Jacob Alexander “Jake” GrovesAge: 79 years1862–1942
- Name
- Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves
- Given names
- Jacob Alexander
- Surname
- Groves
- Nickname
- Jake
 Birth | December 14, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Angemima J Blake — View this family about 1882 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ida E Groves September 29, 1883 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ada Groves December 2, 1885 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a wife | Angemima J Blake about 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal — View this family December 28, 1890 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Vadie Groves about 1891 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Vadie Groves about 1892 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ora Pearl Groves March 31, 1894 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Charles Clayton “Charlie” Groves December 25, 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves February 21, 1899 (Age 36 years) |
 Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Ermine Esther Groves February 28, 1902 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Ulysses Simpson Groves November 22, 1906 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Vernie L Groves 1908 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Vernie L Groves 1908 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ida E Groves March 25, 1908 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Ona Marie Groves May 2, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ora Pearl Groves June 19, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Nina Groves September 12, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Houston Robert Rager — Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves — View this family April 19, 1915 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Emmie Lou Rager October 31, 1915 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ima Jean Rager October 20, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Bernice Ellen Rager January 7, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Robert Thomas “Bob” Rager February 18, 1922 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Dorothy V Rager January 28, 1924 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Ruby Doris Rager February 4, 1926 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Maulta Louise Groves August 10, 1928 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Warren Jacob Davis September 29, 1929 (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ulysses Simpson Groves — Dona Lee Hall — View this family calculated 1929 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mary Evelyn Crawley June 22, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Thomas Sullivan — Ona Marie Groves — View this family October 22, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Kenneth Clayton Sullivan January 21, 1931 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Virgil Lee Davis March 4, 1932 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Deward Ray Sullivan February 13, 1933 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Nona Marie Groves February 19, 1933 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Floeva Ellen Davis July 22, 1935 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | John Robert Crawley Jr September 18, 1935 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Earl Miller Davis Sr. April 1, 1938 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | Charline Groves August 22, 1939 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | Anita Crawley November 2, 1939 (Age 76 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | July 12, 1942 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clifty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
| Family with Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal |
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Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves Birth: December 14, 1862 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 12, 1942 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal Birth: January 13, 1875 29 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1961 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 28, 1890 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Vadie Groves Birth: about 1891 28 15 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: about 1892 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ora Pearl Groves Birth: March 31, 1894 31 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 19, 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Charles Clayton “Charlie” Groves Birth: December 25, 1896 34 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1981 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves Birth: February 21, 1899 36 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 1989 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ermine Esther Groves Birth: February 28, 1902 39 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 21, 1994 — Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years son |
Ulysses Simpson Groves Birth: November 22, 1906 43 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 6, 1979 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Vernie L Groves Birth: 1908 45 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1908 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Ona Marie Groves Birth: May 2, 1910 47 35 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 21, 1990 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nina Groves Birth: September 12, 1912 49 37 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1977 |
| Family with Angemima J Blake |
| himself |
Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves Birth: December 14, 1862 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 12, 1942 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Angemima J Blake Death: about 1889 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1882 — |
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21 months daughter |
Ida E Groves Birth: September 29, 1883 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1908 |
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2 years daughter |
Ada Groves Birth: December 2, 1885 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 24, 1963 |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household
Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household
Kirkmansville and Clifty through Davis Hollow Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household
Road Off Crafts Store Road To Highway 181 Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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