John "Jack" was the son of John Grigg (D: 1869) and Jane Lancaster (B: Pennsylvania; D: 1857) (Provided by B. Anderson).
Jack was a Private with Troop E of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in Spanish American War. Troop E participated in the Battle of Las Guasimas, the Battle of the San Juan Heights, and the Siege of Santiago de Cuba. Many of the soldiers incurred problems from Yellow Fever that followed them throughout their lives.
On 1 Nov 1900, Jack married Henrietta Wallace in San Antonio, Texas.
On 23 Aug 1928, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York City) was admitted to the Mountain Branch Soldier Home in Johnson City, Tennessee. His ailments were recorded as high blood pressure, mitral regurgitation, positive Romberg (vitamin deficiencies), a tendency to fall, and duphytreris (?) contraction. He was discharged on 7 Aug 1929. He was re-admitted 18 Nov 1929 and discharged on 9 May 1930. On 26 May 1930, he was admitted to the Western Branch Soldier Home in Leavenworth, Kansas with no discharge date recorded. He was recorded as enlisting on 16 May 1898 in San Antonio, Texas with Troop E of the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry and mustering out of service as a Private on 15 Sep 1898 at Camp Wikoff, Long Island. He was described as married, 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, literate, Protestant, a merchant, and a resident of Miami, Florida. His wife was recorded as Mrs. Henrietta Grigg of 28 West Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida; Arkansas for the Kansas admittance (Soldier Home Medical Files).
In Apr 1930, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York) was in the Johnson City, Tennessee Sanitorium [Soldier Home]. He was recorded as a veteran of the Spanish American War (1930 Census).
Jack was a Private with Troop E of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in Spanish American War. Troop E participated in the Battle of Las Guasimas, the Battle of the San Juan Heights, and the Siege of Santiago de Cuba. Many of the soldiers incurred problems from Yellow Fever that followed them throughout their lives.
On 1 Nov 1900, Jack married Henrietta Wallace in San Antonio, Texas.
On 23 Aug 1928, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York City) was admitted to the Mountain Branch Soldier Home in Johnson City, Tennessee. His ailments were recorded as high blood pressure, mitral regurgitation, positive Romberg (vitamin deficiencies), a tendency to fall, and duphytreris (?) contraction. He was discharged on 7 Aug 1929. He was re-admitted 18 Nov 1929 and discharged on 9 May 1930. On 26 May 1930, he was admitted to the Western Branch Soldier Home in Leavenworth, Kansas with no discharge date recorded. He was recorded as enlisting on 16 May 1898 in San Antonio, Texas with Troop E of the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry and mustering out of service as a Private on 15 Sep 1898 at Camp Wikoff, Long Island. He was described as married, 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, literate, Protestant, a merchant, and a resident of Miami, Florida. His wife was recorded as Mrs. Henrietta Grigg of 28 West Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida; Arkansas for the Kansas admittance (Soldier Home Medical Files).
In Apr 1930, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York) was in the Johnson City, Tennessee Sanitorium [Soldier Home]. He was recorded as a veteran of the Spanish American War (1930 Census).
John "Jack" was the son of John Grigg (D: 1869) and Jane Lancaster (B: Pennsylvania; D: 1857) (Provided by B. Anderson).
Jack was a Private with Troop E of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in Spanish American War. Troop E participated in the Battle of Las Guasimas, the Battle of the San Juan Heights, and the Siege of Santiago de Cuba. Many of the soldiers incurred problems from Yellow Fever that followed them throughout their lives.
On 1 Nov 1900, Jack married Henrietta Wallace in San Antonio, Texas.
On 23 Aug 1928, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York City) was admitted to the Mountain Branch Soldier Home in Johnson City, Tennessee. His ailments were recorded as high blood pressure, mitral regurgitation, positive Romberg (vitamin deficiencies), a tendency to fall, and duphytreris (?) contraction. He was discharged on 7 Aug 1929. He was re-admitted 18 Nov 1929 and discharged on 9 May 1930. On 26 May 1930, he was admitted to the Western Branch Soldier Home in Leavenworth, Kansas with no discharge date recorded. He was recorded as enlisting on 16 May 1898 in San Antonio, Texas with Troop E of the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry and mustering out of service as a Private on 15 Sep 1898 at Camp Wikoff, Long Island. He was described as married, 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, literate, Protestant, a merchant, and a resident of Miami, Florida. His wife was recorded as Mrs. Henrietta Grigg of 28 West Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida; Arkansas for the Kansas admittance (Soldier Home Medical Files).
In Apr 1930, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York) was in the Johnson City, Tennessee Sanitorium [Soldier Home]. He was recorded as a veteran of the Spanish American War (1930 Census).
Jack was a Private with Troop E of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in Spanish American War. Troop E participated in the Battle of Las Guasimas, the Battle of the San Juan Heights, and the Siege of Santiago de Cuba. Many of the soldiers incurred problems from Yellow Fever that followed them throughout their lives.
On 1 Nov 1900, Jack married Henrietta Wallace in San Antonio, Texas.
On 23 Aug 1928, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York City) was admitted to the Mountain Branch Soldier Home in Johnson City, Tennessee. His ailments were recorded as high blood pressure, mitral regurgitation, positive Romberg (vitamin deficiencies), a tendency to fall, and duphytreris (?) contraction. He was discharged on 7 Aug 1929. He was re-admitted 18 Nov 1929 and discharged on 9 May 1930. On 26 May 1930, he was admitted to the Western Branch Soldier Home in Leavenworth, Kansas with no discharge date recorded. He was recorded as enlisting on 16 May 1898 in San Antonio, Texas with Troop E of the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry and mustering out of service as a Private on 15 Sep 1898 at Camp Wikoff, Long Island. He was described as married, 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, literate, Protestant, a merchant, and a resident of Miami, Florida. His wife was recorded as Mrs. Henrietta Grigg of 28 West Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida; Arkansas for the Kansas admittance (Soldier Home Medical Files).
In Apr 1930, John G. Grigg (B: ~1857, New York) was in the Johnson City, Tennessee Sanitorium [Soldier Home]. He was recorded as a veteran of the Spanish American War (1930 Census).
Inscription
U.S.VOL.CAV.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
