Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Baraboo:

William S. Grubb. The subject of this sketch was born in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 8, 1833; came from there to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and located at Madison; took up a large tract of land at the west end of Mendota Lake, about one thousand acres, and improved the property to the extent of $30,000; he resided eight years on his farms, and in Madison until the fall of 1866; was at Sauk City in 1856 and 1857, and laid out a large addition there; platted what was known as Turner & Grubb's Addition. Married at Sauk City, Dec. 12, 1856; his wife was born at Utica, Oneida Co., N.Y.; they have one daughter living, Lizzie S., born near Madison, Dane Co., Wis. Augustine Grubb, the first of his family to come to America came with William Penn. The daughter of Augustine Grubb, was the first child born of Quaker parentage in Pennsylvania. The Penns were cousins of the Grubb family. Joseph C. Grubb, an uncle of William S. Grubb, was one of the oldest merchants of Philadelphia. William S. was commissioned by Gov. Randall as General of the Second Wisconsin Brigade, and was also appointed to the same position by Gov. Bashford. Mr. G. is at present Mayor of Baraboo. For the last ten years he has dealt extensively in hops, being now one of the largest dealers in that product in Wisconsin.

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