Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Gruver, John M.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bedminster Township


JOHN M. GRUVER farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a grandson of 
Philip Gruver, a farmer in Tinicum township, where he died 
about forty-five years ago.  He was twice married.  His son, 
Joseph, father of our subject, was a son by his first wife.  
He was born on the homestead in 1798 and died in August, 
1880, aged 83 years.  He was a man of good repute and an 
elder in the Lower Tinicum Lutheran church, in which he also 
led the singing.  His wife, Elizabeth Maust, was born in the 
same township and in the same year as her husband, and died 
in September, 1882, in her 85th year.  They had eleven 
children, of whom seven are now living:  Reuben, in 
Doylestown township; Elias, John M., living in Bedminster 
township; Isaac and Caroline, in Tinicum township; Joseph, 
in Lehigh county; and Mary, in Hilltown.  John M. was born 
February 7, 1837.  He was brought up to farming and in 1860 
began for himself, living on various farms in this and 
Tinicum township for nine years, when he bought the place 
which has since been his home.  December 3, 1864, he was 
married to Sarah Ann, daughter of Joseph Sine.  She was born 
December 7, 1844.  To their union four children have been 
born:  Leidy S., who teaches school in winter, and is now 
fitting himself for the higher branches of his profession; 
Milton S. and Edwin S.; and James Ezra, who died in January, 
1886, aged 17 years and 6 months.  Mr. and Mrs. Gruver and 
all of their family except the youngest are members of the 
Lower Tinicum Lutheran church, and the testimony of his 
neighbors is that he is an honest, upright man, and a good 
citizen.