Jacob Grove

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob Grove was born in 1818, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Grove, was 53 and his mother, Sabina Boyer, was 49. He married Harriet Fauver on 10 August 1841, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Harrison Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 10 August 1871, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Grove
1818–1871
Harriet Fauver
1823–1859
Marriage: 10 August 1841
Samantha Grove
1841–1897
Charles Wesley Grove
1844–1915
John Henry Grove
1849–1925

Sources (5)

  • Jacob Grove, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jacob Grove, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Jacob Grove in entry for Charles Wessley Grove, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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