold seems to vanish - it's not 'thar,' " Ethan Grosh wrote in 1855.

A year later the brothers expressed more optimism.

"By February we will probably have either our certain fortune, or make a complete failure. Things look very bright & promising," they wrote.

But just when their hopes were highest, Hosea Grosh died in September 1857 of an infection after striking his foot with a pick near present-day Virginia City. That winter, his brother died near Auburn, (Placer County) of complications of frostbite after being caught in a Sierra Nevada snowstorm. Hosea Grosh was 31 and his brother 33.

"The universe conspires, doesn't it? It really has little regard for us people," said Grosh descendant Charles Wegman of Haskell, N.J. "Sometimes the roll of the dice doesn't roll in your favor."

Wegman, 47, a great-great-great grandson of the Groshes' brother, Warren, stunned historians by disclosing the letters' existence in 1997. In April, the Nevada Historical Society celebrated the end of a 10-year fundraising effort to purchase them, paying $210,000.

Kenneth Owens, a professor emeritus of history at California State University Sacramento, said it's extremely rare for historical documents to turn up after such a long time.

"I can't think of a collection of letters from the Gold Rush era that large and detailed," he said. "They are really exceptional."

The letters survived two structure fires a century apart in the East. While they were protected in metal boxes, the heat singed portions of most letters and destroyed a few lines in some.

The poignant letters about the brothers' deaths read like a Hollywood script, Holabird said.

"I take up my pen with a heavy heart, for I have sad news to send you," Ethan Grosh wrote to his father, A.B. Grosh, in a Sept. 7, 1857, letter. "God has seen fit in his perfect wisdom & goodness to call Hosea, the patient, the good, the gentle to join his Mother in another & a better world.

Tragically, just two months later, Ethan Grosh would be dead after he and a companion, Maurice Bucke, spent about two weeks trapped in the snowbound Sierra.

Buried in the snow
In a letter from Last Chance, (Placer County) that is also part of the collection, Bucke wrote of their ordeal, saying they buried themselves in snow to keep from freezing.

"I said to Allen that we might as well lay there until we died, but he said that as long as he could crawl he would not give up. ... On the 10th (Dec. 10, 1857) the miners from Last Chance came up and hauled us down on sleighs to this place. ... (The doctor) did not get here until the 19th it was then too late poor Allen died a little while after he got here."

Historians believe the Grosh brothers struck silver on a branch of the Comstock Lode, though their deaths prevented them from cashing in. Their find was a precursor of other discoveries that led to the main lode in 1859, said Guy Rocha, Nevada's state archivist.

'More than gold'
"Their discovery suggested that perhaps there was even more mineral riches than anyone had thought in the area," Rocha said. "They alerted other miners that there was more than gold in the area."

The Comstock Lode has yielded 9 million ounces of gold and 220 million ounces of silver, worth about $12 billion at today's prices.

The wealth it generated went to help finance the Union cause during the Civil War and to build San Francisco. It also led to Nevada's statehood in 1864.

A detail in the report of Hosea Grosh's final days gives the correspondence another kind of historical significance.

The letter mentions the treatment of his infected foot with a "cow-dung poultice" - a compress using fresh manure that some doctors then thought would draw out poisons from a wound. The poultice represents the first known treatment by a doctor in Nevada, said Dr. Anton Sohn, founder of the history of medicine program at the University of Nevada Medical School.

"That episode alone was an incredible addition to our knowledge of how people were treated back then," Sohn said, noting that bacteria's role in disease was still unknown. "My guess is the original infection is what killed him, but we'll never know for sure."

Eric Moody, curator of manuscripts for the Nevada Historical Society, praised Wegman for selling the letters at below their 1998 appraised value of $228,000.

Wegman said he could have offered the letters to the collections at Eastern universities, but he wanted them to go "home" to an institution that would make them more accessible to scholars. The Nevada Historical Society plans to publish them.

"This is my family's legacy," said Wegman, a graphic artist for a label printer. "These brothers worked so hard for so little return and to end up in such a Greek tragedy, it's just absolutely amazing to me."

from
Brothers' letters a mother lode of Gold Rush life
Martin Griffith, Associated Press
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, June 15, 2008.

Hosea Ballou Grosh was born on 23 August 1826 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died on 2 September 1857, at age 31, in Gold Canyon, near Silver City, Lyon County, Nevada. He was buried in Silver City Cemetery. Silver City, Lyon County, Nevada.

Hosea Ballou Grosh was a Gold Miner and silver. San Francisco Call, Volume 80, Number 77, 16 August 1896

Ethan Allen Grosh born 1824 and Hosea Ballou Grosh born 1826, who are the discovers of the Comstock Silver Lode...

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960816.2.157#. Hosea B. Grosh

Birth: Aug. 23, 1826
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Sep. 2, 1857
Silver City
Lyon County
Nevada, USA

Hosea B. Grosh
Second son of Rev. A.B. Grosh of Marietta PA. He died in Gold Canyon (near Silver City) of blood poisoning from a foot wound on Sept. 2nd 1857 at the age of 31.
He was the first person to be buried in the Silver City Cemetery.

Burial:
Silver City Cemetery
Silver City
Lyon County
Nevada, USA
Plot: Grave #1

Created by: Herbert Rickards
Record added: Mar 19, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13676917.

Warren Rinehart Grosh was born in 1834 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died.

Emma Margaret Grosh was born in 1829 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died.

Mary Letitia Grosh was born on 23 July 1830 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died on 8 April 1861, at age 30, in Oswego, Oswego County, New York. She was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Unica, Oneida County, New York.

Her married name was Mary Letitia Williams. Mary Letitia Grosh Williams

Birth: Jul. 23, 1830
Marietta
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Apr. 8, 1861
Oswego
Oswego County
New York, USA

She was the wife of Cyrus C. Williams and the daughter of Rev. Aaron Bort and Hannah Rinehart Grosh.


Family links:
Parents:
Aaron B Grosh (1803 - 1884)

Burial:
Forest Hill Cemetery
Utica
Oneida County
New York, USA


Created by: Lochsa
Record added: Oct 04, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 21956893.

Malvina French Grosh was born in 1832 in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died.

Philip *ANCI Bushong was born in 1768 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died.

*ANCI Indicates an interest in additional research for ancestors of this individual.

*haven't proven Bushong parents...

Philip Bushong, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
name: Philip Bushong
gender: Male
event: Christening
event date: 20 May 1768
event place: FIRST REFORMED CHURCH,LANCASTER,LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA
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indexing project (batch) number: C51142-1
system origin: Pennsylvania-ODM
source film number: 1035732. Philip *ANCI Bushong was christened on 20 May 1768 in First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Harry Clifford Kreisle was born on 29 January 1901. He and Gertrude Bushong were married. He died on 2 September 1986, at age 85. He was buried in Sadsbury Friends Burial Ground, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Stone photo present - beside Gertrude

Harry Clifford Kreisle

Birth: Jan. 29, 1901
Death: Sep. 2, 1986


Family links:
Spouse:
Gertrude Bushong Kreisle (1909 - 1971)

Burial:
Sadsbury Friends Burial Ground
Christiana
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Janice
Record added: Sep 21, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 117435888.