ROBERT C. GRIGG, physician and surgeon and druggist,
residing in Murray, was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, May 14, 1838, a
son of Joseph W. Grigg, of Warren County, Illinois, who was a native of
Virginia. Robert C. spent his youth on a farm, receiving a good education in
Hedding Seminary (now college) in Abingdon, Illinois. He began the study of medicine with Dr.
Madison Reece, of Abingdon, and later attended Rush Medical College, of
Chicago, Illinois, from which institution he graduated February 1, 1871. The
same year he came to Murray, Clarke County, and immediately began the practice
of medicine, he having previously practiced for a time with his preceptor in
Abingdon, Illinois. Doctor Grigg was
united in marriage January 9, 1872, to Miss Maria Dolph, and they are the
parents of two children – Rubie Olive and Milton Fowler. The doctor still
follows his profession, and has built up a good practice. He engaged in the
drug business in 1879, building his two-story brick business house which is
22x72 feet, in 1881. He carries a full line of drugs, medicines, paints and
oils, books and stationery, cutlery, wall paper and fancy goods, and is
carrying on a good business. During the
late war the doctor enlisted in Company H, Eighty-third Illinois Infantry, for
three years, and participated in the battles of Garretsburg, Fort Donelson, and
other engagements. He was wounded at Fort Donelson, which crippled him for
life. Doctor Grigg is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Grand Army of the Republic.
SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke
County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 246-7
