Reuben Grimm and Elizabeth Shaffer

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Husband Reuben Grimm ¹

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           Born: 18 Jan 1828 - West Beaver Twp, Union Co, PA 1
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         Father: Daniel Grimm (1795-1882) 1
         Mother: Magdalena Smith (1795-1865) 1

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       Marriage: 22 Feb 1855 2

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Wife Elizabeth Shaffer ²

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           Born: 3 Jul 1835 - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Shaffer (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Catherine Bright (      -Bef 1898) 3

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Children

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1 M Lewis S. Grimm ²

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2 M Charles L. Grimm ²

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General Notes: Husband - Reuben Grimm

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He was twelve years old at the time of the removal to Centre county, and his education, which had been begun in the schools at the old home, was continued in Madisonburg. As a farmer's son much of his time was spent in work at home. At eighteen he began to learn the blacksmith's trade at Madisonburg under Edward Houtz, his wages for the first year being $2.00 per month, and for the second and third years, $3.00 per month. For a time after completing his trade he followed it in Zion, but in the spring of 1850 he went to Stephenson County, Illinois, and worked at his trade and at farming for seven months. News came to him of the burning of his father's barn, and he returned home to help in rebuilding it. He spent three years and three months at his trade in Zion, working for a brother-in-law, Joseph Shaffer, and then assisted his father for a year at the old farm.
At the time of his marriage, his savings amounted to less than $400, but, renting the old homestead from his father, he began farming on his own behalf, and continued successfully for thirty-two years. In 1875 he purchased the farm, and still owned 124 acres of farm land in Brush Valley, with twenty-five acres of timber land in Sugar Valley. In 1888 he removed to Madisonburg, where he owned two lots, on one of which he built a new home. After removing to town Mr. Grimm for some years carried the mail between Madisonburg and Millheim.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 354.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 355.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 122.