Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Grove and Catherine Van Voorhees




Husband Jacob Grove 1

           Born: 1811 - Union Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Feb 1881 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Abraham Grove (      -Bef 1888) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -Bef 1888) 5


       Marriage: 



Wife Catherine Van Voorhees 4

            AKA: Catharine Voorhis 1
           Born: 
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           Died: 1878 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Ryneer Van Voorhees (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Absolom Grove 2 6

           Born: 1836 - New Lebanon, Mercer Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jun 1864 7 8
         Buried:  - Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island, NY 8
         Spouse: Anna M. Ramsey (      -Aft 1908) 6
           Marr: 1857 6


2 F Mary E. Grove 2 4 9

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Reuben Stewart (1825-      ) 2 10
           Marr: 1855 10


3 M Capt Abraham C. Grove 2 11

           Born: 3 Sep 1838 - New Lebanon, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Leach (      -      ) 4


4 F Elizabeth Grove 4 12

           Born: 1840
     Christened: 
           Died: 1928
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
         Spouse: Thomas M. Law (1839-1921) 14


5 F Sarah J. Grove 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: William Conn (      -      ) 2


6 M Jacob T. Grove 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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7 M Jonas B. Grove 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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8 M Jeremiah M. Grove 2 4

           Born: 
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9 M Jay C. Grove 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1897
         Buried: 



10 F Kate Grove 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: A. H. Banes (      -      ) 2


11 F Zilphia C. Grove 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Jacob Grove


He was a youth of eighteen years when the family settled in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and so he aided his father in clearing the land, and putting it under the plow. He bought an adjacent tract of 100 acres, and spent his life in its cultivation.


General Notes: Wife - Catherine Van Voorhees


She was killed at Summitt by a train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad.

She met her death in a railroad accident at Polk, Venango County, Pennsylvania, when in her sixty-second year.

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Sources


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

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

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1044, 1086.

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

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1044.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 769.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 153.

8 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Vol. IV (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1870), Pg 385.

9 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 559.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 558.

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

12 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1059, 1087.

13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 29.

14 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1059.


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