John was born in Indiana in 1847, son of Garrison Groves and Sarah Stivers. He was a farmer. He married Matilda Elizabeth Nottingham in 1868. They had two children. Matilda died in 1902. John remarried in 1905 to Barbara Rafe. He passed away in 1930.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJY-PWR : 22 August 2017), James Grove, Smallwood, Jasper, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 165, sheet 371D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,215.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSW6-FG2 : accessed 27 January 2020), John H Groves, Smallwood Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 3A, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,308.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD6-GPM : accessed 27 January 2020), John Grove, Fox, Jasper, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 3A, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 293; FHL microfilm 1,374,306.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYG-591 : accessed 27 January 2020), John H Grove, Fox, Jasper, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 4A, line 50, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 521; FHL microfilm 2,340,256.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7N-9MG : 8 March 2018), John H. Groves, 16 May 1930; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,643,664.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2020), memorial page for John H Grove (24 Feb 1847–1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 140315712, citing Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Richland County, Illinois, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140315712
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