Person:John Grove (52)

About John Grove (Groves)

A History of Preston County West Virginia, Oren F. Morton, B.Lit., Biograhical Department supplied by J. R. Cole, The Journal Pub. Co, Kingwood (West Virginia), 1914, 1924, Page 335 & 881-882:

page 335: "John Groves was probably a son of the Nicholas Grove or Groves who in 1798 purchased land adjoining Absalom Soverign. About 1825 John was settled on the Eben Liston farm near Valley Point. He married the widow of Frederick Elsey. There are many descendants and his seven sons in Pleasant, Portland, Valley and Kingwood..."

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Ancestry Message Board:

John Grove / Groves of Preston Co., VA / WV., Abt. 1800's pamaddy (View posts) Posted: 6 Aug 2001 1:20AM GMT Classification: Edited: 4 Jul 2006 9:57PM GMT Surnames: Groves, Elsey, Floyd

John Groves or Grove, married a widow by the name of Mary Elsey. At the time the county would have been Monongalia Co., and in 1818 it became Preston Co., Virginia. This part of the country became West Virginia.

John had 7 son's, but I do not know if this was his only wife. The son's were supposed to have lived in the Pleasant, Portland, Valley, and Kingwood Districts of Preston Co.

I am interested in finding this half family of my gg-grandfather Nicholas Elsey, John Groves step-son by his wife.

Source: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.grove/507/mb.ashx

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