Biographical Sketch of Garrett B. Shubert, Camden County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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G. B. Shubert, collector of internal revenue for Camden county, Mo., is
a native of Philadelphia, Penn., born March 11, 1829, and is the son of
George and Eliza (Beckhorn) Shubert, both natives of Philadelphia, 
Penn.  His great-great-grandfather was in winter quarters at Valley
Forge with Washington, and his wife walked and carried her husband's
clothing a distance of ninety miles.  The Shuberts are of an old Phila-
delphia family.  The paternal grandfather was a shoemaker by trade, as
was also the maternal grandfather, both of whom died in the "City of
Brotherly Love."  George Shubert was a carpenter and ship joiner, which
trade he learned in Philadelphia, and which he carried on in that city
until 1833, when he immigrated with his family to Portsmouth, Ohio, 
where he still continued his trade.  He was delegate to the convention
that nominated William H. Harrison to the presidency of the United
States, and died before he got to vote.  He lies buried in Portsmouth.
The mother then went back to Philadelphia, where she died in 1880. They
were the parents of five children, three now living: Garrett B., Henry
and Georgiana, wife of Harvey Gillett, of Hastings, Minn.  Garrett B.
Shubert was quite small when he went to Ohio with his parents, and he
remained there until the death of his father, when he went with his
mother back to Philadelphia, where he remained until fourteen years of
age.  He then followed the sea for about eight years, sailing princip-
ally to South America and Europe.  He made one voyage around Cape Horn,
in 1849, to California, where he remained a little over one year, being
engaged in mining on Yuba and Feather Rivers.  He returned to Boston,
Mass., in 1851, made several voyages to Europe, and in 1855 gave up the
sea and went on the Mississippi River.  He began as a deck hand, and 
was promoted to several higher positions before he gave it up, which he
did after being on the river about two years.  On May 7, 1857, he land-
ed at Linn Creek, and accepted a position with Gov. McClurg as mate of
his steamships and captain of his flat boats.  He was constantly 
employed by the year until the war broke out, when in June, 1861, he
enlisted in the Home Guards, and afterward, while trying to organize a
company, was captured by the rebels and carried to Fort Smith, where he
was kept under provost guard.  He was retained about three months, and
then made his escape and came home, where the second day after his 
arrival he enlisted in the Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and was
quartermaster sergeant.  About a year later he was made quartermaster,
which position he held until February, 1865, when he was transferred to
the Fourteenth Missouri Veteran Cavalry, holding the same position.  He
was discharged November 1, 1865.  He participated in a great many hard
skirmishes, but never received a wound.  At the close of the war he 
came back to Linn Creek, and has since been engaged in farming, etc. 
Previous to the war, in 1857, he married Miss Bridget Foy, a native of
New York, but who was reared in Louisiana.  To this marriage were born
six children: Charles, Henry; Eliza, wife of J. W. McIntire; Edward F.,
editor of the People's Tribune; Mary F., wife of Sherman Agee; and 
George.  In 1871 Mr. Shubert was elected probate judge to fill an un-
expired term.  In 1878 he was elected probate judge and president of 
the county court, holding the position four years.  In 1882 he was 
re-elected probate judge, which position he held until 1887.  In 1884 
he was elected county collector, and re-elected in 1886-88, this making
his third term for county collector.  He has been deputy clerk for both
courts, and also deputy sheriff for a number of years.  Judge Shubert
is one of the most prominent citizens of Camden County, and has made a
host of friends.  He is a member of the G. A. R., and is the owner of
240 acres of land, with about fifty acres under cultivation and well
improved.

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