Brief Life History of Lydia B.
When Lydia B. Grove was born on 10 October 1859, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her mother, Elizabeth Rife, was 58 and her father, Jacob Grove, was 62. She married Joseph Howard Gipe on 17 November 1880, in Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Fayetteville, Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 7 March 1906, in Guilford, Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Liddy Grove in household of Jacob Grove, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lydia, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Liddie Gipe, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, from Middle English grove, Old English grāf, or a habitational name from any of various places so named.
English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Le Groux (see Groux ) or Le Greux.
German: northern variant of Grob .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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