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Disability and Obituary of Peter Chubb of Matamoras
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on September 23, 2018
Peter Chubb died on 29 August 1913. He is buried at the Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. There is a G.A.R. Star-Flag Holder at his grave site and it was previously noted on this blog that he was a Civil War veteran. See: Halifax Area Civil War List.
The obituary of Peter Chubb appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 30 Aug 1913:
PETER CHUBB
Matamoras — Peter Chubb, 75 years old, who had been confined to his room at the home of his brother, H N. Chubb Sr., for several weeks, died yesterday morning. Mr. Chubb was the oldest citizen of Matamoras, and practically spent his entire life in this immediate vicinity. He served as a volunteer soldier during the Civil War. Mr. Chubb was never married and always made his home with his brother Henry. He was a blacksmith by trade and worked in his brother’s shop.
Peter Chubb‘s Civil War service is summarized on his Veterans’ File Card found at the Pennsylvania Archives:
On 11 August 1863, he was mustered into Company I as a a Private in the 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Other than his age, which was 25 at the time, no personal information about him in on the card. His discharge occurred on 2 March 1964 and was due to receipt of a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability. It should be noted here that while the 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry was at Gettysburg, Peter Chubb entered the service after the battle and therefore his name does not appear on a tablet on the Pennsylvania Memorial.
The Pension Index Card from Fold3 summarizes his pension history:
The pension application was made early, on 28 June 1964, less than 3 months following his discharge. Since he received the pension early, as noted by the low certificate number, the disability was likely connected to the reasons for his discharge. The death date of 29 August 1913, and location of Powl’s Valley is also indicated in the card.
The value of the actual pension application papers in determining the reason for the awarding of the pension is evident in this case. It can be generally assumed that early-granted pensions were the result of wounds received in battle. However, in his own words, Peter Chubb gives the nature of the claimed disability – a disease! From the application:
In the year 1863, while serving in the U.S. Army, while at Warrington Junction, Virginia, I believe that said disease originated from general exposure and hardship while in the army. As I never was afflicted with diseases of heart and dropsy after having been exposed to all kinds of weather in the army.
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News clipping is from Newspapers.com.
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