Upshur County, West Virginia         Biography of ARTHUR W. GROVE

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 576


ARTHUR W. GROVE. During his youth and early manhood
Arthur W. Grove was in the West Virginia timber and
lumber industry, but for a number of years has been settled
down to the permanent vocation of farming. He owns one
of the good farms in Upshur County, near Rock Cave.

Mr. Grove was born on Pleasant Creek in Barbour County,
May 9, 1875, son of J. B. and Cynthia (Woodford) Grove.
His father was born in Upshur County, July 3, 1947, while
his mother was born on Pleasant Creek in Barbour County.
J. B. Grove was reared on a farm and as a young man
moved to Barbour County, where he married and settled
down to farming there. His wife died in Barbour County
in 1879, and about 1883 he moved back to Upshur County
and settled on Middle .Fork, where he is still living, at the
age of seventy-five. He is a democrat in politics and a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His three chil-
dren by his marriage to Cynthia Woodford are: Arthur
W., Ida, wire of M. L. Osburn, of Elkins, and Bassil, a
teacher in the public schools. The second wife of J. B.
Grove was Mrs. Laura (Phillips) Sharp.

Arthur W. Grove was four years old when his mother
died, and after that he grew up in the home of his grand-
parents. He had a public school education, and at the age
of seventeen went into the woods and did the arduous work
of a timberman and lumberman for seven years.

In 1897 Mr. Grove married Miss Mattie Hull. After his
marriage he began farming, and for a number of years has
owned his place of 160 acres near Rock Cave, where he
has instituted many improvements and has placed himself
among the prosperous men of this rich agricultural country.

Mr. and Mrs. Grove have two sons: Creed, born De-
cember 13, 1897, was well educated, taught school one term
and is now with his father on the farm; and Hulbert, born
May 26, 1904, attending high school at Buckhannon. The
family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Mr. Grove being on the official board and active in the work
of the Sunday school. He casts his vote as a republican.