Stephen Grover was the minister the baptized Grover Cleveland and for whom he was named, but was not a relative. Ministers names turn up frequently as namesakes. Lots of George Whitfields. One of my wife's kin spent several years researching the background of Egerton Ryerson, believing the Egerton Ryerson Young was a descendant when he was merely the son of a devout Methodist preacher who greatly admired Egerton Ryerson. Richard Dean wrote: > >From: "Beverly W. Crifasi" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: [NJMORRIS] Rev. Stephen Grover > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >I am interested in the family of Rev. Stephen Grover, minister of the > >First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell circa 1800-1830. He was married to > >Mary Byram, a descendant of Mayflower immigrant John Alden. He had a > >brother, Rev. Joseph Grover (about whom I have nothing more) and a > >sister, Abigail Grover, possibly born at Parsippany, Morris County, NJ, > >who married 1) Zenas Crane (with whom she had at least four children) > >and 2) John Sturdavant. I have nothing on the Grover ancestry. > > > >Rev. Stephen Grover and his wife Mary Byram had at least 5 children: > >1. Rosalinda Grover m Joseph Freeman Crowell > > a. Stephen Grover Crowell b 1817 d 1854 m Sarah W. Smith; had 4 > >children > >2. Maria Grover m Dr. Joseph Smith Dodd m Dr. Joseph Smith Dodd; had 5 > >children: > > a. John Dodd b. 1818 d. 1834 > > b. Rosa Grover b. Nov 1820 d. 1849 m. Samuel A. Brower > > c. Amzi Dodd b. 3 Mar 1823 d. 1913 m. Jane Frame > > d. Stephen Grover Dodd b. 1826 d. 1912 m. Eliza Shaw > > e. Abby Maria Dodd b. 1828 d 1916 > >3. James Wheelock Grover 4 May 1795 > >4. John Grover b: Mar 1799, died young > >5. Harriet Pierson Grover b: 1801 d. 1 Dec 1835 m William Brown Baldwin > >and had children > > > >Any assistance would be welcome. Regards- Bev > > Caldwell is located in Essex County, only 2 or 3 miles from the Morris County line. > > Could the Grover's be part of the family of the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, Grover Cleveland? He was born at Caldwell on March 18, 1837, and his father was the Presbyterian minister. > > For information about America's only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and only one of two candidates for that office to win the popular vote 3 or more times, check out C-SPAN's web site for its American Presidents series: > > www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/22.asp > > > > Rich Dean, Butler NJ USA .. secondary email addresses are [email protected], [email protected] .. Butler HS Class of 1970, Vol Firefighter since 1973, Telecommunciator/Dispatch since 1975, Railfan since birth in 1952.. Founder of Egroups.com groups for ButlerNJArea, NJ_Area_Railpics, NorthAmericanParades and NorthJerseyVolFire.. Member of many more online groups such as [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ... > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Before you buy.