His death certificate claims he was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, but the 1850 census lists Perry County. He was the son of Lancaster County-born Dr. Benjamin F.Grosh, but his death certificate claims his mother was Isabella Anderson while his obituary (see below) lists Mary Ellen Sheibley. The 1850 census lists "Mary" as his mother. By 1860, he was orphaned and an apparent student living with and/or working for attorney A. B. Anderson in Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted under his correct name but at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia July 16, 1864, mustered into state service there July 26 as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania (Stewart's) Light Artillery Militia Battalion, and discharged to re-enlist on a date that is unreadable in the muster roll.
2. Enlisted - still claiming to be eighteen - and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 24, 1864, as a private with Co. G, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but is in the company register as "Abraham B. Gruch" and in Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers as "Abraham B. Grush." He honorably discharged by general order May 29, 1865. His pension index spells his surname correctly.
He married Mary C. Woodcock and fathered William Blaine (b. 07/08/72, d. 02/16/85) and Samuel L. (b. @1874). Cause of his death is listed as "bulbar paralysis" with "nephritis - chronic" a contributing factor.
Newport News, April 9, 1920
Alexander Grosh, former Prothonotary of Perry County for a dozen years postmaster of New Bloomfield and for a similar period editor of the Perry County Freeman, died at the home of Charles L. Swartz, New Bloomfield Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Mr. Grosh was the son of the late Dr. Benjamin F. and Mary Ellen (Sheibley) Smith. He attended the public schools of this county as well as the New Bloomfield Academy, 'entering Lafayette College at the close of his academic term to take a course in engineering. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Co. E, 1st. Bat. Emergency Men and served 100 days [false! see above]. In 1864 he again enlisted for one year in Company G, 9th Pa. Cal. and participated in the battle of Nashville. In June 1865 [false! see above], he was honorably discharged from the service with the regiment. Mr. Grosh followed the mercantile business in Blain for several years and then turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1879 when Perry County was strongly Democratic Mr. Grosh was elected prothonotary on the Republican ticket and was re-elected in 1882. When he retired from office he assumed the editorship of Perry County's oldest weekly newspaper. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster of New Bloomfield and continued in office for twelve years at the end of which time he retired. One son, Samuel L. Grosh, of Washington D.C. survives, his wife and a younger son having died a number of years ago. Mr. Grosh was a member of the Reformed Church and of New Bloomfield Lodge of Masons. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Swartz residence conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Fox. Burial will be in New Bloomfield Cemetery, the Masonic fraternity conducting services at the grave.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted under his correct name but at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia July 16, 1864, mustered into state service there July 26 as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania (Stewart's) Light Artillery Militia Battalion, and discharged to re-enlist on a date that is unreadable in the muster roll.
2. Enlisted - still claiming to be eighteen - and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 24, 1864, as a private with Co. G, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but is in the company register as "Abraham B. Gruch" and in Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers as "Abraham B. Grush." He honorably discharged by general order May 29, 1865. His pension index spells his surname correctly.
He married Mary C. Woodcock and fathered William Blaine (b. 07/08/72, d. 02/16/85) and Samuel L. (b. @1874). Cause of his death is listed as "bulbar paralysis" with "nephritis - chronic" a contributing factor.
Newport News, April 9, 1920
Alexander Grosh, former Prothonotary of Perry County for a dozen years postmaster of New Bloomfield and for a similar period editor of the Perry County Freeman, died at the home of Charles L. Swartz, New Bloomfield Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Mr. Grosh was the son of the late Dr. Benjamin F. and Mary Ellen (Sheibley) Smith. He attended the public schools of this county as well as the New Bloomfield Academy, 'entering Lafayette College at the close of his academic term to take a course in engineering. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Co. E, 1st. Bat. Emergency Men and served 100 days [false! see above]. In 1864 he again enlisted for one year in Company G, 9th Pa. Cal. and participated in the battle of Nashville. In June 1865 [false! see above], he was honorably discharged from the service with the regiment. Mr. Grosh followed the mercantile business in Blain for several years and then turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1879 when Perry County was strongly Democratic Mr. Grosh was elected prothonotary on the Republican ticket and was re-elected in 1882. When he retired from office he assumed the editorship of Perry County's oldest weekly newspaper. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster of New Bloomfield and continued in office for twelve years at the end of which time he retired. One son, Samuel L. Grosh, of Washington D.C. survives, his wife and a younger son having died a number of years ago. Mr. Grosh was a member of the Reformed Church and of New Bloomfield Lodge of Masons. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Swartz residence conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Fox. Burial will be in New Bloomfield Cemetery, the Masonic fraternity conducting services at the grave.
His death certificate claims he was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, but the 1850 census lists Perry County. He was the son of Lancaster County-born Dr. Benjamin F.Grosh, but his death certificate claims his mother was Isabella Anderson while his obituary (see below) lists Mary Ellen Sheibley. The 1850 census lists "Mary" as his mother. By 1860, he was orphaned and an apparent student living with and/or working for attorney A. B. Anderson in Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted under his correct name but at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia July 16, 1864, mustered into state service there July 26 as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania (Stewart's) Light Artillery Militia Battalion, and discharged to re-enlist on a date that is unreadable in the muster roll.
2. Enlisted - still claiming to be eighteen - and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 24, 1864, as a private with Co. G, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but is in the company register as "Abraham B. Gruch" and in Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers as "Abraham B. Grush." He honorably discharged by general order May 29, 1865. His pension index spells his surname correctly.
He married Mary C. Woodcock and fathered William Blaine (b. 07/08/72, d. 02/16/85) and Samuel L. (b. @1874). Cause of his death is listed as "bulbar paralysis" with "nephritis - chronic" a contributing factor.
Newport News, April 9, 1920
Alexander Grosh, former Prothonotary of Perry County for a dozen years postmaster of New Bloomfield and for a similar period editor of the Perry County Freeman, died at the home of Charles L. Swartz, New Bloomfield Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Mr. Grosh was the son of the late Dr. Benjamin F. and Mary Ellen (Sheibley) Smith. He attended the public schools of this county as well as the New Bloomfield Academy, 'entering Lafayette College at the close of his academic term to take a course in engineering. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Co. E, 1st. Bat. Emergency Men and served 100 days [false! see above]. In 1864 he again enlisted for one year in Company G, 9th Pa. Cal. and participated in the battle of Nashville. In June 1865 [false! see above], he was honorably discharged from the service with the regiment. Mr. Grosh followed the mercantile business in Blain for several years and then turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1879 when Perry County was strongly Democratic Mr. Grosh was elected prothonotary on the Republican ticket and was re-elected in 1882. When he retired from office he assumed the editorship of Perry County's oldest weekly newspaper. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster of New Bloomfield and continued in office for twelve years at the end of which time he retired. One son, Samuel L. Grosh, of Washington D.C. survives, his wife and a younger son having died a number of years ago. Mr. Grosh was a member of the Reformed Church and of New Bloomfield Lodge of Masons. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Swartz residence conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Fox. Burial will be in New Bloomfield Cemetery, the Masonic fraternity conducting services at the grave.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted under his correct name but at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia July 16, 1864, mustered into state service there July 26 as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania (Stewart's) Light Artillery Militia Battalion, and discharged to re-enlist on a date that is unreadable in the muster roll.
2. Enlisted - still claiming to be eighteen - and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 24, 1864, as a private with Co. G, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but is in the company register as "Abraham B. Gruch" and in Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers as "Abraham B. Grush." He honorably discharged by general order May 29, 1865. His pension index spells his surname correctly.
He married Mary C. Woodcock and fathered William Blaine (b. 07/08/72, d. 02/16/85) and Samuel L. (b. @1874). Cause of his death is listed as "bulbar paralysis" with "nephritis - chronic" a contributing factor.
Newport News, April 9, 1920
Alexander Grosh, former Prothonotary of Perry County for a dozen years postmaster of New Bloomfield and for a similar period editor of the Perry County Freeman, died at the home of Charles L. Swartz, New Bloomfield Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Mr. Grosh was the son of the late Dr. Benjamin F. and Mary Ellen (Sheibley) Smith. He attended the public schools of this county as well as the New Bloomfield Academy, 'entering Lafayette College at the close of his academic term to take a course in engineering. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Co. E, 1st. Bat. Emergency Men and served 100 days [false! see above]. In 1864 he again enlisted for one year in Company G, 9th Pa. Cal. and participated in the battle of Nashville. In June 1865 [false! see above], he was honorably discharged from the service with the regiment. Mr. Grosh followed the mercantile business in Blain for several years and then turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1879 when Perry County was strongly Democratic Mr. Grosh was elected prothonotary on the Republican ticket and was re-elected in 1882. When he retired from office he assumed the editorship of Perry County's oldest weekly newspaper. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster of New Bloomfield and continued in office for twelve years at the end of which time he retired. One son, Samuel L. Grosh, of Washington D.C. survives, his wife and a younger son having died a number of years ago. Mr. Grosh was a member of the Reformed Church and of New Bloomfield Lodge of Masons. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Swartz residence conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Fox. Burial will be in New Bloomfield Cemetery, the Masonic fraternity conducting services at the grave.
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