When William Meredith Grooms was born on 18 December 1843, in Ohio, United States, his father, Elijah Grooms, was 30 and his mother, Martha Nancy Copas, was 24. He married Mary Susan Woods on 28 June 1878, in Pike, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Meigs Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 26 January 1912, in Pike, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Arkoe Cemetery, Arkoe, Pike, Ohio, United States.
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English: variant of Groom , with excrescent -s.
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