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Grubb, Harry K. (b. 1866)
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Men of West Virginia, Volume II
Biographical Publishing Company
George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois, 1903

Pages 668-669

HARRY K. GRUBB, one of the prominent citizens of Parsons, Tucker
County, West Virginia, president of the Electric Light & Powder
Company of this city, and manager at Parsons for the firm of J. K.
Mosser & Company, was born in 1866, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and is a son of Albert and Sarah J. (Grim) Grubb, the former of
whom was born in Montgomery County and the latter in Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania.

Albert Grubb was born in 1834 and died in 1892, aged 68 years. For
many years he was a resident of Philadelphia and for 40 years he
kept a hotel in that city. For a long period he served as a school
director there. In politics he was a Democrat. In religion he was a
member of the German Reformed Church. Fraternally he was a Mason.
His wife died in 1876, aged 32 years. The two children of this
marriage were our subject and his sister, Annie J., wife of Howard
Naisby, chief bookkeeper for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company, at Philadelphia.

Harry K. Grubb was well educated in the schools of Philadelphia,
and then went to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and entered into the
employ of J. K. Mosser & Company, with which great house he has
continued and is now holding the responsible position of manager at
Parsons. While at Williamsport he took an active interest in city
affairs and served as one of the school directors, and was a member
of the City Council. Since locating in Parsons, he has been
identified with the city's interests, and in 1902 served to the
public's satisfaction as mayor of the city. In politics Mr. Grubb
is a Republican. He is largely interested in many of the important
industries of his section of the State, is president of the
Electric Light & Power Company, of Parsons, is a stockholder and
director in the Tucker County Bank, of Parsons, and owns stock in
many established enterprises. In 1888, Mr. Grubb was united in
marriage, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, with Annie J. Frey. One
son, Joseph K., has been born to this union. Mrs. Grubb is a member
of the Baptist Church, while Mr. Grubb belongs to the German
Reformed. Fraternally he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. Mr.
Grubb is one of the progressive and enterprising young business men
for which this age is noted.

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