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Jacob Napoleon Grover

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Jacob Napoleon Grover

Birth
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Death
23 Jul 1882 (aged 29)
Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
Plot
E-46-4
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Son of Thomas Grover and Loduska Solome Tupper

Married Annie Elizabeth Smith, 27 Sep 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Thomas Conrad Grover, Eliza Loduska Grover, Annie Inez Grover, Jacob Napolean Grover, Lucy Cordellia Grover, Harriet Bertha Grover

An Enduring Legacy, Volume Eleven, p. 214

Grover is a small town in Lincoln County in Wyoming. in her book Wyoming Place Names, Mae Urbanek states it was named for Jacob Grover, a Mormon pioneer who settled there in 1891. However, Jacob Grover, his wife, Annie, and two daughters and some other pioneers from Morgan, Utah, actually settled on the west side of Star Valley at the mouth of Stump Creek in 1879. They then came across the valley to cut ties for the railroad in two canyons which were later named Grover and Jensen Canyons. This same Jacob Grover, for whom some say the town was named, lost his life in a tragic accident in the place later called Grover. They had stopped at a watering place for dinner. Jake Grover had been sitting on the wagon tongue stirring sour dough biscuits. He noticed that a binder needed tightening, and he climbed on top of the loaded wagon to tighten the binder. A bolt of lightning struck him and killed him instantly. This occurred on July 23, 1882.
Son of Thomas Grover and Loduska Solome Tupper

Married Annie Elizabeth Smith, 27 Sep 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Thomas Conrad Grover, Eliza Loduska Grover, Annie Inez Grover, Jacob Napolean Grover, Lucy Cordellia Grover, Harriet Bertha Grover

An Enduring Legacy, Volume Eleven, p. 214

Grover is a small town in Lincoln County in Wyoming. in her book Wyoming Place Names, Mae Urbanek states it was named for Jacob Grover, a Mormon pioneer who settled there in 1891. However, Jacob Grover, his wife, Annie, and two daughters and some other pioneers from Morgan, Utah, actually settled on the west side of Star Valley at the mouth of Stump Creek in 1879. They then came across the valley to cut ties for the railroad in two canyons which were later named Grover and Jensen Canyons. This same Jacob Grover, for whom some say the town was named, lost his life in a tragic accident in the place later called Grover. They had stopped at a watering place for dinner. Jake Grover had been sitting on the wagon tongue stirring sour dough biscuits. He noticed that a binder needed tightening, and he climbed on top of the loaded wagon to tighten the binder. A bolt of lightning struck him and killed him instantly. This occurred on July 23, 1882.

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