death_place death_date children birth_place title relatives parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title name partner occupation
cornwall , pennsylvania january 22 , 1789 four sons , three daughters pennsylvania colonel , 2nd lancaster battalion peter grubb , jr. -lrb- brother -rrb- , peter grubb , martha bates c1730 co-owner of cornwall ironworks and operator of cornwall furnace ann few -lrb- m. 1754 - dv .1769 -rrb- curtis grubb
 curtis grubb hannah -lrb- c1775 - 1783 -rrb- bellarby grubb , aka `` aunt ann '' ironmaster
curtis grubb

curtis grubb -lrb- c1730 - 1789 -rrb- , patriot and oldest son of peter and martha bates grubb , was a second-generation member of the grubb family iron dynasty along with his younger brother peter jr. .
the brothers operated the cornwall ironworks , making significant contributions to the american revolutionary war effort , and curtis served several terms in the pennsylvania provincial assembly .
the brothers inherited the ironworks from their father in 1754 , with curtis -lrb- the oldest -rrb- receiving a two-thirds interest and peter one-third .
the brothers took over operation of the ironworks about 1765 and expanded it successfully .
curtis operated the cornwall furnace that produced pig iron , and peter , who had more ironmaking experience , ran the nearby hopewell forges on hammer creek that produced more valuable bar iron .
in 1773 , curtis paid taxes on at the furnace location and peter paid taxes on at the forges location , reflecting both the size of the operation and their proportional ownership .
they operated the business through and after the revolution , becoming quite prosperous until they died , peter in 1786 and curtis in 1789 .
most of the cornwall ironworks fell out of family hands during the period 1783 - 1802 , to robert coleman who became pennsylvania 's first millionaire .
but a portion , including rights to access the ore , remained with peter jr. 's heirs , who added to it to become major pennsylvania producers of iron in the mid-19th century , operating out of mount hope estate .
