Martin M. Grove, M. D. Biography


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				MARTIN M. GROVE, M. D. 

	The reputation of Dr. Martin M. Grove in the field of surgical 
practice extends far beyond the limits of Minnehaha county, in which he 
makes his home. He maintains his office in Dell Rapids, where he 
located in 1905. Through the intervening period he has demonstrated his 
marked ability in successful private practice and in hospital work as 
well, for he was the founder and has been the promoter of the Dell 
Rapids Hospital, now widely recognized as one of the most valuable 
institutions of the southeastern part of the state. Dr. Grove is a 
western man by birth, training and preference. He was born in 
Plainview, Minnesota, on the 18th of September, 1879, and is a son of 
Martin A. and Mary A. (Christopher) Grove, both of whom were natives of 
Norway, but came to the United States in childhood with their 
respective parents, the two families settling in Wabasha county, 
Minnesota. There Martin A. Grove and Mary A. Christopher were reared 
and married, following which they began their domestic life upon a farm 
in Wabasha county, where they have since made their home. For many 
years Mr. Grove continued in active connection with general 
agricultural pursuits, but is now living retired, making his home in 
Plainview. 

	Dr. Grove was reared upon the old home farm in Wabasha county and 
the district schools afforded him his early educational privileges. 
Later he attended the Plainview high school, from which he was 
graduated with the class of 1899. He afterward entered the University 
of Minnesota and in 1901 took up the study of medicine, matriculating 
in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of Illinois 
at Chicago. In due time he was graduated with the class of 1905. During 
the last year of his college course he took up hospital work and filled 
the position of interne in St. Mary,s, following his graduation until 
the fall of 1905, when he removed to Dell Rapids and opened an office 
for the private practice of medicine. There he has since remained, 
covering a period of ten years, and as time has passed his practice has 
constantly grown in volume and importance. In 1908 he established a 
hospital with four beds and since that time his hospital practice has 
grown to such an extent that he now has thirty beds. For the conduct of 
the institution he organized the Dell Rapids Hospital Company and in 
the summer of 1914 a modern hospital building, equipped with thirty 
beds, was built. It is supplied with every modern facility for the care 
of the sick and for surgical work and, in fact, is a model institution 
of its kind. In 1911 Dr. Grove was joined in practice by Dr. J. B. 
Eagan and in February, 1914, they admitted a third partner, Dr. Arthur 
F. Grove, a brother of the senior member of the firm. These three are 
today practicing under the style of Grove, Eagan & Grove and they are 
the only ones doing major surgery in Dell Rapids. They have a well 
merited reputation as expert surgeons of eastern South Dakota and do a 
vast amount of work along that line. 

	In January, 1906, Dr. Martin M. Grove was married to Miss Grace 
Fisk, of Plainview, Minnesota, and they have become parents of four 
sons, Martin Stewart, Raymond Fisk, Donald B. and Harold. Dr. and Mrs. 
Grove are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active 
and helpful interest in its work. Their home is a hospitable one, whose 
good cheer is greatly enjoyed by many friends. 

	Dr. Grove is identified with several fraternal organizations. In 
Masonry he has attained high rank, belonging to Dell Rapids Lodge, No. 
40, F. & A. M.; Occidental Consistory, No. 2, A. & A. S. R.; and El 
Riad Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Sioux Falls. He is a member of both 
the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows at Dell Rapids, of 
Dell Rapids Lodge, K. P., and of Sioux Falls Lodge, No. 262, B. P. O. 
E. He likewise belongs to the Dell Rapids Commercial Club and is in 
sympathy with all of its movements and purposes for the progress and 
upbuilding of the city. Dr. Grove belongs to the Seventh District 
Medical Society, in which he has been honored with the presidency, and 
he is also a member of the South Dakota Medical Society and a fellow of 
the American Medical Association. He is likewise connected with the 
Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America and thus he keeps in 
touch with the advanced thought of the profession in all its scientific 
researches and investigations.