John Howard Grover Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: GROVER
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1236

       JOHN HOWARD GROVER, a prominent real estate dealer of Ports-
mouth, N. H., handling his own real estate and making a specialty of tenement
houses, building and selling, was born in this city, April 9, 1855, a son of
Josiah and Helen A. (Stackpole) Grover. The father was a native of York,
Maine, and a son of Joseph Grover. The mother was from Portsmouth.
Joseph Grover died when his son Josiah was a mere infant, and the latter,
when old enough, went to sea with a brother. Later, while still a boy, he
began to learn the painter's trade, and after acquiring a good knowledge of it,
went into business for himself in Portsmouth as painter and decorator, which 
occupation he followed to the end of his life, dying at the age of about fifty-
eight years, after acquiring a fair competence. He was well known as a
master of his craft and as a good citizen, and was also in the best sense a self-
made man, as he never went to school a day in his life, but acquired a suffi-
ciently practical education and succeeded in life by means of his own exertions.
He and his wife were the parents of nine children. Mrs. Josiah Grover is
still living and resides on State street, Portsmouth. They were members of
the Christian Baptist church and in politics he was a democrat.
       John Howard Grover, who was the eldest child of his parents, acquired
his education in the public schools, which he left at the age of about four-
teen years to assist his father. He worked with the latter for ten years,
and then started into business for himself as painter and paper-hanger. This
business he has carried on for twenty-five years, employing at the present
time from five to eight men, although in recent years he has given his atten-
tion largely to building and real estate, as above mentioned. He is doing
a prosperous business and is now regarded as one of the substantial citizens
of Portsmouth. He belongs to the Blue Lodge of Masons, to the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, the Red Men, and the Royal Arcanum.
      Mr. Grover married Mary H. Gove, a native of Massachusetts and
daughter of George W. and Sarah (Lucas) Gove. She was one of a family
of six children, her father being a locomotive engineer. Two children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover, but both are now deceased. Fred H.
died at the age of thirty-three years, leaving a widow, whose maiden name
was Myria W. Ayers; they had a son Harold Everett, who died, aged four
years and two months; Bettie, the younger child of our subject, died at
the age of four days. Mr. and Mrs. Grover attend the Methodist church,
Mr. Grover being chairman of the building committee of the new church,
soon to be erected.

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