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W. A. Grove

W. A. Grove, physician, Galva, was born Dec. 26, 1840 , in Highland Co., Ohio . The family is of English extraction. The progenitor of the family in America was Rev. Richard Grove, born in Liverpool , where many prominent families by that name reside. He was a minister of the old High Church , and was educated in England ; emigrated to America , and located at Richmond , Va. It is supposed that he was sent over prior to the Revolution, about the year 1760. Here he labored until his death, which occurred shortly after the Revolution. He was united in marriage in England , and became the father of four children. Of these George Grove was the great-grandfather, and he was engaged as a plantation in Loudoun Co., Va. He was also a slave-holder, and his demise occurred in Virginia . Several children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George Grove, namely: Thomas, who went to Highland Co., Ohio, when quite a boy, and there engaged in farming; while there he was united in marriage with Miss Woods; they both died, leaving a family of 14 children, of whom 10 reached maturity; seven are now living, one of whom is a physician at Tipton, Tipton Co., Ind., and another brother is in Carthage, Ill., engaged as a merchant; James M. is the father of our subject. He was born May 17, 1818 , in Highland Co., Ohio . He was reared on the old homestead, assisting in farming. In the winter of 1838 he was married to Sarah Hamwick, who was born in Highland Co., Ohio . She became the mother of our subject, and died the day of his birth. Her parents were Rev. and Rebecca (Thurman) Hamrick. Her mother was an aunt of Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio ; they both died there. James Grove was married a second time, to Elizabeth Faris, who was born in 1828, in Maysville , Ky. , the daughter of Joseph Faris, farmer in Kentucky. She and her husband became the parents of a family of six children, viz: Thomas B., a miner in Idaho ; Mrs. Emma Beeson, of Red Oak, Iowa ; Ida and Minerva, who is the wife of Charles Cook, a teacher in Nebraska ; James M. entered upon a mercantile career soon after he was married; in 1863 he entered the drug business, in Maquon, Knox County, to which place he came in 1858; when in Ohio he was a prominent local politician.

W. A. Grove, whose name heads this sketch, was educated in the Greenfield High School , where he graduated in the spring of 1856. His medical education was received in Cincinnati , Ohio , at the Miami Medical College , at which place he graduated March 6, 1865 . He located first in Maquon, practiced there successfully, for a young man, for five years, then went to Victoria, Knox Co., and in June 1875, he located in Galva. He has been a successful physician, having built up a remunerative practice, and enjoying the esteem and confidence of the people to an enviable degree.

Mr. Grove formed a matrimonial alliance April 9, 1873 , in Victoria , with Lizzie Jarnagin, born April 14, 1854 , in Victoria . She is the daughter of J. L. Jarnagin, a wealthy retired farmer of that place. Of their union have been born two children,-- Pearl , born March 14, 1875, and Grace, March 19, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Grove are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. G. is also a member of the Order of A. F & A. M. Politically, he is a believer in the principles of the Democratic party.

1885 Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry Co., Illinois , page 509

Transcribed by Jan Roggy

Illinois Ancestors