Samuel enlisted in Company B, First West Virginia Cavalry, was elected First Lieutenant, and served three years. He was afterwards promoted to the position of Captain, and among other engagements he was in the second battle of Bull Run and the battles of Gettysburg and Winchester. He returned from the war February 25, 1865.852

According to military records obtained by Lanny Grim, Samuel was a sergeant until after Gettysburg and was promoted in August 1863 to 1st Lt. His records show no record of any further promotion, which leads Lanny to think that the Captain rank was a Brevet rank.856

1880 Census, Richhill Twp., Greene Co., PA, p. 341:
Grim, Samuel, 43, farmer
Liddie J., 36, wife
Francis S., 14, son
Rasalia M., 12, daughter
Robert L., 9, son
Henry W. B., 7, son
Edna B., 3, daughter

1900 Census, Richhill Twp., Greene Co., PA, p. 189:
Grim, Samuel, b. Mar 1837, 63, married 36 yrs., b. PA, parents b. PA, farmer
Lydia J., wife, b. Dec. 1843, 56, married 36 yrs, 8 children, 8 survive
Robert L., son, b. Aug. 1871, 28, b. PA, farmer
Edna B., daughter, b. Oct. 1876, 23, at school
James B., son, b. Jun 1882, 18, farmer
Lori L., daughter, June 1884, 15
Francis L., daughter, b. June 1886, 13


Obituary, Waynesburg Republican (Waynesburg, PA), Thursday, December 19, 1901849

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL GRIM
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A Member of the Board of County Commissioners Suddenly Passes Away.

Our community was shocked and saddened on last Friday morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Captain Samuel Grim, one of the board of Greene County Commissioners, which occurred at his home in the sheriff’s residence, about 9:30 o’clock, from heart failure.

He had been in rather declining health for several months past, but was able to go about and attend to business. On the afternoon before his death he had intended driving to Jacksonville and had his team hitched up ready to start when he was suddenly taken ill with something like cramp, or cholera morbus. Doctor Milliken was called and administered some medicine and he grew better, so that he was able to go about during the evening and made arrangements to leave upon his intended trip the next morning.

During Thursday night he was again taken with severe pain in the stomach and Doctor Milliken was summoned. He administered an opiate to relieve his suffering and the patient shortly fell into sleep. He was breathing naturally and as he had been subject to these attacks and had received treatment frequently for them, before, no alarm was felt on the part of physician or family. After the other members of the family arose Friday morning he was noticed to be sleeping and was allowed to remain undisturbed.

About nine o’clock, however, his son approached his bedside and attempted to awaken him and found he was unable to do so. He hurriedly summoned a physician and Doctor Ullom being near, responded. Life was fast ebbing away, however, and he died about the time the physician arrived.

Captain Grim was born in Richhill township, this county, March 24, 1837, and was a son of Armstrong and Mary A. Scott Grim who were also natives of this county. He was reared on a farm and was a student to Waynesburg College when the civil war broke out. Being imbued with the patriotic spirit of many young men of his time he enlisted in Co B, First Virginia Cavalry, in August 1861, and was elected first lieutenant of his company. He proved a brave and gallant officer, his regiment taking part in some of the hardest service of the war. He was with his company in the second battle of Bull Run, at Gettysburg and served under General Sheridan throughout the Shenandoah Valley campaign and was in the famous Hunter’s raid to Lynchburg. Lieutenant Grim was placed in command of two hundred men at Lexington, Va., who were detailed to cross over the mountains and burn a railroad bridge on James river, between Lynchburg and Richmond. The expedition was a most hazardous one, requiring the men to be in their saddles almost constantly during three days and three nights. At one time the men rode through a camp of rebel troops at night, capturing the picket without arousing the enemy.

At the end of his three years service he re-enlisted and served until March 1865, during which time he was promoted to a captaincy.

After the close of the war he engaged in mercantile business at West Finley, Washington county, in which he remained nine years. As a business man he was successful and well liked. Upon retiring from the store he purchased a farm near Jacksonville, this county, containing 216 acres, where he resided until elected to the office of County Commissioner, two years ago. He was in his sixty-fifth year and throughout his life was a man who was esteemed and loved by his friends and associates. Combined with firmness and uprightness of character, he maintained an untarnished reputation for integrity and fair dealing, having always the fullest confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances. He was a good citizen for any community, and while a man of positive opinions yet those opinions were always expressed on the side of right. His loss will be severely felt. In politics, he was a staunch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and in 1899 was nominated by his party for the office of county commissioner, being elected at the succeeding general election. As an officer, he was capable and honest in the discharge of all his duties and filled the position both with credit to himself and the party which chose him. The vacancy upon the board, resulting from his death, causes deep regret and sorrow among his associates in the office and citizens, generally.

Captain Grim was united in marriage February 14, 1864, to Lydia J., daughter of A. J. And Eliza Goodwin. The wife and all of their children, eight in number, are surviving. The latter are County Attorney Sherman F. Grim, Mrs. Ella Mincer, Robert L. Beecher, Edna Blanche, Blaine, Loie Logan and Frances Lydia. Captain Grim’s death was the first to occur in a family of nine brothers and sisters, the surviving ones being: Mrs. Louisa Gillogly, of Jackson township; Mrs. Margaret Nelson, of Leighton, Ia; Mrs. Henrietta McCracken and Dr. W. L. Grim, of Washington, Pa., Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Richhill township; Mrs. Catharine Riggs, Leighton, Ia.; J. T. Grim West Alexander, and Hamilton Grim, Houstonville, Pa.

The funeral was held from the new Disciple church on Monday at 1:30 p.m. A large number of people attended, and the services conducted by Elder Campbell Jobes, assisted by Dr. J. M. Mealy, were very touching and impressive. Most beautiful floral offerings were placed about the casket, a notable one being a large floral knapsack bearing upon it the name of his company and regiment, in floral letters. At the close of the services the casket, covered by a large flag, was lifted upon the shoulders of six comrades, members of McCullough G. A. R. Post and borne to the bearse, the pall-bearers being: J. P. Allum, Joseph Yoders, Dennis Saunders, J. B. Rinehart, David Buchanan and William Gibbons. The Post attended the funeral in a body. The remains were laid to rest in Green Mount cemetery.

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