Joel Grover

Brief Life History of Joel

When Joel Grover was born on 11 March 1849, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Grover, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Tupper, was 25. He married Mary Asenath Richards on 5 December 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 May 1886, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Grover
1849–1886
Mary Asenath Richards
1850–1915
Marriage: 5 December 1869
Willard Richards Grover
1870–1870
Joel Franklin Grover
1872–1929
Katherine Asenath Grover
1873–1954
Alice Grover
1875–1956
Roscoe Everett Grover
1877–1912
May Grover
1879–1962
Nina Bess Grover
1884–1966
Joy Lucille Grover
1898–1974

Sources (53)

  • Joel Grover, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Joll Grover, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
  • Joel, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.

North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.

Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Wiliam Leslie Grover

William Leslie Grover was born in Grouse Creek, Utah, 12 March, 1889. Marshall and Isabel Orr Grover, his parents, had been directed by the church leaders to go to Grouse Creek to aid the Indians …

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