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From: "Yolanda Campbell Lifter" <>
Subject: Re: [OHJACKSO-L] Catherine Grow, Jackson County's Oldest Resident
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:04:49 -0800
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20050312154902.00cb57d0@pop.raex.com>


A little more info about Catharine Grow, my 2nd great-grandmother.

Mary Catherine Hartley (25 Mar 1837-19 Feb 1938) was the d/o Isaac HARTLEY
and Catharine CLARK. She married John Henry GROW (1835-16 Oct 1865) 16 Jan
1858 Jackson Co., OH. John Henry GROW is buried in the Marietta National
Cemetery in Marietta, Cobb Co., GA.

They were the parents of 4 children:

1. George Washington GROW m. Sarah E. KIGHT

2. Sarah Catherine GROW m. Jonathan REISINGER

3. Eliza Ann GROW (my great-grandmother) m. John Wesley ALLEN

4. John Wesley GROW m. Ida Idora RUSSELL

Please contact me if you would like any additional information on the GROW
family. I hope to start a single surname study within the several months.

Yolanda Campbell Lifter
Malabar, FL

member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org
Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles R. Weese" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:18 PM
Subject: [OHJACKSO-L] Catherine Grow, Jackson County's Oldest Resident


> From a Jackson newspaper (name and date not recorded, should be in 1938)
> transcribed as printed
>
> IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TODAY FOR JACKSON COUNTY'S OLDEST
RESIDENT
>
> Catherine "Grandma" Grow Dies on Saturday
> Was Nearing 101st Birthday at Time of Death
>
> A grave in old McCune cemetery today became the final resting place for
> Jackson county's oldest and one of its best beloved citizens... Mrs.
> Catherine Hartley "Grandma" Grow. She was buried today following
> impressive rites at the Limerick church where hundreds of her friends and
> many relatives came to pay their last respects to this little old lady who
> would have been 101 years of age on March 25th.
> Death ended her unusual career Saturday morning at the home of her son,
> John Grow, in Liberty township, following a brief period of failing
> health. Complications incident to such advanced age caused her death.
> She leaves only the one son, John, and several other relatives but her
> friends were numbered in the hundreds.
> Born in Jackson county in 1837, the former Catherine Hartley was married
> in 1858 to John W. Grow, a native of Virginia. She lived all her life in
> Liberty township.
> Her husband died of yellow fever immediately after the Civil war, being
> stricken while on guard duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1865. He was a
> member of the 18th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served
> throughout the war. He lies in the National Cemetery near Chattanooga.
> Many changes took place during the century which Mrs. Grow passed through
> and it was always her delight to recount them to her friends. However,
she
> was a stout proponent of the modern age and maintained a continued
interest
> in current events up until the time of her last illness.
> She was a strong Democrat throughout her life, and among her many
> treasurers were messages from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other
> high governmental officials.
> Funeral rites Tuesday were arranged by Director Charles L. Wood.
>
> ======================================================
> Charles R. Weese, 4012 Pardee Rd., Stow, Ohio 44224
>
> See http://web.raex.com/~cweese/weese/
> and http://web.raex.com/~cweese/vance/ for my family info.
> I maintain the following USGenWeb county sites:
> Gallia County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgallia/gallia.htm
> Jackson County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm
> Vinton County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohvinton/vinton.htm
>
>
>


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