BIOGRAPHIES: Warren P. GROVER, formerly of Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 5 October 2003 ************************************************************************ Warren P. Grover, postmaster at Ridgeland, over the line in Dunn County, prominent citizen, former educator, merchant, contractor, carpenter and farmer, was born at Menomonie, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, Sept. 30, 1863, the son of Woodbury S. and Angeline (Potter) Grover, who brought him to Dallas Township in 1868. He was reared here, attended the district schools, learned farming from his father and remained with him until he was of age. For two years he taught in the rural schools of the county, and for two years he was employed as a carpenter. In 1889 he went to Spokane, Wash., where for twelve years he was a contractor. In 1901 he went south and traveled through the southern states for two years. He came back to this part of the state in 1903 and with his brother, Milton, operated a hardware and implement store at Ridgeland for three years. Then for two years he farmed in Barron County. In 1908 he became mail carrier at Ridgeland and in 1916 was appointed postmaster. He is an efficient officer, the service has greatly improved and grown under his supervision, and he is giving general satisfaction to the patrons. He is active in public affairs, and is working for the progress and advancement of this part of the state. He is still interested in farming and owns 160 acres of good land in Wilson Township, Dunn County, which he rents. Mr. Grover was married Nov. 2, 1904 to Minnie Johnson, who was born at La Crosse, Wis., April 12, 1879, the daughter of Amund and Mary (Anderson) Johnson, the former of whom is dead, and the latter of whom lives with her son, John, who is farming in Dunn County. Mr. and Mrs. Grover are the parents of three daughters: Mildred, born Aug. 15, 1905; Carrie, born Sept. 30, 1907, and Angeline, born March 15, 1910. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 878. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm