From Centennial History of Missouri (Vol. 2) by Walter B. Stevens, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1921 .
Hiram Justus Grover, a native of New Orleans, was one of the most prominent sugar planters in the south. He was attending Yale University when the war broke out. The northern troops destroyed all of his sugar mills, setting fire to the plantation. When the war was over he tried to revive his business by placing a mortgage on the property but success did not attend his efforts and he was forced to turn his attention in other directions. He then took up the practice of law in which he continued until his death. In 1871 he married Miss Charlotte Blow of St. Louis, whom he met on one of her annual trips to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras carnival. She was a daughter of Peter E. and Sarah (Tunstall) Blow. Her uncle, Henry T. Blow, was American ambassador to Brazil during the administration of President Grant and Blow School in St. Louis was named in his honor.
Hiram Justus Grover, a native of New Orleans, was one of the most prominent sugar planters in the south. He was attending Yale University when the war broke out. The northern troops destroyed all of his sugar mills, setting fire to the plantation. When the war was over he tried to revive his business by placing a mortgage on the property but success did not attend his efforts and he was forced to turn his attention in other directions. He then took up the practice of law in which he continued until his death. In 1871 he married Miss Charlotte Blow of St. Louis, whom he met on one of her annual trips to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras carnival. She was a daughter of Peter E. and Sarah (Tunstall) Blow. Her uncle, Henry T. Blow, was American ambassador to Brazil during the administration of President Grant and Blow School in St. Louis was named in his honor.
From Centennial History of Missouri (Vol. 2) by Walter B. Stevens, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1921 .
Hiram Justus Grover, a native of New Orleans, was one of the most prominent sugar planters in the south. He was attending Yale University when the war broke out. The northern troops destroyed all of his sugar mills, setting fire to the plantation. When the war was over he tried to revive his business by placing a mortgage on the property but success did not attend his efforts and he was forced to turn his attention in other directions. He then took up the practice of law in which he continued until his death. In 1871 he married Miss Charlotte Blow of St. Louis, whom he met on one of her annual trips to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras carnival. She was a daughter of Peter E. and Sarah (Tunstall) Blow. Her uncle, Henry T. Blow, was American ambassador to Brazil during the administration of President Grant and Blow School in St. Louis was named in his honor.
Hiram Justus Grover, a native of New Orleans, was one of the most prominent sugar planters in the south. He was attending Yale University when the war broke out. The northern troops destroyed all of his sugar mills, setting fire to the plantation. When the war was over he tried to revive his business by placing a mortgage on the property but success did not attend his efforts and he was forced to turn his attention in other directions. He then took up the practice of law in which he continued until his death. In 1871 he married Miss Charlotte Blow of St. Louis, whom he met on one of her annual trips to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras carnival. She was a daughter of Peter E. and Sarah (Tunstall) Blow. Her uncle, Henry T. Blow, was American ambassador to Brazil during the administration of President Grant and Blow School in St. Louis was named in his honor.
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