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Below is a family biography included in The History of Camden County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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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 Philadelphia 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 principally 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 landed 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 made 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 unexpired 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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This family biography is one of 46 biographies included in The History of Camden County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Camden County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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