John Grubb (Delaware Settler) - Notable Descendants

Notable Descendants

• Nathaniel Grubb (c1693 - 1760) represented Chester County in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from 1749 to 1758.
• Peter Grubb (c1702–1754), the founder of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, discovered Cornwall Iron Mines and built Cornwall Iron Furnace, one of the largest ironworks in Colonial Pennsylvania, now a designated National Historic Landmark.
• Curtis Grubb (c1730 - 1789) was two-thirds owner of the Cornwall Iron Furnace and colonel of the 2nd Lancaster Battalion during the American Revolution.
• Peter Grubb, Jr. (1740–1786) was one-third owner of the Cornwall Iron Furnace and colonel of the 8th Lancaster Battalion during the American Revolution.
• William Grubb Jr (1740 - c1810) was an early settler in Charles Town, West Virginia who during the Revolution supplied over 100 barrels of whisky per month to his neighbor, George Washington.
• Henry Bates Grubb (1774–1823) founded the Grubb family's Mount Hope iron empire, which became one of the largest Pennsylvania iron producers in the mid-19th century.
• Jehu Grubb (c1781 - 1854) was an early settler and Justice of the Peace in Stark County, Ohio, a War of 1812 veteran who served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1828 and 1832.
• Thomas Grubb McCullough (1785–1848) represented Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress from 1831 to 1835.
• Dr. Curtis Grubb Hussey (1802–1893) was a Pittsburgh industrialist who built the first Lake Superior copper mill and developed the process for making crucible cast steel.
• Samuel P. Heintzelman (1805–1880) was a Civil War General who commanded the 3rd Corps during the Peninsula Campaign.
• Charles Gilpin (1809–1891) was Mayor of Philadelphia from 1850 to 1853.
• John G. Parke (1827–1900) was a Civil War General and later Superintendent of West Point.
• Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. (1841–1913) was a Civil War General, a candidate for Governor, and later Ambassador to Spain. After the war he joined the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty as President of the Lebanon Valley Furnace Company.
• Ignatius Cooper Grubb (1841–1927) was a political activist who became a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
• William Irwin Grubb (1862–1935) was a Federal District Judge in Birmingham, Alabama who was appointed by President Hoover to the Wickersham Commission.
• George Grey Barnard (1863–1938) was a noted sculptor who founded the Cloisters collection that is now a part of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• J. Hunter Grubb (1870–1930) was President of the DuPont Chemical Corporation.
• Stuart Heintzelman (1876–1935) was a career Army officer who was promoted to Major General in 1931.
• Roland Grubb Kent (1877–1952) was a noted classics professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
• J. Grubb Alexander (1887–1932) was a prolific screenwriter who wrote over ninety films during the silent screen era.
• Edward Burd Grubb III (1893–1973) was President of the New York Curb Exchange during the critical period after the creation of the SEC.
• Warner Norton Grubb (1900–1947) was a Navy Commodore during W.W.II.
• Margaret Louise Grubb (1907–1963) was the first wife of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.
• Stanley Keller Grubb (1907–1990), better known as Stan Keller, was a well-known musician and big-band leader in the 1940s.
• Curtis Grubb Culin (1915–1963) was awarded the Legion of Merit for inventing the "Rhino Tank" used at Normandy during W.W. II.
• Floyd Dale Grubb (born 1949) is the Democratic Caucus Leader in the Indiana State Assembly.