BIO:  William M. Grove, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 124

WILLIAM M. GROVE, farmer, is a son of Jacob and Martha (Tosh) Grove, who were 
natives of Fawn Township, and moved to Lower Chanceford.  Jacob Grove, the 
father, had eleven children and was first married to Agnes Workman.  William M. 
Grove, who is a son by a second marriage, was born October 8, 1856, in the 
township where he now resides.  At the death of his father he became the owner of 
the homestead farm of 139 acres.  He was married January 31, 1884, to Mary E., 
daughter of E. McVey, of Cecil County, Md.  His wife is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church at Airville.