Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Grove, David B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

David B. Grove, farmer, residing on section 3 Hahnaman Township, is a son of 
David and Margaret (Bruner) Grove, natives of Pennsylvania, in which State 
they resided until their death. Their family consisted of six children, 
namely: Charles, David, Philip, Mary, Anna and Catharine. David B. Grove, 
subject of this biographical notice, was born in Bucks Co., Pa., Aug. 15, 
1828. He received the advantages afforded by the common schools of his native 
county and was engaged in mercantile pursuits until he came to this county, in 
1855. On arrival here he located at Sterling, where he continued to reside 
until 1864. During that year he returned to his native State and engaged in 
the hardware business in Philadelphia. He continued in the business at the 
place last named until 1878, when he returned to this county and settled in 
Hahnaman Township. Mr. Grove had previously, in 1860, purchased 155 acres on 
section 3, Hahnaman Township, and on this land he settled, on his return to 
the county in 1878, and entered vigorously and energetically upon its 
cultivation. About 140 acres of the tract is in good tillable condition. Mr. 
Grove was united in marriage in Montgomery Co., Pa., Nov. 15, 1849, to 
Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Smith) Sorver, natives of that State, 
and where they resided until their death. Their family comprised nine 
children, namely: Oliver, Elmira, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, 
Barbara and Jennie. Mrs. Grove was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1830. 
She and her husband are the parents of six children, namely: Cordelia, Lizzie, 
David V., Edward E., Mary and Kate. Politically, Mr. Grove is a Democrat.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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