PVT John Brubeck

courtesy of McCrea-Brady

PVT John Brubeck was born 15 May 1833 in Augusta County, Virginia. He was the 3rd of 8 children born to John and Elizabeth (Snyder) Brubeck.  His father farmed 132 acres valued at $1848 in 1850 with 4 horses, 5 cows and 11 hogs. Young John undoubtedly worked the farm with his father. He married Frances Rebecca Rusmiselle on 17 Dec 1857. The couple farmed on a small 60-acre farm on Smoke Run (now Smoky Row Creek), just west of Staunton, Virginia, and had their first child in March 1859 and a second in 1861.

John enlisted in the "Southern Guard" under the command of CPT H. J. Williams on 17 Apr 1861. He was with the unit when it was mustered into Confederate States service as D Company 5th Virginia Infantry on 1 Jun 1861 and at the battles of Falling Waters, First Manassas, First Kernstown, McDowell, Front Royal, First Winchester, and, finally, at Port Republic where PVT Brubeck was one of nine men killed in action on 9 Jun 1862.

PVT Brubeck was buried at Mount Tabor Luthern Church Cemetery at Middlebrook, Virginia. 

John's wife Frances died of diptheria less than one month after John's death and the two children were apparently raised by their maternal grandmother and other relatives. The couple have many descendants living today.

John's brothers David Franklin Brubeck and James Louis Brubeck also served as PVTs in D Company  and Adam Snyder Brubeck also served as a PVT in D Company 25th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.

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