Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 689.
 
DR. W. P. GRUBBE

     a pioneer of 1881, was a native of Missouri, born in 1845.  When he was a
boy his parents moved to Portland, Oregon, and thence, shortly afterwards, to
Oakland, California, where he grew to manhood and was educated.  He subsequently
graduated from the medical college in Salem, Oregon, and engaged in the practice
of medicine, locating first in Pendleton, Oregon.  In 1880 he moved to Rockford,
where he practiced his profession continuously until 1895.  He then came to
Spokane and engaged in the real estate business.  The Doctor was a very
successful physician, enjoying a large patronage in Rockford and vicinity.  He
was also a good, substantial citizen, and though never particularly ambitious
for political preferment or for leadership among his fellowmen, he nevertheless
retained the good will and respect of all.  He was elected county auditor on the
Populist ticket in 1897 and served one term.  At one time he had extensive real
estate interests in Spokane.  Fraternally, he was a prominent member of the F. &
A. M. at Rockford.  He was married, in Rockford, May 16, 1884, to Miss Minnie
Tozier, a native of Portland, Oregon, and to their union were born four
children:  Percie V., Grace E., Gladys L. and Willettie.  Mrs. Grubbe's mother,
Mrs. Tozier, one of the old pioneers of Rockford, still lives there.  Her father
died in 1892.  Dr. Grubbe died January 14, 1899 after a four days' illness.

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