BIO: William GRUBB, M.D., Greencastle, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 214
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WILLIAM GRUBB, M. D.
1798-1885

  William Grubb was born near Greencastle, Pa., the son of Joseph Grubb (1763-
1839) and his wife Jane McClellan (1764-1822), a sister of Dr. John McClellan of 
Greencastle, Pa.

  Dr. Grubb was a student with Dr. McClellan and for some years lived with and 
assisted his uncle in his very extensive practice.  Dr. Grubb practiced in 
Greencastle for more than sixty years and was a highly esteemed and much beloved 
physician.  He never married and was a Republican in politics and a Presbyterian 
by faith.  He died in Greencastle, Pa., February 22, 1885, and his body was 
interred in the cemetery at Mercersburg, Pa.