Georg Jacob GIMLICH (GEMLICH)
Biography

The pioneer ancestor of the family was Jacob Gimlich, grandfather of David J. Gimlich, who was a native of Weisenheim, Bavaria, Germany, where he was the possessor of an excellent fruit farm, being one of the prosperous fruit growers and wine manufacturers of that section. His republican sentiments caused him to join the movement which unsuccessfully sought to establish a change of government in 1848, and as a result he was forced to flee from his native land. Emigrating to the United States the same year, accompanied by his wife and six children, he settled at Albany, New York, where he engaged in the fruit business.

In the year 1860 he removed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and early in 1861 he enlisted in the Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was among the first to arrive at the scene of conflict and took part in the battle of Yorktown. He served until his honorable discharge on account of physical disability. He then returned to Pittsfield, but died shortly afterward from the effects of disease contracted during his service in the army.

His wife was a widow prior to their marriage, with one son, David Greiber, who served as a sergeant in the Civil War, and contracted a fatal illness. By his manly courage and strict attention to duty he had gained the friendship of General Bartlett, and his funeral was a notable event in Pittsfield, it occurring during the progress of the war. Jacob and Marie Gimlich were the parents of ten children, namely: Jacob, of whom further; Dorothy, who became the wife of Lyre, of New York; Sophia, resided in New York City ; Katherine, widow of Frederick Andler, late of Pittsfield ; George ; Rachel, who became the wife of John White; Christina, widow of Leonard Kenyon ; Julia, who became the wife of - Roehm ; Charlotte, who became the wife of Frederick Thompson ; Mary, who became the wife of Charles Roathouse, and is now deceased. The mother of these children is living at the present time (1916).

American Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; (Volume 5)
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