Descendants of GEORGE GROVES
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE1 GROVES was born in Germany ?. He married SUSANNA.
Marriage Notes for GEORGE GROVES and SUSANNA:
About 1810 family moved to Fairfield, Ohio.
Children of GEORGE GROVES and SUSANNA are:
i. GEORGE (JR.)2 GROVES, b. 1793, Pennsylvania.
2. ii. JOSEPH GROVES, b. January 3, 1803, Pennsylvania; d. December 29, 1878.
3. iii. THOMAS GROVES, b. January 18, 1806, Pennsylvania.
Generation No. 2
2. JOSEPH2 GROVES (GEORGE1) was born January 3, 1803 in Pennsylvania, and
died December 29, 1878. He married ELIZABETH HOSKINSON in Fairfield County,
Ohio, daughter of JOHNATHON HOSKINSON. She was born in Virginia, and died
July 15, 1878.
Marriage Notes for JOSEPH GROVES and ELIZABETH HOSKINSON:
Fall of 1839 moved family to Wells County, Indiana.
Children of JOSEPH GROVES and ELIZABETH HOSKINSON are:
4. i. HARRIET3 GROVES.
ii. MARY GROVES, m. JACOB STAHL.
iii. ELIZABETH GROVES, m. JOHN VAN HORN.
iv. THOMAS BENTON GROVES.
v. MARTHA GROVES, m. JOHN GROVES.
3. THOMAS2 GROVES (GEORGE1) was born January 18, 1806 in Pennsylvania. He
married ANNA WILSON. She was born January 23, 1808 in Ohio, and died August
18, 1864.
Marriage Notes for THOMAS GROVES and ANNA WILSON:
Settled in Wells County, Indiana 1839.
Children of THOMAS GROVES and ANNA WILSON are:
5. i. CATHERINE3 GROVES, b. April 26, 1829, Licking County, Ohio; d.
September 1910.
ii. JOSHUA S. GROVES.
iii. THOMAS GROVES.
iv. FRANCIS GROVES.
v. SUSANNAH GROVES, m. YARGER.
Generation No. 3
4. HARRIET3 GROVES (JOSEPH2, GEORGE1) She married JOSIAH DAVIS January 20,
1854 in Wells County, Indiana, son of WILLIAM DAVIS and SARAH. He was born
July 12, 1825 in Hocking County, Ohio, and died September 3, 1886.
Notes for JOSIAH DAVIS:
Moved to Wells County, Indiana about 1848.
More About JOSIAH DAVIS:
Cause of Death: CANCER
Children of HARRIET GROVES and JOSIAH DAVIS are:
i. HENRY SHERMAN4 DAVIS, b. December 25, 1867, Indiana; d. February 13,
1921; m. SARAH CATHERINE MENDENHALL, September 22, 1915, Wells County,
Indiana; b. March 1, 1868, Wells County, Indiana; d. May 16, 1939, Whitley
County, Indiana.
Notes for SARAH CATHERINE MENDENHALL:
H. Brown & Sons Funeral Home, Warren, Indiana.
More About SARAH CATHERINE MENDENHALL:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery; Warren, Indiana
Cause of Death: Uremic poisoning
6. ii. EDWIN R. DAVIS, b. October 14, 1854, Wells County, Indiana.
iii. EMMA A. DAVIS, m. LEWIS COBBUM.
5. CATHERINE3 GROVES (THOMAS2, GEORGE1) was born April 26, 1829 in Licking
County, Ohio, and died September 1910. She married JESSE TANNEHILL December
25, 1851 in Wells County, Indiana, son of SAMUEL TANNEHILL and MARY MOON. He
was born December 27, 1825 in Hocking County, Ohio, and died March 10, 1874
in Wells County, Indiana.
More About CATHERINE GROVES:
Cause of Death: Dysentery
Notes for JESSE TANNEHILL:
Settled in Wells County, Indiana in 1845.
Children of CATHERINE GROVES and JESSE TANNEHILL are:
i. MARY LOUISA4 TANNEHILL, b. October 15, 1854; d. December 27, 1921.
More About MARY LOUISA TANNEHILL:
Cause of Death: Epilepsy
ii. JOSEPH G. TANNEHILL, b. April 5, 1859; d. 1877.
Generation No. 4
6. EDWIN R.4 DAVIS (HARRIET3 GROVES, JOSEPH2, GEORGE1) was born October 14,
1854 in Wells County, Indiana. He married SARAH E. KING January 16, 1879 in
Wells County, Indiana, daughter of GEORGE KING and CATHERINE. She was born
December 24, 1860.
Children of EDWIN DAVIS and SARAH KING are:
i. WYOMAH5 DAVIS, b. December 11, 1880; m. ELI BOWER, June 24, 1903,
Wells County, Indiana.
ii. WINNONAH DAVIS, b. January 16, 1882.
iii. NETTIE DAVIS, b. April 26, 1886.