Jehu Grubb served in the War of 1812, was a justice of the peace, served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1828 and 1832, and in 1852 donated land for the Whitehall School.
18 Facts About Jehu Grubb
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Jehu Grubb was often called John in various documents, and seems to have used both names himself.
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Jehu Grubb's stepson built the beautiful and historic Jacob H Bair House on what been a corner of Grubb's farm.
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Jehu Grubb was born to Curtis, a widower not yet married to his third wife, apparently by his housekeeper and cousin Hannah Bellarby Grubb.
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Jehu Grubb was left 50 pounds annually for his support and education, showing his connection to the family.
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Ironically, although Curtis Grubb fathered six "legitimate" children, all but one died without issue; his only documented modern descendants carrying the Grubb surname are through Jehu.
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Jehu Grubb was a man who overcame a difficult beginning, as the unacknowledged son of a prominent Pennsylvania ironmaster, but became an early settler and respected leading citizen of Stark County, Ohio.
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Jehu Grubb served in the War of 1812, as a justice of the peace, and twice in the Ohio House of Representatives.
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Jehu Grubb was married three times and twice widowed, with eleven children of his own and an unknown number of stepchildren.
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In 1803 Jehu Grubb was on the tax rolls as a married landowner in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was a hackle maker and farmer, having purchased 45 acres of land from Henry Schultz.
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Jehu Grubb's wife was probably a daughter of John Swiggart of Lancaster, and one of the sons was named Curtis, after Jehu's father.
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In Ohio, Jehu Grubb first purchased a quarter section of patent land in Richland County, and another in what is Summit County near Canal Fulton.
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On October 8,1815, Jehu Grubb married Elizabeth Reber, apparently a widow with children.
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Jehu Grubb's parentage is unclear, as different documents give her surname as Reber and Sorrick; families with both names lived in the area.
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Jehu Grubb was already a mother of seven children, and she bore Grubb three more.
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When Jehu Grubb donated the land for the school, he stipulated that there was to be "no preaching, except Dunkards and Lutherans" which, of course, were primarily German faiths.
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Jehu Grubb died on December 10,1854, at the age of 73 and is buried at St Jacob's cemetery on State Street in North Canton.
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Jehu Grubb is credited with much of the information known about Jehu, as a result of claims she filed for benefits due her from his service in the War of 1812.