Capt Abraham C. Grove and Mary Elizabeth Leach

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Husband Capt Abraham C. Grove ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Sep 1838 - New Lebanon, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Grove (1811-1881) 3
         Mother: Catherine Van Voorhees (      -1878) 4

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Leach ⁴

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            AKA: Mary Leech 1
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         Father: James Leach (      -      ) 4
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1 M Leon V. Grove ^{1 4}

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2 F Nettie C. Grove ^{1 5 6}

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         Spouse: Sherman Marshall Matheny (1862/1862-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 9 Jun 1896 6

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3 M Marshall M. Grove ¹

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4 M Darwin C. Grove ^{1 4}

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5 M Victor H. Grove ^{1 4}

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6 M Leach A. Grove ⁴

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            AKA: Leech A. Grove 1
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7 M Clarence M. Grove ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Capt Abraham C. Grove

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He was educated at the select schools of New Lebanon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, served eight months, and on his return he, in company with Col. J. T. Giebner and Col. Rogers, organized Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served throughout the Rebellion, and held the commission of second and first lieutenants and captain of the company. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. [HMC 1888, 1087]

He had the usual educational advantages, and after a course in New Lebanon Academy entered into mercantile life in 1867, by purchasing the store of McHenry & Son. He was successful in this venture, and kept that store until 1891, when he sold it to M. E. Dean, and moved to Ellwood City. In company with H. S. Blatt, Capt. Grove began business along the lines of hardware and lumber. After a fire, Capt. Grove built a two-story building, 100x44 feet, the first floor of which is divided into two stores, one of which he rents to a clothing firm, and the other is used by his own stock of hardware, agricultural implements, paints, oils, glass, etc., the business being carried on under the name of Grove & Co. Capt. Grove was interested in the Ellwood Lumber County, and in the Gas Company.
He was a Republican, and served on the school board of Ellwood City. He had an honorable and worthy career as a soldier of the Union, as he enlisted in the fall of '61 for three years in Co. B, 83rd Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf.; he received a discharge in the spring of 1862 on account of disabilities. In the same autumn he re-enlisted in Co. B, 140th Reg. as second lieutenant, and when the company was re-organized he was promoted to the first lieutenantcy, where he served until June 5, 1864, when he was commissioned captain. His resignation, March 1, 1863, was necessitated by a wound in the thigh, from the effects of which he never recovered. He was a member of the Union Veteran Legion of New Castle, and held offices in the Post, No. 251, G. A. R. of New Lebanon. He was a charter member of Ellwood Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 559, and was once a member of Lake Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 434. He was also a member of Mt. Calvary Lodge, No. 67, Knights Templar.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1087.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 414.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1086.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 415.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 289, 415.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 814.