Person:Asa Grover (1)

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Rev. Asa Porter Grover, Esq.
b.18 Feb 1817 Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States
d.20 Jul 1887 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Apr 1813
  1. Thankful Smith Grover1814 - 1834
  2. Rev. Asa Porter Grover, Esq.1817 - 1887
  3. Augustus Lyman Grover1819 - 1820
  4. Christina Grover1821 - 1897
  5. Levi Parsons Grover1825 - 1882
  6. Alonzo Pliny Fisk Grover1829 - 1855
Spouse and Children
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m. 25 Nov 1845
  1. Alice Porter Grover1847 - 1911
  2. Armilda Minnie Grover1849 - 1930
  3. Aura Buckner Grover1852 - 1920
  4. Horace Marshall Grover1857 - 1934
  5. Jefferson Davis Grover1861 - 1925
  6. Louise Grover1864 - 1865
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Asa Porter Grover, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth? 18 Feb 1817 Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States
Marriage 25 Nov 1845 Scott Co, KYto Martha A Vallandingham
Census? 1850 Owen, Kentucky, United StatesDistrict 2 - age 30 b NY
Death? 20 Jul 1887 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
Burial[2] Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United Statessec I, lot 4118, blk 12, grv 11
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References
  1.   Biography, in Gaines, B. O. The B. O. Gaines history of Scott County. (Georgetown, Kentucky: B.O. Gaines Printery, 1905)
    2:354.

    ASA P. GROVER was born in Orleans county, New York, and died in Georgetown in 1887. He was known for his sterling qualities, his fearless loyalty to his honest convictions, his unwavering fidelity to all the duties of public and of private life. He was educated for the Presbyterian ministry, and was a man of broad general information and culture. he attended Center College, at Danville, and afterward engaged in teaching school in Woodford and Franklin counties. He took up the study of law, and in 1843 began practice in Owenton, where for thirty-eight years he was a prominent and active member of the bar. In 1881 he removed to Georgetown, and was connected with the profession in that city until his death. His career at the bar was one of the greatest honor. He was vigilant in his devotion to his clients' interests, yet he never forgot that he owed a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. Called to public office by the vote of the people, Mr. Grover represented the Louisville district in Congress from 1867 to 1869 and handled with masterly skill the important questions which came up for consideration in the council chambers of the station. For twelve years he was a member of the Kentucky Senate and was the only Democratic Senator during the period of the war.
    In 1845 Mr. Grover was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Vallandingham, a native of Scott county. Mrs. Grover died in Georgetown in November, 1904.

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    http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000503

    GROVER, Asa Porter, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y., February 18, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Kentucky in 1837; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky.; taught school in Woodford and Franklin Counties; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Owenton, Ky.; member of the State senate 1857-1865; member of the Democratic State convention in 1863; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); resumed the practice of law; moved to Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., in 1881 and continued the practice of law until his death in that city on July 20, 1887; interment in Georgetown Cemetery.

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