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	ROBERT S. GAINES Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 472
	THOMAS D. GAINES Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 473
	ALVERDO A. GEITGEY Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 902
	ROBERT GIFFIN Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 524
	WILLIAM LEGRAND GORSUCH.  Among the progressive farmers and representative men of Jackson township, Knox county, deserving of special mention in a historical work of this nature is William Legrand Gorsuch, one of the connecting links with the pioneer epoch and one of the county's worthy native sons, a man who has lived a life of industry and well defined purpose, and while laboring for his individual advancement he has not neglected to assist in the general upbuilding of the community.      Mr. Gorsuch was born in this county on Feb. 18, 1847.  He is the son of William and Mary (Dudgeon) Gorsuch.  The paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland, and it is probable that his wife was a Scotch woman.  They came to Knox county, Ohio, very early and located in Harrison township and there the father of the subject was born.  The maternal grandparents, Simon and Nancy (Elliott) Dudgeon, were also of foreign blood, he having been a native of Ireland, and it is believed that she was a native of the Emerald Isle also.  Early in life Mr. Dudgeon emigrated to New York, and he was married in Pennsylvania.  About 1814 they moved to Knox County, Ohio, when this country was a wilderness and neighbors were few, and here he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government, and developed a good farm in Harrison township, where he spent the rest of his life, becoming one of the large land owners of his day the possessor of about seven hundred and twenty acres.  He was one of the influential men of the county in its early history.  Many of his descendants still live in Harrison township about the old homestead.  There the mother of the subject was born, in fact, lived and died in the same house that heard her earliest infant cry.  The parents of Mr. Gorsuch were reared in Harrison township and there attended school and were married.  Mr. Gorsuch was a successful farmer, and he died early in life.  He had but one child, a son, William Legrand, of this review.      After his father’s death the mother married Moses Schooler, by whom two children were born, Elliott and Minerva Schooler, the latter being now the wife of a Mr. Davis.  The mother of the subject continued to live at the old home until her death, on Dec. 9, 1902, lacking a few days of being seventy-five years old.      William L. Gorsuch was reared on the home farm and he received his education in the old log school house of his district.  He remained under his parental roof-tree until he was twenty-one years of age, when, in 1869, he went to Iowa where he made his home for a period of twenty-five years, working three years on a farm and twenty-two years at the carpenter’s trade, being a very skilled workman.  He returned to Ohio and was married, in June, 1895, to Mary Laughery, a woman of Irish descent, the daughter of James and Ruann (Meeks) Laughery, old settlers of Knox county, of which he was a native and she was born in Muskingum county.      The wife of Mr. Gorsuch was one of a family of six children, two of whom are deceased, she having been the fourth in order of birth; those living are, James, of Harrison township; Mrs. Elizabeth Melick, now a widow, lives in Jackson township; Mary, wife of Mr. Gorsuch of this sketch; Mrs. Nancy Ann Robinson, who lives in Coshocton county.  The union of the subject and wife has been without issue.      Mr. Gorsuch is a Socialist in his political faith, and he was the only supporter of this party in his township for two years.  While living in Iowa he served two terms as assessor, in Ringgold county.  He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Iowa.  His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.      Mr. Gorsuch bought a farm in 1904 of thirty-seven and one-half acres.  To this he has added thirty-four acres, all in Jackson township.  He also owns a house and lot in Clay township.  He is a general farmer and stockraiser, making a specialty of sheep, cattle and Berkshire hogs.  His land is well improved and he has a very valuable farm and a good home. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 812
	CHARLES M. GRAY Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 652
	GEORGE W. GRAY Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 531
	JAMES E. GRAY Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 530
	CHARLES M. GRUBB.  That the plenitude of satiety is seldom obtained in the affairs of life is to be considered a most beneficial deprivation, for when ambition is satisfied and every ultimate aim realized, if such be possible, individual apathy must follow.  Effort would cease, accomplishment be prostrate, and creative talent waste its energies in inactivity.  The men who have pushed forward the wheels of progress have been those to whom satisfaction lies ever in the future, who have labored continuously, always finding in each transition stage an incentive to further effort.  Charles M. Grubb, long one of the ablest and most popular educators of this locality, now numbered among the progressive business men of Centerburg, is one whose well directed efforts have gained for him a position of prominence in the various circles in which he has been pleased to move, and it is with a feeling of satisfaction that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the salient points in his career.      Mr. Grubb was born on Sept. 29, 1867, on a farm in Morris township, Knox county, Ohio. He is the son of Henry and Mary Ann (Jeffries) Grubb, both parents horn in this county, each representing prominent pioneer families.  Here these parents grew to maturity, received their educations in the old-time schools and were married; the father has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and he and his wife are now living in Monroe township.  Politically, he is a Democrat and has always been active in the affairs of his community, and is known as a man of upright character.      Charles M. Grubb spent his childhood and youth on the home farm and assisted with the general work there when he became of proper age.  He received his education in the county schools, later entering the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio.  Prior to entering this institution he taught several years.  After spending two years in the university, he continued teaching in the country district schools.  In 1899 he became connected with the public schools at Howard, this county, and during his ten years’ service there he established a graded school system, also a high school, and his work there stands as a monument to his progressive and thorough methods and stamps him as a leader in educational work.  For a period of seven years prior to taking up his work at Howard he taught in the Berry district in the same township.  In September, 1904, he was appointed one of the board of school examiners of Knox county, and he served two terms or six years.  He not only did his work conscientiously and according to the best modern methods, but he was always trying to raise the standard of the public schools, and he has done as much as any one for the cause of education in Knox county and for the same he has the esteem of all classes.  During 1908 and 1909 he was president of the Knox County Teachers’ Association, and during all the years of his teaching he was an active member of the same, also a member of the Ohio State Teachers’ Association.      Resigning as superintendent of the schools of Howard in 1909, Mr. Grubb moved to Centerburg and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, under the firm name of Purdy, Kasson & Grubb, being associated with Denman H. Purdy and Willie M. Kasson.  The firm also has a monument department and they carry on an extensive business in all lines, handling the best of materials and goods, carrying a complete and carefully selected stock of furniture, prompt service and efficiency being their watchword.  The store contains a stock that would do credit to a city much larger than Centerburg, and their many customers come from all over a wide radius of territory.  On Sept. 1, 1911, the above firm dissolved partnership, Kasson & Grubb retaining the furniture and monument business and Mr. Purdy the undertaking business.      Mr. Grubb was married on Nov. 5, 1890, to Jennie Loney, daughter of William and Mary (McClurg) Loney, an excellent family of Brown township, where Mr. Loney had a good farm, and where the mother is still living, he being deceased.  Mrs. Grubb passed to her rest on July 1, 1903.  dying without issue.  On July 22, 1905, Mr. Grubb was united in marriage with LaVilla Critchfield, daughter of Rolland and Margaret (McElroy) Critchfield, a prominent Howard township family, the Critchfields being among the early pioneers here and have been influential in local affairs for several generations.  The parents of Mrs. Grubb are both still living.  This second union has also been without issue.      Politically, Mr. Grubb is a Democrat and he has always been an active participant in public matters, a close student on current affairs and conditions of the masses, and every movement having as its object the betterment of his locality has received his hearty support, but he is not an office seeker.  Fraternally, he is a Mason, a member of the chapter and commandery at Mt. Vernon, and the Danville lodge has bestowed upon him the master’s degree; his membership is now with the Bloomfield Lodge No. 422 at Centerburg.  He and his wife are members of the Church of Christ, he being an elder in the same, having held this office for a number of years; he is also an active Sunday school worker and for many years was superintendent of the Sunday school at Howard, also teacher of a Bible class.  While not a teacher, he still continues his interest in educational matters and has been largely instrumental in securing for Centerburg an excellent lecture course.  He and his wife are prominent in the social life of the county, and few men are more widely or more favorably known in this locality than he. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 724
	HENRY GRUBB.  This venerable native son of Knox county is one of the few remaining links in the chain that connects the present age to a period long buried in the mists of the past, and he has been a witness to the development of this locality from the virgin forests to its present prosperous condition as one of Ohio's most advanced and enlightened counties.  Homes and villages have sprung up on every hand since his father, the first Grubb to make his advent in this section, cast his lot here eighty-two years ago.  Since then forests have disappeared before the axe wielded by the strong arm of the woodsman; farms, with fertile, well-tilled fields, fine orchards, comfortable homes, imposing public buildings and all the adjuncts of civilization, have taken the place of the tangled wilderness which sheltered numerous beasts of prey and, at no very remote period, the painted savage.  The music of traffic, mingled with the notes of ceaseless industry, make melody where once the solitudes were broken at intervals by the scream of the ferocious wild animal or disturbed by the symphony of the breeze, the dirge of the winter storm, or the blasts of the summer tornado.  It is interesting to hear the subject recall reminiscences of early days in Knox county and to note the steps in her advancement in which he played no inconspicuous part in his community, for he was always ready to do his full share in the march of civilization as here inaugurated by the sturdy first settlers.      Henry Grubb, well known farmer of Monroe township, was born in Pike township, this county, on Dec. 4, 1834, and here he has been content to spend his long and useful life.  He is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Broombaugh) Grubb, who came from Hagerstown, Maryland, about 1830, driving in an old-fashioned covered wagon through the defiles of the Alleghany mountains into the wilderness to the westward.  They located in Pike township, this county, here built a log cabin, began clearing a place in the woods and, in due course of time, had a good home and a productive farm, in connection with which the father operated a tannery for a number of years.  He became one of the substantial and influential men of his township, taking an active interest in public affairs, and here he spent the remainder of his life, died and is buried here.      Henry Grubb grew up on the home farm, which he helped develop from the woods when he became of proper age.  He knew the meaning of hard work when quite young and he took to farming naturally, making this vocation his life work.  He received such education as the early times afforded in the district schools here.  He worked on his father’s farm until his marriage, on Nov. 27, 1856, to Mary Ann Jeffries, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Beck) Jeffries, an early pioneer family of German origin, her parents having settled first in Stark county, later moving to Knox.  Jacob Jeffries was a soldier in the Civil war.      Four children were horn to the subject and wife, namely: J. Wilson lives in Monroe township; Celestia A. is at home; Charles M. lives at Centerburg, this county; Daniel B. lives in Mt. Vernon.      After his marriage Mr. Grubb lived two years in Pike township, then moved to Morris township where he lived seventeen years, then came to Monroe township and bought a farm five miles northeast of Mt. Vernon.  He has one hundred and seventeen acres of excellent land which he has brought up to a high state of improvement and cultivation where he has carried on general farming and stock raising in a manner that has brought substantial rewards from year to year.      Mr. Grubb has always been a Democrat politically, but never an office seeker, although interested in public matters; however, he served as township trustee for several years and as a member of the township school board.  He and his family are members of the German Baptist church.      In addition to general farming, Mr. Grubb has been extensively engaged as a horse raiser and a breeder of fine horses, especially; however, he has raised all kinds of live stock, there being few better judges of stock in this county.  He is an especial admirer of good horses.      Mr. Grubb is a man of old-fashioned ideas regarding hospitality and strict honesty and he is therefore worthy of the high respect in which he is held throughout the county. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 810