"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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HON. GEORGE W. GRUBBS, attorney, Martinsville, was born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., September 26, 1842. He was the second son of Richard L. and
Louisa (Armstrong) Grubbs. His ancestors came from Pennsylvania. His
Grandfather Armstrong was a soldier in the war of 1812. The subject of this
sketch graduated from Franklin County in 1861, and at once enlisted in
Company I, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. From this time until the
spring of 1866, he was on active duty, and for meritorious conduct he rose
successively from private to Lieutenant, Brevet Captain, and in the summer
of 1864 was commissioned Major of the Forty-second Regiment Colored
Infantry, General of the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army
Corps. He was in all the important engagements in which his regiment
participated, and while commanding the Forty-second Regiment was engaged in
the Nashville campaign. From the close of the war until he was mustered out
of service, he was stationed as commander at Decatur, Ala. Immediately upon
his return from the field, he entered the law office of Porter, Harrison &
Fishback, at Indianapolis, and began the study of the profession. He was
admitted to the bar in 1868, and removed to Martinsville the same year. In
1876, he was elected by the Republicans of his district to the Legislature,
and served with ability, being honored with the chairmanship of Judiciary
Committee. He was elected to the State Senate in 1878, and was appointed a
member of the same committee. As an attorney, the reputation of Mr. Grubbs
is high. He was a delegate to the National Convention, which nominated Gen.
Grant for the Presidency in 1868, and the later one which nominated R. B.
Hayes in 1876. He was also a member of the Electoral College in 1872, and
assisted in the re-election of Gen. Grant. He has also been a constant
attendant of the Republican State, district and county conventions.
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