Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Groves, L. C. 1833 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   L. C. GROVES, farmer and stock raiser, and postmaster of Oak Ridge, was born
in Blanchard Township, this county, April 24, 1833, son of Thomas and Adaline
(Choate) Groves, the former a native of Virginia, of German descent, and the
latter a native of Vermont, of English descent. Thomas Groves, who was an early
settler in this county, died in 1880. His family consisted of thirteen children,
ten of whom grew to maturity, L. C. being the fourth. Our subject was reared on
a farm, attended the common school and chose agriculture for his occupation in
life. In 1856 he was united in marriage with Geninia, daughter of David Braucht.
who entered 600 acres of land in this county in an early day and passed the
remainder of his life here. Mr. and Mrs. Groves have two children: Izoia and
Estella, wife of John Collingwood, a farmer in this county. Mr. Groves is the
owner of 200 acres of cultivated land. He has filled the office of trustee for
five years and school director for eleven years, and is at present postmaster of
Oak Ridge. He became a member of the Masonic fraternity at Findlay, and has
attained the degree of Master Mason in that order.

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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Blanchard Township




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