Biography of Hon. C.H. Grube, page 289.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.

   Hon. C.H. Grube, former representative of DeKalb County in the Indiana 
Legislature, is a farmer by occupation but has many broad interests and 
connections that made him truly a representative of his home locality.
   He was born in Stafford Township, January 6, 1888, a son of William Henry 
and Mary (Haas) Grube.  His grandfather, Peter Grube, was born in Bavaria, 
Germany, December 26, 1804, and in 1835 married Elizabeth May, who was born 
in Bavaria in 1811.  They came to the United States in 1836, in 1838 settled 
in Ohio and in 1843 moved to DeKalb County.  Peter Grube arrived in this 
country with only $11 in cash, and after many years of hard work had more 
than 200 acres of farming land.  It is said that when he bought his first 
eighty acres he could pay only $50 in cash.  He was celebrated among the 
old timers for his great endurance and powers as a pedestrian.  He was the 
father of five children: William H., Elizabeth, Peter, Kate and Jacob, all 
of whom are deceased with the exception of William Henry.
   William Henry Grube was born at Massillon, Ohio, November 25, 1842, and 
from the age of one year was reared in DeKalb County.  He was a thresher-
man for a number of years, and developed two fine farms, one of 110 acres 
and another of 160 acres in Stafford Township.  He is also a director in 
the First National Bank of Butler, and has many, other financial interest.  
He is a democrat in politics and is affiliated with Forest Lodge No. 239, 
Free and Accepted Masons, Butler Chapter No. 106, Royal Arch Mason, Butler 
Council No. 83, Royal and Select Master, Apollo Commandery, No. 19, Knights 
Templar, and the Mystic Shrine at Fort Wayne.  He has been a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Butler for fifty years and was 
instrumental in the building of the new Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
Building of Butler.  In 1880 William Henry Grube married Mary Haas, a 
Canadian girl who came with her parents to the United States about 1870.  
Their oldest child, Charles, was killed in 1903 while in his junior year at 
Pudue University and while on his way to Indianapolis to play football with 
Purdue against Indiana University. The second is C.H. Grube. Andrew P. is 
a graduate of the Butler High School and now runs the old homestead.
   C.H. Grube grew up on the farm, is a graduate of the Butler High School 
and since early manhood has been a practical and progressive farmer.  He 
has 102 acres of land in Stafford Township.  He is also a member of the 
Wilmington Grange at Butler, and is president of the board of directors of 
the Farmers Elevator Company.  He was one of the first members of the 
Farmers’ Mutual Rodded Fire Insurance Company, which takes in the counties 
of DeKalb and Steuben. This company was organized five years ago and they 
now have nearly $2,000,000 of insurance.  Mr. Grube has been actuary for 
this company for four years. He was elected to the Legislature on the 
democratic ticker in 1916.  Mr. Grube is past master of his Masonic Lodge 
past high priest of the Chapter, and a member of the Council, of Royal and 
Select Masters, and past patron of the Easter Star, of which Mrs. Grube is 
past matron.  She is also a member of the Methodist Church.
   In 1913 he married Garnet Brink, daughter of Frank A. Brink, a well 
known attorney of Butler. She was a teacher before her marriage. They have 
one daughter Mary M., born September 22, 1914.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com