GRUBB, David

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Monday, June 26, 1905, page 2, col. 3 David Grubb, aged 62 years, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and a pioneer miner of this section, died at the Mercy Hospital June 24, 1905, of a lung infection, with which he had suffered for some years. He came to this section some time in 1864. He worked in the Senator mine in early days, also in the Vulture mine, near Wickenburg. He also drove ox teams for Sam Miller about a year. In later years he settled in Hassayampa district where his knowledge of mining, for he was a first-class miner, enabled him to locate some valuable properties. Some months ago he received about $ 75,000 for two of these properties, the Cash and the Glenn. At the time of his death he still owned properties in the same vicinity, which he held at much higher figures. He leaves a brother and several sisters, all residents of Ohio. They were communicated with and instructed Undertaker Nevin to bury the remains here. He was am honorable man and a good citizen. ---------------------------- Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Monday, June 26, 1905, page 2 Funeral Notice The funeral of the late David Grubb will take place from Nevins undertaking parlors at 3 p.m. today. All friends and acquaintances are invited to attend ----------------------------- Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Tuesday, June 27, 1905, page 3 The funeral of the late David Grubb took place yesterday at 3 p.m. from Nevins undertaking parlors, Rev. Taft of the Baptist church, this city, conducted the funeral services. Burial was had in the Citizens' cemetery. The pallbearers were, Sheriff James B. Lowry, M. J. Hickey, Robt. Meador, A. J. Herndon, J. P. Dillon and David Sinclair. There was a large turn out of mourning friends to the sad last rites. ---------------------------- Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Tuesday, August 1, 1905, page 3, col. 1 Local News - The inventory and appraisement in the matter of the estate of David Grubb, deceased, was filed last evening late in the probate court. The estate consists of cash, certificates of deposits, notes, and mortgages and patent mining claims, all appraised at the sum of #100,203.34. As the late David Grubb was a miner, the entire estate is the proceeds of his life work mining in Hassayampa district, near Prescott. ---------------------------- Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Sunday, March 4, 1906, page 5, col. 1 Monument Marks The Grave Of Pioneer Granite Shaft Records The End Of David Grubb Tribute To His Memory In An Enduring Form A granite monument was erected at the head of the grave of the late David Grubb in the citizens' cemetery yesterday by W. H. Larkin, the well known stone contractor. It is a model of the stonecutter's art. The rugged cut lines in rustic relief are emblemstic of the strong character of the grand old pioneer to whose memory it was dedicated, while its polished and shining face suggests in the minds of those who enjoyed his acquaintance in life the charity, generosity and virtuous principles that were a part of his career between the dates of the two most important events, his birth and death, which are inscribed on the stone, with letters carved so deep that time will linger long before it accomplishes their effacement. David Grubb, who was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, on November 14, 1842, arrived in this territory in the later 1860's. He move to Prescott from the Vulture mine near Wickenburg in the winter of 1874, and on the 20th day of December of that year started to work in the Senator mine, the immediate vicinity of which he made his home until a short time before his death on June 23, 1905, when he was taken to the Mercy hospital here for medical attention. A short time after he commenced to work in the Senator mine he located what is now known as the Cash properties in Maple gulch, but a short distance from the Senator camp, and kept adding year by year to his holdings, until at the time of his death he had secured title to some of the most valuable ground on Senator mountain and Mt. Union, part of which he disposed of from time to time at very handsome figures