Brief Life History of John Wood
When John Wood Grow was born on 21 December 1848, in Platte, Missouri, United States, his father, Henry Grow Jr, was 31 and his mother, Mary Moyer, was 31. He married Catherine McKay on 8 November 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 2 April 1916, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John W Grove in household of Henry Grove, "United States Census, 1870"
- 1916 John Wood Grow, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- John Wood Grow, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1856
Historical Boundaries 1856: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
North German:
variant of Groh .
variant of Growe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Wood Grow-Biography
Compiled by Audrey Fuller Robertson, g granddaughter John Wood Grow was born 21 December 1848, in Platte County, Missouri to Henry Grow, Jr. and Mary Moyer (Meyer).(1) He was their fifth child and w …
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