Stephen Staley GROVES
1818 - 1904 (86 years)
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Name Stephen Staley GROVES Birth 22 Feb 1818 Cabell County, WV 
[1] Gender Male Residence 1880 Houston, Adams, IL [2] Death 03 Apr 1904 IL [1] Person ID I01187 RiemerZajicek Last Modified 14 Dec 2010
Father Joseph GROVES, b. Abt 1791, VA d. 22 Oct 1858, Elkhorn Twp, Brown County, IL (Age ~ 67 years) Relationship Natural Mother Catherine STALEY, b. 19 Mar 1791, Berkeley, VA d. Abt 1841, IL (Age 49 years) Relationship Natural Family ID F00341 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy E. WITT, b. 22 Jun 1826 d. 26 Jun 1850 (Age 24 years) Marriage 28 Dec 1848 Adams County, IL [3] Children 1. Martha C. GROVES, b. 26 Sep 1849, Adams County, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]2. Jacob GROVES, b. 17 Mar 1851, Houston, Adams, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]Family ID F00343 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Jane CAMPBELL, b. 02 Dec 1845, TN d. 20 May 1884, Adams County, IL (Age 38 years) Marriage 12 Jan 1862 Adams County, IL [3] Children 1. Emma C. GROVES, b. 07 Apr 1863, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]2. Shara A. GROVES, b. 28 Jul 1864, Adams County, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]3. Joseph GROVES, b. 19 Dec 1865, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]4. John GROVES, b. 14 Feb 1867, Houston, Adams, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]5. Stephen S. GROVES, b. 24 May 1869, Houston, Adams, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]6. Artimisa A. GROVES, b. 31 Jul 1872, Houston, Adams, IL [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]+ 7. Daniel Ray GROVES, b. 25 Jul 1876, Golden, IL d. 09 Aug 1933, Klamath County, OR (Age 57 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]Family ID F00320 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 22 Feb 1818 - Cabell County, WV 
Marriage - 28 Dec 1848 - Adams County, IL Marriage - 12 Jan 1862 - Adams County, IL 
Residence - 1880 - Houston, Adams, IL 
Death - 03 Apr 1904 - IL = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Stephen Groves, the third of that family was born February 22, 1818, in Cabell county' West VA, and accompanied his parents to the west when a lad of ten years, traveling in an old-time prairie schooner drawn by horses. He had little opportunity to acquire an education and the schoolhouse in which he pursued his studies was built of logs with an immense fireplace in one end of the building, the smoke having egress through the chimney built of clay and sticks. He was desirous of obtaining a good education and early began working that he might earn the means to pay his tuition in other schools. However, he had the opportunity of attending school in Brown county for only one month but a scholarly old gentleman of the neighborhood assisted him in his lessons and guided his reading so that he laid the foundation for broader knowledge in later years. His father gave him his time when when he was eighteen years of age years of age on the condition that he would never ask for financial assistance from his father. He then left home and entered the employ of an uncle, living about fifteen miles from Springfield, Illinois, where he worked in a distillery for two years. He then turned his attention to farm work and soon received twenty-five dollars per month. In I837 he again became a resident of Brown county, Illinois, where he entered from the government one hundred and twenty acres of land, on which he built a cabin and made other improvements, but later left the farm in charge of his brother-in-law and went on a trapping expedition, joining a party proceeding up the Illinois river and spent the winter on Duck Island. They were successful in this venture and in the spring took their furs on a raft to St. Louis, selling to the American Fur Company. A few years later Mr. Groves exchanged his farm in Brown county for land in Houston township, Adams county. and later sold his interest in that place, and purchased another farm in the same township. He at once built a log cabin and then, desiring a companion and helpmate for life's journey. he was married December 28, 1846, to Mrs. Nancy Strickler, nee Witt. Her first husband, Abram Strickler, had died a few months after their marriage. Her father, Daniel Witt, was one of the pioneer settlers of this state. Mrs. Groves died June 26, 1850, and their two children, Jacob and Martha, are still living. Later Mr. Groves was again married, the, second union being with Mary Jane Campbell, a native of Tennessee, born December 2, 1845. Her death occurred May 20, 1884, There were seven children born of this marriage: Emma; Joseph. John: Stephen; Daniel; Artie; and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Groves continued to engage in farming throughout his entire business career, making his home on section 30, Houston township, where he owns six hundred and forty-four acres of land all in one body, and he likewise had a farm of forty acres in Andrew county, Missouri. He gave particular attention to the raising of Poland China hogs, which he sold for breeding purposes, and his shipments amounted to about two carloads each winter. He was a man of excellent business ability, enterprise and industry, and all who knew him entertained for him high respect and regard. Mr. Groves passed away April 3, 1904, while his wife's death occurred May 20, I884.
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY AND ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
By William H. Collins. S. J. Clark Publishing Co.; 1905. Pg.400
- Stephen Groves, the third of that family was born February 22, 1818, in Cabell county' West VA, and accompanied his parents to the west when a lad of ten years, traveling in an old-time prairie schooner drawn by horses. He had little opportunity to acquire an education and the schoolhouse in which he pursued his studies was built of logs with an immense fireplace in one end of the building, the smoke having egress through the chimney built of clay and sticks. He was desirous of obtaining a good education and early began working that he might earn the means to pay his tuition in other schools. However, he had the opportunity of attending school in Brown county for only one month but a scholarly old gentleman of the neighborhood assisted him in his lessons and guided his reading so that he laid the foundation for broader knowledge in later years. His father gave him his time when when he was eighteen years of age years of age on the condition that he would never ask for financial assistance from his father. He then left home and entered the employ of an uncle, living about fifteen miles from Springfield, Illinois, where he worked in a distillery for two years. He then turned his attention to farm work and soon received twenty-five dollars per month. In I837 he again became a resident of Brown county, Illinois, where he entered from the government one hundred and twenty acres of land, on which he built a cabin and made other improvements, but later left the farm in charge of his brother-in-law and went on a trapping expedition, joining a party proceeding up the Illinois river and spent the winter on Duck Island. They were successful in this venture and in the spring took their furs on a raft to St. Louis, selling to the American Fur Company. A few years later Mr. Groves exchanged his farm in Brown county for land in Houston township, Adams county. and later sold his interest in that place, and purchased another farm in the same township. He at once built a log cabin and then, desiring a companion and helpmate for life's journey. he was married December 28, 1846, to Mrs. Nancy Strickler, nee Witt. Her first husband, Abram Strickler, had died a few months after their marriage. Her father, Daniel Witt, was one of the pioneer settlers of this state. Mrs. Groves died June 26, 1850, and their two children, Jacob and Martha, are still living. Later Mr. Groves was again married, the, second union being with Mary Jane Campbell, a native of Tennessee, born December 2, 1845. Her death occurred May 20, 1884, There were seven children born of this marriage: Emma; Joseph. John: Stephen; Daniel; Artie; and one who died in infancy.
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Sources - [S00067] Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County By William H. Collins. S. J. Clark Publishing Co.; 1905.
- [S00059] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Houston, Adams, Illinois, ED 11, roll T9_174, page 166.4000, image 0335.
Record for Stephen Groves - [S00080] Illinios Statewide Marriage Index 1763- 1900.
- [S00067] Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County By William H. Collins. S. J. Clark Publishing Co.; 1905.