Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Grubb, William R 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

William R. Grubb, farmer and blacksmith, resident on section 33, Genesee 
Township, was born April 1, 1842, in Lancaster Co., Pa. The sketch of his 
parents, Samuel and Mary (Rowe) Grubb, may be found on other pages. Of two 
sons, which comprise the entire number of children, Mr. Grubb is the younger. 
He attended school in his native county from a suitable age until he was 14, 
when his parents removed to Sterling. There he was engaged in study one year. 
Meanwhile, his father purchased a farm in Genesee Township, to which the 
family removed, and father and sons entered into the work of establishing a 
home, such as was possible on the prairie, that only needed the application of 
the commonest methods of agriculture to respond generously. Mr. Grubb worked 
on the farm summers and went to school winters for some years. He remained 
unmarried until he was 28 years old. Feb. 27, 1870, he formed a matrimonial 
alliance with Eliza A., daughter of C. B. and Jane (Loudon) Peugh, of whom a 
personal account is inserted in this work. Mrs. Grubb was born Oct. 11, 1848, 
in Washington Co., Ind. She was a child of four years when her parents came to 
Illinois and settled in Genesee Township in its days of first things, a 
condition of things fully realized by Mrs. Grubb, as she was one of the oldest 
children. She is the mother of two children: Charles L., born Aug. 11, 1871, 
and Fanny A., Oct. 7, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Grubb settled on 40 acres of land, 
which had been purchased by the former previous to his marriage, and was then 
totally unimproved. He had made it ready for a home, and on removing thither 
pressed the work of improvement. He has purchased an additional tract of 80 
acres, and has improved the entire quantity. Mr. Grubb is a Republican. Mrs. 
Grubb has been a member of the Christian Church since she was 16 years of age.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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