Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham Groff, Jr. and Nancy Graybill




Husband Abraham Groff, Jr. 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: Adam Groff (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 



Wife Nancy Graybill 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Adam Groff 2

           Born: 21 Dec 1802 - Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1878 3
         Buried:  - Dreisbach Cemetery, Buffalo Twp, Union Co, PA
         Spouse: Leah Miller (1807-1893) 3
           Marr: 1828 3


2 M Abram Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA
         Buried: 



3 F Lavina Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 - Northumberland Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Leiser (      -      ) 2


4 F Nancy Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Catherine Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Northumberland Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Leinbach (      -      ) 2


6 M David Groff 2

            AKA: David Grove 4
           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA
         Buried: 



7 M John Groff 1

            AKA: John Grove 5
           Born: Abt 1819 - ? Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1891 - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rachel Goodlander (1819-Aft 1898) 4


8 F Lucy Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter Guyer (      -      ) 2


9 F Martha Groff 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Leinbach (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Abraham Groff, Jr.


The first of the Groff/Grove family to acquire land in Union County, Pennsylvania, was Abraham Groff, Jr., who bought a tract in Buffalo township, near Mifflinburg, about 1828, which he gave to his eldest son, Adam. In 1831 Abraham Groff, Jr., and his wife, came to the county and settled in Kelly township, where he died at the age of seventy-one, and his wife at sixty-one years of age. They had twelve children, three dying in infancy.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 951, 966.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 966.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 967.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 951.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1012.


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