BIO:  REV. JACOB LUTHER GRIMM, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 629-631
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    REV. JACOB LUTHER GRIMM, pastor of the U. B. Church at New Cumberland,
  comes of German ancestry, and the founder of the family in America, the first
  one to cross the Atlantic, was Jacob Grimm, who settled in Washington county,
  Md. He was a relative to the Grimms of Germany who were distinguished for
  their literary work.
    
    The grandfather of Rev. Mr. Grimm died in Washington county, Md., and there
  Joseph Samuel Grimm, his father, was born. His education was the best afforded
  in the local schools of the time, and he was reared on his father's farm and
  also learned the trade of carpenter. It was while working at the carpenter's
  bench, as we have reason to believe his Master once did, that he felt the
  call that led him finally to adopt the ministry, and he not only preached the
  Word
    
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  until his death, but left behind him sons to carry on the work the weight of
  years made him lay down. He passed away in 1892.
    
    The mother of Rev. Mr. Grimm was Sarah Huffer, a native of Washington
  county, also daughter of Jacob Huffer, a farmer, and she died in January,
  1904, the beloved mother of children as follows: Rev. William O., who is,
  deceased; Rev. John Wesley, a minister of the U. B. Church, of Spring Grove,
  York county, a member of the Pennsylvania Conference; Martha A., Mrs. Simon
  Gloss, of Salina, Kans.; Rev. Jacob L.; Sophia, widow of Mahlon Smith, of
  Washington county, Md.; Amanda, Mrs. Hiram J. Smith, of Hagerstown, Md.;
  Sarah, widow of Albert Smith, of Washington county; Elizabeth, a school
  teacher in Washington county; Emma, also a school teacher in Washington
  county; Joseph, of Rohrersville, Md.; Harmon L., a farmer of Rohrersville,
  Md.; and Irwin Randolph, a farmer of Washington county. Three members of this
  family have devoted their lives to the ministry of the U. B. Church, a
  commentary of meaning on their home training.
    
    Rev. Jacob L. Grimm was born Nov. 27, 1842, at Rohrersville, Washington
  county, Md., and attended the common schools and the Rohrersville Academy. He
  taught school for six years, beginning at the age of seventeen, during the
  summer seasons completing his academic course. His study of theology was
  pursued along with his duties of teaching, and thus, by close application, he
  completed the four-year course. In 1866 he was licensed to preach, and was
  ordained in 1870, at the annual conference session at Mill Creek, Pa., by
  Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner. His first charge was the Hagerstown circuit, and
  his second, the Boonsboro (Md.) circuit, and he was subsequently at
  Hagerstown; Frederick, Md.; back to Boonsboro; Baltimore, Salem Church; 
  Baltimore, Scott Street Church; and Baltimore, Otterbein Memorial Church, 
  where he erected a church and parsonage.
    
    Rev. Mr. Grimm was then elected presiding elder and served in this capacity
  for five years, finally returning to the Baltimore district and in 1902 coming
  to New Cumberland as pastor of Trinity Church. His work here has been of a
  character to develop his church both materially and spiritually. His worth
  and work are appreciated by a large and intelligent congregation, and by the
  citizens of other religious bodies who are capable of understanding the aims
  and aspirations of a clergyman so earnest and so faithful as Rev. Mr. Grimm.
    
    While always a man of peace, this learned man went out in defense of his
  State in 1864, enlisting for the 100-day service in Company B, 11th Maryland
  Volunteer Infantry. He took part in the battle of Monocacy, when the forces
  under Gen. Lew Wallace defeated Gen. Early. On Sept. 7, 1899, he was elected
  chaplain of the G. A. R. at Philadelphia, and served one year. He is an
  interested member of that organization.
    
    In Chewsville, Washington county, Md., Rev. Mr. Grimm was married, in 1870,
  to Miss Mary E. Harp, of that place, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Kline) Harp,
  farming people. The mother survived until February, 1904, dying in her
  ninety-fourth year. The children of Rev. and Mrs. Grimm are three in number,
  namely: Virginia, who married A. F. Kottcamp, of York, Pa.; Odo R., who
  married Dr. H. C. Algire, of Baltimore, Md.; and Elsie May, who married
  Warren H. Baldwin, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
    
    Rev. Mr. Grimm is one of the prominent members of his great church, and he
  is eminently fitted for the work that is his at
    
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  Trinity. His intellectual gifts only equal his spiritual influence, and such
  a man can not help exerting a powerful influence for morality in any
  neighborhood. All who come into contact with him are not only impressed with
  a sense of his intellectual vigor, but are drawn by the kindly, genial manner
  with which nature has endowed him.