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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- Joel Grover, "United States Census, 1880"
- Joll Grover, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
- Joel in entry for Joel Franklin Grover, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
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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