Brooks-Bulloch County GaArchives Biographies.....Groover, Robert Lee 1852 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   ROBERT LEE GROOVER. One of the many enterprising men extensively engaged in
farming in Brooks county, Robert Lee Groover has brought to his chosen calling
superior knowledge, excellent judgment, and fine business methods, and his
labors are crowned with success. A native of this county, he was born October
27, 1862, in Hickory Head district, not far from the birthplace of his father,
Allen W. Groover.

   His grandfather, James Groover, was born, reared and married in Bulloch
county, Georgia. From there he came to Southwestern Georgia, making his way
thither with teams, bringing with him all of his worldly possessions, including
his household goods, his stock and his slaves. He located in that part of Irwin
county that was later made into Lowndes county, and has since become a part of
Brooks county. Buying a tract of timber, he erected a rude log house in the
wilderness, and later sawed boards to seal the house and floors. For many years
thereafter there were no railroads in this section of the country, all of the
cotton produced being hauled to the arulf ports, fifty miles away, it taking a
week to make the round trip. Indians were then numerous, and deer, bear and wild
game of all kinds inhabited the deep woods. Clearing quite a tract of land, he
was busily employed in cultivating the soil until his death, at a good old age.
To him and his first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Denmark, twelve sons
and four daughters were born, and by his second wife, one son was born.

   Born in Hickory Head district, Brooks county, September 4, 1832, Allen W.
Groover was brought up in what is now Brooks county. Inheriting a tract of land,
he engaged in agricultural pursuits as a young man, continuing thus employed
until the fall of 1862. Enlisting then in the Georgia Volunter Infantry, he
served with the Confederate forces until the close of the war. Returning home,
he resumed farming on an extensive scale, becoming owner of about two thousand
acres of land in Brooks county, where he continued a resident until his death,
September 4, 1907. He married Martha McMullen, who was born in Brooks county,
Georgia, a daughter of James McMullen. She died in 1892, leaving six children,
as follows: Feliz R., Frank C., Robert Lee, Hattie, Eliza L., and W. Blewett.

   An excellent scholar as a boy, Robert Lee Groover acquired a practical
business education in the common schools, and until twenty-five years of age
remained beneath the parental roof, being in the employ of his father. He then
purchased land in the Nankin district and was there successfully engaged in
tilling the soil until 1903. He then bought the place on which he is now living,
it being the R. I. Denmark homestead property of seven hundred acres, and still
retains the eleven hundred acres in the Nankin district.

   In 1890 Mr. Groover married Peggie Wyche, who was born in Madison county,
Florida, a daughter of James L. and Mary (Rossiter) Wyche. Five children have
been born of their union, namely: Robert Lawrence, Allen W., Vaun, Rossiter, and
Frank Clayton. Religiously Mr. Groover is affiliated with the Missionary Baptist
church, and Mrs. Groover is a member of the Presbyterian church. Politically a
Democrat, Mr. Groover served for fourten years as county commissioner. He
belongs to the Hickory Head Farmers' club, of which he has been president. He is
a man of much ability and is now vice-president of the Bank of Quitman.



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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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