Brief Life History of Henry Clay
When Henry Clay Grubb Sr was born on 22 November 1870, in Jubilee, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Clay Grubb, was 34 and his mother, Louisa Albertine Snider, was 24. He married Emma Francis Davis on 31 October 1889, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boone Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 August 1913, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery, Churchland, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Henry C Grubb in household of Mac Clodfetter, "United States Census, 1900"
- Henry C Grubb, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Henry Clay Grubb, "Find A Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · Last Troops Leave
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English: unflattering nickname for a physically small person, from Middle English grub(be), grob(be), crubbe; ‘grub, insect larva’.
Probably an Americanized form of German Grube .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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