Oliver M. Grubbs
O. M. Grubbs, blacksmith, Washington, was born August 30, 1823, in this county. He is a son of Stephen and Diana Grubbs, —both natives of Ohio,—who were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living: Sarah, Oliver, Lorena, Harriet, Eliza, Manford, Louis, and Thomas, deceased.
Oliver, our subject, was married May 14, 1856, to Mary Jane, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Patton, of this county, who has borne him three children : Henry, Percival, and Jessie R.
Mr. Grubbs received his education in this county, lived on the old home farm until seven years of age, and at eighteen commenced blacksmithing, which he has successfully followed to the present. Politically he is a Republican.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County