Groves Family Line

Contributed by Sally Moon
© 2001
Updated © 2003

First Ancestor in Sumner Co. TN.

Thomas Groves born Abt. 1754 VA. Died Nov. 1814 Sumner Co.TN. Married Eady Harrod born Abt. 1755 N. C. Died Aft. 1830 Sumner Co. TN. They were married about 1773 N.C. Two of their sons were my 4th great-grandfathers. David Groves born Feb. 12, 1788 N. C. and John Groves born 1796 N. C.

Children of Thomas Groves and Eady Harrod are:

  1. Thomas Groves born 1774 NC. Married Anna Denning Jan. 1805 Sumner Co. TN.
  2. Allen Groves born NC Abt. 1780. Married Mary Polly Uzzell Feb. 10, 1806 Sumner Co. TN.
  3. Sarah Sally Groves born NC Aft. 1780.
  4. Mary Polly Groves Born Aft. 1780 NC. Married Andrew Denning Sept. 15, 1806 Sumner Co. TN.
  5. Tilly Groves born Aft. 1780 NC. Married Benjamine Grainger Nov. 8, 1806 Sumner Co. TN.
  6. David Groves born Feb. 12, 1788 NC. Died Jan 1845 in Robertson Co. TN. Married Susannah Roney Dec. 19, 1808 Sumner Co. TN. For more information see below.
  7. Isaac Groves born Feb. 12, 1788 NC. Married first to Mary W. Married second to Margaret Clampittle on Jan 1851 in Sumner Co. TN.
  8. Elizabeth Groves born Bef. 1790 NC.
  9. Leah Groves born 1790 NC. Married William Roney Aug. 3, 1808 Sumner Co. TN.
  10. Rhoda Groves born 1792 died 7-6-1856 Sumner Co. TN. Married John A. Bracken.
  11. John Groves born 1796 N.C. died 1867 Sumner Co. TN. Married first Martha Collier Nov. 30, 1820. Married second to Sarah Sally Skeen May 19, 1824 Sumner Co. TN. For more information see below.

David Groves (son of Thomas Groves and Eady Harrod) and Susannah Roney ( born Abt. 1790 Orange Co. N.C.died Aft. 1850 Sumner Co. TN.) married Dec. 19, 1808 Sumner Co. TN.

Children of David Groves and Susannah Roney are:

  1. Son? 1809.
  2. Allen Groves 1811.
  3. Thomas Groves 1815.
  4. Bennett Groves Nov. 3, 1819.
  5. Alfred Groves Dec. 5, 1822. Alfred Groves married Amelia Milly Jane Byram June 8, 1845 Sumner Co. TN. She was born Nov. 19, 1829 Robertson Co. TN. and died Aug. 14, 1900 Sumner Co. TN. Alfred died Dec. 3, 1894 Sumner Co. TN. They are buried in Ebenezer Church Cem. Sumner Co. TN.
  6. James Groves 1824.
  7. Daughter? Bef. 1830.

John Groves (son of Thomas Groves and Eady Harrod) born 1796 N.C. died 1867 Sumner Co. TN. Married first to Martha Collier Nov. 30, 1820. Married second to Sarah Sally Skeen May 19, 1824 Sumner Co. TN.

Child of John Groves and Martha Collier:

  1. Alexander A. Groves born March 12, 1822 Sumner Co. TN.

Children of John Groves and Sarah Sally Skeen are:

  1. Martha Ann Groves born Oct. 29, 1826.
  2. Mary Catherine Groves born May 7, 1828 married Rev. William Woods Lynch Dec. 17, 1846 Sumner Co. TN. Mary died Nov. 30, 1900 Sumner Co. TN. buried Ebenezer Church Cem. Rev. William W. Lynch died Dec. 24, 1894 Sumner Co. Ebenezer Cem. Children 1. Martha Henrietta Lynch born Nov. 5, 1847 Simpson Co. KY. married Moses Groves born 1848. 2. Victoria Vandealy Lynch born Aug. 21, 1849 Simpson Married James Thomas Bumpus. 3. Sarah Josephine Lynch born Feb. 13, 1852 died Sept. 9, 1830 Franklin, TN. married David E. Groves born 1845. 4. Mary Jane Lynch born June 1, 1857 married William Mayes. 5. John William Lynch M. D. born Feb. 4, 1861 married Ellen Clack he died Feb. 22, 1931 Charleston MO. 6. Oliver Lynch Twin born Feb. 7, 1862 died 1862. 7. Caroline Dulval Lynch twin Feb. 7, 1862 died 1862. Sumner married Rev. William Woods Lynch
  3. Eliza M. Groves Feb. 1, 1830.
  4. William Thomas Groves Nov. 11, 1837.
  5. Elizabeth E. Groves April 11, 1839.
  6. Emily Kiser Groves March 10, 1839.married Levi W. Lynch.

Alfred Groves (son of David Groves and Susannah Roney) born Dec. 5, 1822, died Dec. 3, 1894 Sumner Co. TN. Married to Amelia Milly Jane Byram.

Children of Alfred Groves and Amelia Milly Jane Byram are:

  1. Moses Groves born March 11, 1848. Married Martha Henrietta Lynch.
  2. Mary A. "Molly" Groves born March 14, 1850 Sumner Co. TN. Married Robert M. Hester.
  3. David E. Groves born April 2, 1852 Sumner Co. TN. Died 1896 Sumner Co. TN. Married Sarah born 1863.
  4. Albert Thomas Franklin Groves born 1854 Sumner Co. TN. Died Dec. 19, 1896 Sumner Co. TN.
  5. Francis Marion Groves born 1856 Sumner Co. TN. Married Sarah Capitola House in Sumner Co. TN.
  6. Robert H. Groves born Sept. 9, 1859 Sumner Co. TN
  7. Sarah F. Groves born Aug. 1864 Sumner Co. TN. Married Soloman S. Miller in 1885.

Moses Groves (son of Alfred Groves and Amelia Milly Jane Byram, grandson of David Groves and Susannah Roney) born March 11, 1848. He died on Feb. 19, 1919 in Pine Bluff, AR. Moses married on Nov. 24, 1868 in Sumner Co. TN to Martha Henrietta Lynch. Martha died Feb. 23m 1930 in Pine Bluff, AR.

Children of Moses Groves and Martha Henrietta Lynch are:

  1. Ora Lee Groves born Sept. 4, 1869 in Sumner Co. TN. She died March 14, 1951. Buried Sunny Lane Cem. Ok. City OK. Married on March 18, 1888 in Conway AR. to Charles Richard Shell born Jan 2, 182 GA, died March 17, 1928 Little Rock AR. Their children are: 1. Inez born 1889 in Conway, AR. Died 1889. 2. Hubert Richard Shell 1891 Conway, AR. married Ruth. 3. Gladys Lee Shell born July 25, 1893 Pine Bluff, AR., died Sept 9, 1969 Ok. City OK. Sunny Lane Cem. Married Edward Lee Means June 3, 1914 Little Rock, AR. Edward born April 1891 MO. died March 3, 1931 Ok. City, OK. Sunny Lane Cem. Children 1. Edward Lee Means Jr. born Jan. 3, 1916 MO. died Nov. 5, 1953 Ok. City, OK. Sunny Lane Cem. Never married was in WWII. 2. Richard Bunyon Means born March 16, 1919 Little Rock AR. died July 19, 1968 Ok. City Ok. Sunny Lane Cem. Married Myrtle Viola Mynhier (Living) on Nov. 21, 1936 Ok. City, OK. Two children. (Gladys Shell Means married second Malcom Calvis Trimble in 1935 OK. she married third Arthur Davenport 1965.) 4. Louis Thomas Shell born March 1, 1896 Pine Bluff AR.
  2. Willice Edgar Groves born 1872 Sumner Co. TN.
  3. Clifton Leslie Groves born 1874 Sumner Co. TN.
  4. Lovie Jane Grove born Oct. 22, 1877 Sumner Co. TN. Married Lloyd Josiah McDaniels on Oct. 24, 1899 in Pine Bluff AR. Their children are: 1. Lovie Crystal McDaniels born 1901. 2. Lois Maleta McDaniels born 1903. 3. Lloyd Leland McDaniels born Aug. 31, 1910. Lloyd married Ida Aleen Clements.
  5. Lillian Florence Groves born Oct. 19, 1880.
  6. Rosa May Groves born Dec. 17, 1882.
  7. Ruth Inez Groves born 1886.
  8. Jewel Groves born April 11, 1887.
  9. Moses Groves Jr. born Apr. 19, 1891 in AR.


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