Notes:

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on NANCY JANE GROVE
Researched and written by Georgia Haines

Nancy Jane Grove?UAs birth location of Piqua, Ohio is not currently verified by official records, but rather is from information passed down through the family. Some censuses give her birthplace as Pennsylvania. In 1840 her father, Levi Grove, i s living in Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. In his household are listed the following:

Age less than five: 1 male (Probably Stephen, about age 2)

Ages five to ten: 1 male (Probably Levi, Jr. 2 females (Nancy would be 9 and Mary 5)

Ages ten to fifteen: 1 male and 1 female (Both unknown, however the male may be George Grove who appears in the 1850 census for Putnam County with wife Susannah, both age 23, and a son, John, age 6 months. Putnam county marriage records show Ge orge Grove married to Susan Eger April 5, 1848.)

Ages fifteen to twenty: 1 male (Probably John, about age 18)

Ages thirty to forty: 1 female (Probably Mary, age 37)

Ages forty to fifty: 1 male (Probably Levi, age 43)

This census gives only the name for the head of the household. The connections listed above are based on information in subsequent censuses.

Nancy is listed living with her parents, Levi and Mary Grove(s), two brothers and two sisters in the 1850 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. This census report states her age as 19 and that she was born in Ohio. It also menti ons that she had been in school during the past year.

The 1860 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio, where she and her husband were then residing, reports that she was born in Pennsylvania. The 1860 census taker also reported that she could not read or write, and reported her age a s 27 which would have put her birth date at 1833 instead of 1831 which is the date in her obituary and on her gravestone.

The following is a quote from a letter written by Clela (One of Nancy Jane?UAs granddaughters) at age 83 to daughter, Georgia, on March 1, 1986 in which she related some recollections of her grandparents. This is unedited and copied as Clela wrot e it, except she used the hand written + symbol in place of the word "and".

"My grandma and grandpa Lammond I do remember they both died when I was 10 years old. My Mother used to take Carl and I and sometimes Arthur and go on a train to see them. They lived in Lawton Mi. My grandma couldn?UAt walk and grandpa used to c arry her from one room to another or out on the porch. One day my grandpa took me and grandma for a ride in a buggy. I was afraid of the horse. They had to get the buggy close to the porch, so as to get grandma into it. I guess I thought th e horse was going to climb onto the porch. Another thing I remember about her was that she sat in a chair by a window and smoked a pipe. It was a little clay pipe. My grandpa didn?UAt smoke. She used tobacco out of a little cloth bag. That?UA s one thing my grand or great grandchildren won?UAt remember me by."

Nancy married Cortland S. Lammond on 30 Sep 1852 in Putnam County Ohio. Cortland was born on 12 Aug 1831 in New York State; died on 6 Sep 1913 in Lawton, Michigan; was buried on 9 Sep 1913 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Levi Lammond was born in 1853 in Ohio; died in 1924 in Lawton, Michigan.
2. Samantha Harriet Lammond was born on 15 Jun 1857 in St. Marys, OH; died on 7 Sep 1936 in Portland, MI; was buried in 1936 in Portland Cemetery, Portland, MI.
3. Alvaro Lammond was born in 1860 in Ohio; died in 1948 in Lawton, Michigan.
4. Ida May Lammond was born on 25 May 1862 in Putnam Co, OH, Greensburgh Twp; died on 9 Jul 1936 in Wakarusa, Indiana; was buried in Jul 1936 in Buried Olive Mennonite Cemetery On County Rd. 3, Elkhart County Indiana. Grave Location: Section 7- We.
5. Stephen E Lammond was born on 18 Mar 1864 in Putnam County Ohio; died on 24 Feb 1914 in Wakarusa, Indiana.
6. Mary Ellen Lammond was born about 1867.
7. Harvey Lammond was born in 1869 in Wakarusa, Indiana; died in 1953 in Lawton, Michigan; was buried in Buried In Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, MI.

Notes:

Death record, Putnam County Vol.1, p. 26, died of stomach disorder. Listed as Levi Groves. States place of birth as Westmoreland County--neighboring county to Fayette County, PA. Most evidence supports Fayette County as being actual birtl . His father died in 1811, when he would have been about 13, he had several guardians appointed, lived in Baltimore, Md. with older brother John, and (possibly in W. Va.) with Shepherd Grove. Place of marriage unknown. Oldest son, John R. Gro ve gives birth place (in 1822) as Fayette Co. PA. May have lived in Columbiana County, OH (Levi B., Jr. gives his birth in 1829 as being in Columbiana County). Moved to Putnam County PA in 1833 according to Putnam County History book, listing f or 1880 Atlas, Putnam County--early pioneers under 1833 heading. 1840 Census, Putnam County Ohio, Greensburg Twp., aged between 40-50. 1850 Census, Putnam County Ohio, Greensburg Twp. (children's names taken from this census)

1870 United States Federal Census
about Levi Groves
Name: Levi Groves
Birth Year: abt 1798
Age in 1870: 72
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Sheridan
Household Members:
Name Age
John Groves 47
Mary Groves 44
David Groves 20
Orlando Groves 13
Luona Groves 9
Leroy Groves 7
Levi Groves 72

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1850 United States Federal Census
about Levi Groves
Name: Levi Groves
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio
Family Number: 59
Household Members:
Name Age
Levi Groves 53
Mary Groves 47
Levi Groves 21
Nancy Groves 19
Mary Groves 15
Stephen Groves 12
Elija Groves 5

1840 United States Federal Census
about Levi Grove
Name: Levi Grove
Township: Greensburg
County: Putnam
State: Ohio

Levi married Mary Rohrer. Mary was born about 1803 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Rohrer Grove must have died after 1876, because her husbands
death cerificate lists him as being married at the time of his death
on Mar. 11, 1876.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Information about John and Mary (Brown) Grove taken from "THE GROFF BOOK: Vol. 1 A Good Life in a New Land" by Clyde Groff, Walter Groff, and Jane Evans Best, (Groff Hist. Assoc., Ronks, Pa. 1985). Information about children of John and My G e taken from "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd (Indiana State
Library, Indianapolis, IN, 1943)
John Grove served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Peter Helpenstine's Company. This is used as his proof for the DAR/SAR lineage. He is listed in a Payroll of Dunmore's War, recorded in 1775. These are referred to as the Rom, and "to a man", almost every soldier on the payroll list signed up for service in the Revolution. I have been unable to locate any other military records, so he may have served in the militia in Romney, Hampshire County VA, (now present da y W. VA.). His first son Jacob was born in Hampshire County John and Mary (Brown) Grove were living in Fayette County PA before 1786,
as reported in a journey by William Brown and Thomas Shepherd that year. The trip was made from Shepherdstown, W. Va. to Wheeling and back again. It mentions that they went to visit John and Mary Grove. (Details contained in "Duke-Shepherd-Va n Metre Families" by Smyth, book at Ft. Wayne, In) Land deeds call John Grove a tanner. He
owned several town lots, and may have had a tannery business at those locations. Shortly before his death he sold his land to his father, Jacob Grove, in Sharpsburg, MD. John pre-deceased his father, and when his father died a few years later , he left John's share of his estate to John's children.


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lindas/Groff.html
(source for below info)
Sarah Grove, b. 13 December 1785 m. Lemuel Hall
Jacob Grove, b. 29 August 1787
Elizabeth Grove, b. 24 September 1789, m. John Spark
Catherine Brown Grove, b. 26 January 1791, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 1871, m. 1808, Brownsville, Pennsylvania to James Hugh Auld, b. abt. 1785
Shepard B. Grove, b. 14 March 1793, m. 20 October 1817, Berkley County, West Virginia to Mary "Polly" Bower, b. abt 1792, Virginia
John Grove, b. 1 February 1795, d. 1853, Rushcreek Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, m. Anna McWilliams, b. 5 March 1801, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 15 August 1878, Rushcreek Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio
Perry/Parry Groves, b. 2 February 1797, Pennsylvania, d. 2 July 1881, Ohio, m. Mary Sprinkle, b. abt 1803
Levi Grove, b. 6 December 1798, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 March 1876, Greensburg Twp, Putnam County, Ohio, m. Mary Rohrer, b. abt 1803, Pennsylvania
Hannah Matilda Grove, b. 1 December 1800, Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 April 1881, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, m. Elias Parshall, Jr., b. 1796, d. 4 July 1882
William B. Grove, b. 12 April 1802, m. Mary Allendar

Child from the marriage of Jacob Grove and Anna Maria Cookerly
William Grove, b. 1798, Frederick, Maryland, d. 3 May 1872, Lee County, Illinois, m. (1st) 9 November 1819, Cornelia Clay, b. 1800, d. 1844, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, m. (2nd) in 1850 to Cornelia Williams, no known information

Child from the marriage of Peter Grove and Catherine Aucker

Susan Grove, m. 17 July 1851, Berkley County, West Virginia to Daniel Marker

Children from the marriage of Philip Grove and Catherine Hess

From the book: Pennsylvania Archives Series 5, Vol. II ; ; Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment.; Pay Roll Of Capt'n Peter Grubb's Company In 2d Battalion of the Rifle Regiment; Page 398; Roll Of Captain Peter Grubb, Jr's Company; Grove, John, March 19 , 1776

John married Mary Brown on 6 Feb 1785. Mary (daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth Shepherd) was born on 15 Sep 1768; died on 15 Jan 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone, Old Reformed Graveyard, Sharpsburg, MD "Jacob
Graff--Stop pasenger as you pass by what you are now
so wants was i what i am now soon must be
prepare yourself to follow me"
"DESCENDANTS OF HANS GRAF" by Lindsey M. Brien (handtyped book at
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, 1966) "Jacob Graf, oldest
son of Hans Jr...was a physician and man of prominence in the locality
in which he lived. He came to Maryland in 1765 and signed the Oath of
Fidelity and Support to the State of Maryland in 1778. He also in
1780 lent the sum of $500 for the use of the State of Maryland (See
Md. Archives, Vol XLIII, p. 520)" (The following is also contained
in the Brien book--a letter from Mary French to Kate W. Grove, Sep.
15, 1881) "Dear Niece, ....You wanted to know something about
the Hans Graff family. I have had several sick spells and I can't
recollect like I use to but I can recollect hearing my father say that
my grandfather (Jacob Graff) was is the Revolutionary War the whole
seven years of my Uncle John and Peter were out the same time. My
father (Henry Grove, son of Jacob Grove/Graf) was learning trade at
Little York, he learned Whites smith trade. He made all kinds of
instruments for the war. I have heard him say that the hardest battle
was on Graff's run and that they could walk across on the dead men.
The battle was 9 miles from my grandfather's mill and grandmother
tended the mill...Hans Graff fled from his home on account of
religion...They were a religious people called the Mennonite, they
were persecuted and came to America where they could worship God in
their way. My grandfather, Jacob Graff, was a Presbyterian and they
all descended from the Mennonites. My grandfather sold his
possessions ans bought in Hagerstown and bought a mill 8 miles from
Hagerstown, there he lived and died, he died at the age of 88 years.
My grandmother died at the age of 88 years, the same as my
grandfather. John Graff was the son of Hans Graff, my grandfather's
father...."
Flags: Millitary=Y, Rev. War=Y

Jacob married Catherine Staley in 1758. Catherine was born in Mar 1742; died on 26 Sep 1833 in Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD; was buried in Reform Church Yd, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone--Old Reformed Church Yard, Sharpsburg, MD
"Catherine Grove- age 81 yr., 6 mo., 20 da. D. Sept. 25, 1823.
who departed this life the 25 day of Sept. 1823
Aged 81 y, 6 mo, 20 days
Here I rest in Jesus name
till he bids me rise again
Then O death n here is thy sting
Where is thy victory O grave?"


U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Catharine Staley
Name: Catharine Staley
Gender: female
Birth Year: 1742
Spouse Name: Jacob Graf
Spouse
Birth Place: PA
Spouse Birth Year: 1737
Marriage
Year: 1758
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Birth: Mar. 5, 1742
Maryland, USA
Death: Sep. 25, 1823
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland, USA

~OUR FAMILIES ANCESTRAL ROOTS~


Married in 1758 in Washington County, Maryland.

Family links:
Children:
Philip Grove (____ - 1841)*
Jacob Grove (1759 - 1834)*

Spouse:
Jacob Graff (1737 - 1819)*

Inscription:
IN Memory of
CATHERINE GROVE
who departed this life the
25th day of September 1823
Aged 81 years & 6 months
and 20 days.

Here I rest in Jesus name
Till he did smile on my again
Then Oh death where is thy sting
Where is thy victory oh grave.

Burial:
Sharpsburgs German Reformed Church Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland, USA

Notes:

x "DUKE-SHEPHERD-VAN METRE FAMILY" by Smyth, (Allen County Pub. Lib.,
Ft. Wayne, IN) "Memoranda of journey of William Brown and Thomas
Shepherd--Shepherdstown to Wheeling: On Apr. the 18th, 1786, Wm.
Brown and Thomas Shepherd set out for Wheeling. Route out: Opequon,
Cauffmans, Boyd's Ferry, Kings, Griers, the Mountains and Thos. Wills
(places spent the night) Returning: Catfish (Washington, PA),
Chrisians Gap, Monongahela, Levi Springers (Uniontown, PA), Mountains,
Griers, Wm. Grays, Springs (Berkeley Springs, W. Va.) and
Shepherdstown." "In relation to the road taken by Thomas Shepherd
and William Brown in 1786 when they visited the region west of the
Alleghany Mountains, where John Grove and his wife Mary Brown Grove
had settled,..."( letter M.M. Hopwood, Apr. 19, 1907) It is unknown
if this is William Brown, Mary's father or brother. The Thomas
Shepherd would probably be her uncle.

William married Elizabeth Shepherd on 3 May 1762 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Shepherd and Elizabeth Van Meter) was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA; died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Elizabeth Shepherd
Name: Elizabeth Shepherd
Spouse: Elizabeth Shepherd
Parents: Thomas Shepherd, Elizabeth Van Metre
Birth Place: Frederick, Meckelenburg, VA
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1738
Marriage Date: 3 May 1762
Death Place: Shepherdstown, WV
Death Date: 1788