Thomas Grover Snippets

Thomas Grover

Hyrum Smith came for me to go on board the Steam Boat Nauvoo.  I spent one day on it and it was then concluded not to sail her any more this season.  We remained at this house seven weeks during which time we made inquiry concerning some land and after much consultation I went to Hyrum Smith for council.  He said he had some land to sell in Iowa Territory for three dollars an acre and he counseled us to go.  We finally concluded to move over the river into the Territory.  The Saints frequently told us that the devil was over the river but this did not hinder us from going.  I agreed with William Smith for 185 acres of land and was to pay for it out of my wages on the Steam Boat which he ensured to [-].  I was to give him one half of my wages until it was paid up.  We also bought a wagon of him for $60, paying half down the rest with the land.  We bought a yoke of oxen and chain for $55 and three hogs for $8 of Mr. Thomas Grover.

William Clayton Diary (1840-1842, holograph, BYU-A., Pg.99

            Standing High Council—Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Lewis D. Wilson, Aaron Johnson, David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntingdon Senior, William Alread, Leanord Sowby was appointed this conference.

William Carbine, auto in Our Pioneer Heritage 6:204

            I was nine years old when the Prophet was martyred.  I well remember the excitement at that time.  The people hardly knew what to do.  The Prophet was gone and Sidney Rigdon wanted a guardian put in for the Church.  Brother Thomas Grover, one of the High Council spoke and told the people not to be in a hurry for the Twelve would be home soon and they would tell the people what to do.  When Brigham Young came home he held a meeting at which time the mantle of Joseph fell on him.  It was a manifestation to let the people know who was to lead the Church.  His looks and ways were like the Prophet.  I, as a boy, was quite well acquainted with the Prophet.  I was sitting with my mother in the meeting and I thought it was the Prophet and told my mother so.  There are a good many who have heard my mother tell this.

William Huntington, autobiography, typescript, BYU, Pg. 46

            February 9^th- I left my house in the City of Joseph at 12 o’clock PM with my family.  I crossed the Mississippi 9 o’clock at night, stayed on the bank of the river myself that night.  My family went in company the same night to Father Tanner’s.  I followed them the next day in company with my son John.  We remained there one week.  In the same time the Church have continued to cross the river day and night and encamped 6 miles from the river on Sugar Creek.  On Tuesday, 2 o’clock P.M., a [?] even transpired.  One of the flat boats that was employed in carrying the brethren across the river, sprang a leak with some 30 persons consisting of men, women and children with one wagon, two yoke of oxen, two cow [and] one calf. The boat sunk, rested on a sand bar in 5 feet [of] water.  The loading all floated in the [Mississippi] River.  One yoke of oxen was drowned with the calf.  All the people were saved with the remainder of the cattle.  Much of the goods were lost.  Thomas Grover, one of the High Council, was the principal sufferer.

William Walker, autobiography, typescript, BYU, Pg. 21

            I, in company with 12 others, went to on in advance and overtook the pioneers at Green River.  From this point a company of ten, composed of pioneers and battalion went back to meet the emigration of the pioneers, Phineus Young, Thomas Grover, Aaron Farr and others, with a light wagon, with boards on the bottom on which to carry our bedding and provisions.

Joseph Holbrook, autobiography, typescript, BYU, Pg. 61

            In Nauvoo, November 22, 1844, the high priests of 9^th Ward met at the home of Joseph L. Robinson according to previous notices.  The meeting was opened by the singing and prayer by Bishop Johnathan H. Hale.  It was motioned that Johnathan H. Hale be the president of the high priests of the 9^th Ward and that Joseph Holbrook act as clerk.  The meeting then took into consideration the propriety of having the names of the high priests in good standing recorded, which were as follows, viz:  Johnathan H. Hale, Thomas Karns, Joseph L. Robinson, Archibald Patten, Jeremiah Hatch, Sr., Gardner Clark, Martin H. Peck, Joseph Holbrook, William Thayer, Henry H. Wilson, Anthony Blackburn, George Pitkin, John Kempton, Ormus E. Bates, Samuel Heath, Sampson Thayer, Benjamin Aber, Lewis D., David Dort, Henry G. Sherwood, Charles C. Rich, David Fulmer, Seymour Brunson, Thomas Grover, William Huntington, Lewis D. Wilson.

Mormon Manuscripts to 1846:  Guide to Lee Library, BYU

GROVER, LUDUSKA SOLOME TUPPER (1826-1902)

Biography.  Photocopy of typescript.  4pp.

            Born in Nashua, New Hampsire, daughter of Freeman Tupper and Hannah Ladd.  Marriage as a plural wife to Thomas Grover in 1846.  (included in entry HESS, MARGARET STEED.)

Mormon Manuscripts to 1846:  Guide to Lee Library, BYU

GROVER, THOMAS (1807-1886)

Biography.  Photocopy of typescript.  10 pp.

            Born at Whitehall, Washington County, New York, son of Thomas Grover and Polly Spaulding.  Early life; visit to Kirtland, Ohio, after his conversion; financial support of Joseph Smith; affiliation with the Nauvoo Legion; missionary service; death of Joseph Smith; practice of plurarl marriage at Nauvoo; exodus west.  (Included in entry HESS, MARGARET STEED.)

Mormon Manuscripts to 1846:  Guide to Lee Library, BYU

HESS, MARGARET STEED (1884-    )

Collector.  Papers, 1789-1943.  Photocopies.  3 folders.

            The collection consists of biographical and autobiographical materials of ninety-nine early pioneers and residents of Davis County, Utah, of which the following entries have accounts dealing with pre-1847 Church history:  Thomas marsh Abbott; Gideon Brownell; Emily Jane Smith Burk; Elvira Annie Cowles; Mary Field Garner; David Garner; Luduska Salome Tupper Grover;  Sarah Ann Garr Burton; Thomas Grover; William O. Haight; Caroline Workman Hess; Emeline Bigler Hess; John W. Hess; Henry Lyman Hinman; Joel Hills Johnson; William Derby Johnson, Sr.; James Leithead; Henry William Miller; John Preece; Luvera Ellen Ensign Preece; William Preece; Nanny Longstroth Richards; Willard Richards; Jane Walker Smith; Caroline Holland Steed; Sarah Elnora White Stevensons; Peter Stubbs; Harriet Betsey Teeples; Catherine Van Velsor.  (For greater detail, see individual entries.)

Joseph Holbrook Autobiography, typescript, BYU-S, Pg.61

            In Nauvoo, November 22, 1844, the high priests of 9^th Ward met at the home of Joseph L. Robinson according to previous notices.  The meeting was opened by the singing and prayer by Bishop Johnathan H. Hale.  It was motioned that Johnathan H. Hale be the president of the highpriests of the 9^th Ward and that Joseph Holbrook act as clerk.  The meeting then took into consideration the propriety of having the names of the high priests in good standing recorded, which were as follows, viz:  Johnathan H. Hale, Thomas Karns, Joseph Holbrook, William Thayer, Henry H. Wilson , Anthony Blackburn, George Pitkin, John Kempton, Ormus E. Bates, Samuel Heath, Sampson Thayer, Benjamin Aber, Lewis D. Wilson, Ezra T. Benson, Thomas Grover, Joseph A. Kelting, Levi Stewart, John Walker, Gideon Allen, John Stiles, William Hill, John E. Royce, Joseph Mecham, Alva West.

Joseph Holbrook Autobiography, typescript, BYU-S. Pg.69

            I, Thomas Grover, son of Thomas Grover, was born in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, July 22, 1807.  I was baptized by Warren A. Cowdery, in Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, September 1834.  Thomas Grover

Lyman Littlefield Reminiscences (1888), Pg.116

            At a general conference held October 5, [1839] William Marks was appointed president of that stake, E. Partridge, bishop of the upper ward, and V. Knight, bishop of the lower ward.  George W. Harris, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Charles C. Rich, David Dort, Seymour Brunson and Lewis D. Wilson were chosen members of the high council.

William Clayton Diary (1840-42), holograph, BYU-A., Pg.93 – Pg.94

            We made our bed on hay on the floor and was obliged to move them every morning for the room.  After a few weeks we made our beds upstairs and fill them with oak leaves.  In a few days after we arrived at Nauvoo Elder Wilson, Ezra T. Benson, Thomas Grover, Joseph A. Kelting, Levi Stewart, John Walker, Gideon Allen, John Stiles, William Hill, John E. Royce, Joseph Mecham, Alva West.

Curtis Bolton:  Pioneer Missionary (1968), Pg. 5

            I found on board the Maid of Iowa, 3 brethren who were going without purse or script to preach and electioneer.  Having thirty dollars, I told them I would go on the deck with them and bear their expenses as long as my money lasted.  Their names were Thomas Grover of the High Council in Zion, Samuel Swanner and . . . Wilson.  On parting with Brothers Grover and Wilson, I gave them each a gold quarter eagle at Pittsburgh.  Brother Swanner continued with me to Philadelphia (my native city).  In arriving here, I had but $2.50, but on mentioning my circumstances to the captain of the steamer for New York, he gave my passage for $2.00 and with the half of dollar I reached Hicksville the same day about 6 p.m., four and one half miles from home on Long Island.  And I reached home in double quick time and found all well.

John and Eliza Welch, biographies, typescript, LDS Archives, Pg. 3

            They located in Salt Lake City in 1852 and were allotted five acres of land outside of the city limits and a building lot in town.  Third Ward (corner of 3^rd East and 6^th South).  They lived in Salt Lake City until the spring of 1854 when they moved to Centerville, Utah, where Charlotte was born Septemeber 25, 1856;  Martha Jane, born February 24, 1859 and Ann, born August 31, 1861.

            One day when working on the farm of Thomas Grover, they hitched up the steers to the plow.  John was to drove and Grover hold the plow.  John did he best but couldn’t follow the furrow and at last he became discouraged with his task.  But Brother Grover cheered him by saying, “never mind, John.  It all has to be plowed.”  He later purchased a farm in Centerville, which in the spring of 1864, he treaded fro 100 acres in Three Mile Creek, (later called Perry, Box Elder Co.) and went there to make a new home.  Here John was born, September 5, 1864, and William Wallace, on February 26, 1867.

1842 Tax Assessors Record, Personal

Property, Hancock County, Pg. 214

Bushrod W. Wilson  [Kimball Block 26]

            Value of Cattle:  $10

            Other Property:  $30

            Amount of Personal Property:  $40

Thomas Grover  [Kimball Block 27]

            Value of Cattle:  $10

            Other Property:  $30

            Amount of Personal Property:  $40

Francis Moon  [Kimball Block 27]

            Other Property:  $30

            Amount of Personal Property:  #30

John Moon  [Kimball Block 27]

            Value of Cattle:  $10

            Value of Clocks:  $10

            Value of Watches:  $10

            Value of Horses:  $30

            Value of Wagons:  $15

            Other Property:  $30

            Amount of Personal Property:  $95

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  221

Grover, Thomas

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  221

Illenois May the 7  1839

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  221

a bill of Damages and Debt against the State of Missourie in conciquence of the Goviner order of Extermination

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  221-222

Damage by hogs and Cattle Being stolen

by the Missourians and also farming tools          $65.00 [page 222]

also loss on a farm       900.00

also loss on two town lots         75.00

also loss on Grain                     85.00

                                                            $1,125.00

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 222

I Do her by certifity that the a bove account to Be Just and true a cording to the Best of my knowleg

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 222

                                                Thomas Grover

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  222

[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 7 May 1839.]

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

Grover, Thomas

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

In the year A.D. 1836 I moved from the State of New York to the State of Missouori where I purchased Two hundred and twenty acres of land in the County of Caldwell besides a small lot in Jackson County One hundred and twenty acres of the above I purchased from Government, the remainder from individuals most of the lands were under improvement with good buildings &c &c In the beginning of November AD 1838 while I was at home attending to my own concerns an armed force came up to my house one of the men whose names was ------Baldwen drew a large Bowie Knife and Swore by the “Holy God” that he would cut my head off, this was in consequence of my being a Mormon, However after I had begd fro them to spare my Life and he seeing my family in tears; he was softened down and did not put his threats into execution.

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg.  455

The mob obliged me to give up my duplicates which I held for the lands which I had purchased from Goverment.

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

They destroyed and laid waste XXyourXX my Corn Fields and would frequently come to my house would give me and my family abusive language and would take what vituals they wanted and Search’d my house for arms at various times

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

I had frequently to hide from the mob (who I heard had threatned to kill me.) and the weather being very cold, and being continually harassed by my Enemies I was taken sick and suffered considerabe [----}  After hearing that we were orderd by the Authority of the {---- ---- ---] State to leave the State of Missouri  I made preparations to go. this was in the winter I and my family suffered much.  My wife was confined on the road, and suffered every thing but death itself, my children after purchaseing lands and improving the same and spending a Considerable sum of money in building &c &c  I was driven from my home and was obliged to find a shelter out of the state of Missouri

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

I certify that the foregoing statements are correct according to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

Commerce Hancock Co. Jany 2, 1840  Thomas Grover

Mormon Redress Petitions, Thomas Grover, pg. 455

[Sworn to before D. H. Wells, J.P., Hancock Co., IL, 3 Jan 1840.]

Mormon Redress Petitions, Endorsement of Joseph Smith, pg. 740

            Geo. W. Harris

            Samuel Bent

            Henry G Sherwod                      David Dort

            David Fullmer                            Seymour Brunson

            Alpheus Cutler                           Levi Jackman

            Wm Huntington

            Thomas Grover

            Newel Knight

            Don C. Smith

Pioneers of 1847 pg. 8

GROVER, Thomas

            Born:                22 July 1807 in Whitehall, Washington Co., New York

                        Son of Thomas Grover and Polly Spalding

            Married:            1828 to Carline Whiting

            Died:                19 February 1886 in Farmington, Davis, Utah

Pioneers of 1847 Pg. 172

RICH, Emaline Grover

            Born:                30 July 1831 I Freedom, Cattaraugus, NewYork

                        Daughter of Thomas Grover and Caroline Whiting

            Married:            to Charles of Coulson

            Died:                4 May 1917 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho

Pioneers of 1847 Pg.  172

GROVER, Adaline

            Born:                10 February 1835 in Cattaraugus Co., New York

                        Daughter of Thomas Grover and Caroline Whiting

            Married:            27 January 1853 to Phineas Daley

Far West Record, p. 180 par. 9

Thomas Grover, testifies, that at the General Conference last winter, when the case of W. W. Phelps & John Whitmer was investigated, Elder West voted to have them continue in the office of Presidents.

Far West Record, p. 188 par. 7

Reynolds Cahoon          No        1                      Jared Carter                  No        2

            Thomas Grover             “           3                      John P. Green               “           4

            Daniel Carn                   “           5                      Solomon Hancock         “           6

            James McCord              “           7                      Ebenezer Robinson       “           8

            George M. Hinkle          “           9                      George W. Harris           “           10

            Brigham Young             “           11                     John Murdock               “           12

Far West Record, p. 189 par. 5

Simeon Carter               No        1                      Jared Carter                  No        2

            Thomas Grover             “           3                      John P. Green               “           4

            Levi Jackman                “           5                      Sampson Avard                        “           6

            John Greg                     “           7                                  Guyman-189-3   “           8

            Reynolds Cahoon          “           9                      George W. Harris           “           10

                        Chase-189-2      “           11                     Sylvester Hulet              “           12

Far West Record, p. 223 par. 11

Ebenezer Robinson       No        1                      Jared Carter                  No        2

Thomas Grover                         “           3                      Reynolds Cahoon          “           4

Theodore Turley                        “           5                      Solomon Hancock         “           6

John Badger                             “           7                      John Murdock               “           8

Harlow Redfield                         “           9                      George W. Harris           “           10

David Dort                                “           11                     Samuel Bent                 “           12

Far West Record, p.265 par. 5

Thomas GROVER (1807-86), a native of Whitehall, New York, joined the Church in 1834.  he was a member of the high council in Kirtland, Far West, and Nauvoo.  He migrated to Utah in 1847.

Messages of the First Presidency, Vol. 1, Pg. 118

            From our long acquaintance with these our beloved brethren, their long tried friendship under circumstances the most trying and painful, their zeal for the cause of truth, and their strict moral honesty, we most cheerfully recommend them to the Saints of the Most High.  Any statements they may make relative to their mission may be implicitly relied upon, and any loans which they may effect, will be considered binding in the Church.  And we do hope the Saints will do all in their power to effect the object proposed, and lift up the hands of our beloved  brethren who have cheerfully come forward to engage in a work so great and important. 

JOSEPH SMITH, JR.,

President HYRUM SMITH,

WILLIAM MARKS,

NEWEL KNIGHT,

ELIAS HIGBEE,

ALPHEUS CUTLER,

DAVID DORT,

HENRY G. SHERWOOD,

CHARLES C. RICH,

DAVID FULMER,

SEYMOUR BRUNSON,

THOMAS GROVER,

WILLIAM HUNTINGTON,

LEWIS D. WILSON.”

History of the Church, Vol. 2, Ch.26, Pg.354

            Council voted that Vinson Knight and Thomas Grover should be ordained Elders.  And some other business was transacted in union and fellowship, and the best of feeling seemed to prevail among the brethren, and our hearts were made glad on the occasion, and there was joy in heaven, and my soul doth magnify the Lord, for His goodness and mercy endure forever.

History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch.26, pg366

            Elder Thomas Grover was elected in like manner, a Councilor in the High Council, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Luke S. Johnson’s having been ordained of the Twelve Apostles.

History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch.35, Pg.504

            The same day (August 1^st) a general meeting of the Presidency, High Council, Bishop, and counselors and the Saints assembled at Far West.  The High Council elected Thomas Grover a High Councilor in place of Jesse Hitchcock; and George Morey in place of Peter Whitmer, Jun., deceased; and Titus Billings was elected Bishop’s counselor in place of John Corrill.  Voted unanimously by the whole assembly that in the absence of the Presidency, Councilors, Bishop and counselors at Kirtland, the Elders in Missouri had no authority [to act as a council for the Church], consequently their acts in that capacity during that space of time are considered null and void; and that every president of High Priests and Elders be ordained by some higher authority; and the president of any quorum having counselors may ordain them himself.

History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch.35, Pg.510

            Oliver Granger, Henry G. Sherwood, William Marks, Mayhew Hillman Harlow Redfield, Asahel Smith, Phinehas Richards, and David Dort, were chosen to fill the places of those object to, (and Thomas Grover having moved west) John Smith, chosen one of the presidents of the Church, all having belonged to the High Council.

History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch. 36, pg. 522

            Elder Thomas Grover also objected to President Williams.

History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch.36, Pg.523

            Elders John Murdock, Solomon Hancock, Elias Higbee, Calvin Bebee, John M. Hinkle, Thomas Grover, and Simeon Carter were unanimously chosen High Councilors.

History of the Church, Vol.3, Ch.1, Pg.4

            Elder Thomas Grover, also, being one of the committee, spoke against the conduct of the Presidency, and of Oliver Cowdery, on their visit to labor with them.

History of the Church, Vol.3, Ch.1. Pg.6

Six councilors were appointed to speak, viz., Simeon Carter, Isaac Higbee and Levi Jackman, on the part of the accuser; and Jared Carter, Thomas Grover, and Samuel Bent, on the part of the accused; when the following letter, belonging to Thomas B. Marsh, was read by

History of the Church, Vol.3, Ch.15, Pg.225

            Thomas Grover said he was firm in the faith, and he believed the time would come when Joseph would stand before kings, and speak marvelous words.

History of the Church. Vol.3, Ch.15, Pg.225

            The Council was organized as follows:  Simeon Carter.  No. 1; Jared Carter, 2;  Thomas Grover 3;  David Dort,  4;  Levi Jackman, 5;  Solomon Hancock, 6;  John Badger, 7;  John Murdock, 8;  John E. Page, 9;  George W. Harris, 10; John Taylor, 11;  Samuel Bent, 12.

History of the Church, Vol. 3, Ch.16, Pg.240

            The Council was organized as follows:  Ebenezer Robinson, No. 1;  Jared Carter, No. 2;  Thomas Grover, 3;  Reynolds Cahoon, 4;  Theodore Turley, 5;  Solomon Hancock, 6;  John Badger, 7;  John Murdock, 8;  Harlow Redfield, 9;  George W. Harris, 10;  David Dort, 11;  Samuel Bent 12.  The Council was opened by prayer by President Brigham Young, who presided.

History of the Church, Vo. 4, Ch. 1, Pg.12

            The following officers were then appointed—namely, William Marks to be President; Bishop Whitney to be Bishop of middle war; Bishop Partridge to be Bishop of upper ward;  Bishop Knight to be Bishop of lower ward; George W. Harris, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Charles C. Rich, David Dort, Seymour Brunson, Lewis d. Wilson, to be the High Council; who being respectfully called upon accepted their appointment.

History of the Church, Vol. 4, Ch.5, Pg.97

            Alanson Ripley, William Chapplin, Francis Higbee, Ira Mills, Lyman Wight, Oliver Olney, Tarlton Lewis, Hyrum Smith, Edward Partridge, Seymour Brunson, Parley P. Pratt, Samuel Bent, Thorit Parsons, Porter Rockwell, King Follett, George A. Smith, Isaac Laney, Stephen Markham, Harvey Redfield, Thomas Grover, Ellis Eames, Amanda Smith, Chapman Duncan, Lyman Leonard, Smith Humphrey, Alma Smith, Erastus Snow, Zebediah Robinson, John M. Burk, Orson Hyde, Rebecca Judd, Charles C. Rich, Heber C. Kimball, Henry G. Sherwood, William Seyley, Elias Smith, Dr. Isaac Galland, Sidney Rigdon.

History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.5, Pg.105

            Elder Thomas Grover presented charges against Brother D. W. Rogers for compiling a hymn book, and selling it as the one compiled and published by Sister Emma Smith; secondly, for writing a privated letter to New York City, casting reflections on the character of Elder John P. Greene; and thirdly, for administering medicine unskillfully, which had a bad effect.

History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.9, Pg.164

            From our long acquaintance with these our beloved brethren, their long, tried friendship under circumstances the most trying and painful, their zeal for the cause of truth, and their strict morality and honesty we most cheerfully recommend them to the Saints of the Most High.  Any statements they may make relative to their mission may be implicitly relied upon, and any loans which they may obtain, will be considered binding on the Church.  And we do hope the Saints will do all in their power to effect the object proposed, and lift up the hands of our beloved brethren who have cheerfully come forward to engage in a work so great and important.  Joseph Smith, Jun., President.  Hyrum Smith, William Marks, Newel Knight, Elias Higbee, Alpheus Cutler, David Dort, Henry G. Sherwood, Charles C. Rich, David Fullmer, Seymour Brunson, Thomas Grover, William Huntington, Lewis D. Wilson.

History of the Church, Vol. 4, Ch.10, Pg.188

            Two were appointed to speak on the case, namely, Thomas Grover, Austin Cowles.

History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.15, Pg.285

            Viz., Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Charles C. Rich, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, David Dort, Dunbar Wilson; (Seymour Brunson I have taken unto myself, no man taketh his Priesthood, but another may be appointed unto the same Priesthood in his stead);  and verily I say unto you, let my servant Aaron Johnson be ordained unto this calling in his stead); David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington.

History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.15, Pg.295

            Pursuant to an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Nauvoo, entitled, “An ordinance organizing the Nauvoo Legion,” passed February 3, 1841, a court-martial, composed of the commissioned officers of the militia of the state of Illinois, within the city of Nauvoo, assembled at the office of Joseph Smith, on Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m., the 4^th day of February, 1841:  present—John C. Bennett, quarter-master general of the state of Illinois; Lieutenant-Colonel Don Carlos Smith; Captains Charles C. Rich, Wilson Law, Albert P. Rockwood William Law, Titus Billings, Stephen Markham; first Lieutenants, Francis M. Higbee, John T. Barnett, John D. Parker, Benjamin S. Wilber, Amos Davis; second lieutenants, Chancy L. Higbee, Nelson Higgins, David H. Redfield, Hosea Stout, Stephen Winchester, Thomas Rich; third lieutenants, John C. Annis, and Alexander Badlam.  The court was called to order by General Bennett.  On motion, Joseph Smith and Hugh McFall were requested to sit in the court.  The court-martial then proceeded to the election of the general officers of the Legion; whereupon Joseph Smith was duly elected lieutenant-general of the Nauvoo Legion, and John C. Bennett, major-general.  Colonel Wilson Law was elected brigadier-general of the first cohort, and Lieutenant-Colonel Don Carlos Smith bridagier-general of the second cohort, by unanimous vote of the court-martial.  Lieutenant-general Joseph Smith, after being duly sworn into office, appointed the following named persons for his staff, to-wit—Captain A. P. Rockwood to be drill officer; Captains William Law and Robert B. Thompson, aids-de-camp; and James Allred, Thomas Grover, C. M. Kreymeyer, John L. Butler, John Snider, Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, Elias Higbee, Henry G. Sherwood, Shadrack Roundy, Samuel H. Smith, and Vinson Knight, guards, and assistant aids-de-camp.  The Legion, at its organization, was composed of six companies.

History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.29, Pg.505

            William Marks, President; Samuel Bent, Lewis d. Wilson, David Fullmer, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Leonard Soby, James Allred, Elias Higbee, George W. Harris, Aaron Johnson, William Huntington, Sen., Daniel Carrier, Austin Cowles, Charles C. Rich, Counselors.

History of the Church, Vol.5, Ch.1, Pg.17

            Your brethren and servants in the kingdom and patience of Jesus.  WILLIAM MARKS, AUSTIN COWLES, Presidents.  CHARLES C. RICH, JAMES ALLRED, ELIAS HIGBEE, GEORGE W. HARRIS, AARON JOHNSON, WILLIAM HUNTINGTON, SEN., HENRY G. SHERWOOD, SAMUEL E. BENT, LEWIS D. WILSON, DAVID FULLMER, THOMAS GROVER, NEWEL KNIGHT, LEONARD SOBY.

History of the Church, Vol.5, Ch.23, Pg.450

            While we were talking, Markham, with Captain Thomas Grover, and the other five brethren, rode up.  At the same time, the company who started with me from Dixon rode up.  I then said to Reynolds, “Now, Reynolds, I can have the privilege of riding old Joe Duncan,” and mounted my favorite horse and the entire company then rode towards a farm house, where we made a halt.

History of the Church, Vol.5, Ch.23, Pg.451

            Peoria: traveled part of the night.  About one o’clock next morning General Charles C. Rich took 35 of the company and continued towards Peoria.  The two Laws, with their company, started up the river road in the direction of Monmouth.  We traveled till daylight on Monday morning, crossed Honey Creek, ate a cold breakfast, and fed the horses; then continued on till noon, when a consultation was held, and ten of the best mounted men—viz., Thomas Grover, Peter W. Conover, Zebedee Coltrin, Graham Coltrin, Philemon c. Merrill, Philander Colton, Henry Hoyt, William L. Cutler, Daniel F. Cahoon, and John L. Butler were selected to take the nearest road to Dixon, with instructions to continue until we found you.

History of the Church, Vol.6, Ch.8, Pg.229

            SAMUEL BENT, L. DUNBAR WILSON, DAVID FULLMER, THOMAS GROVER, NEWELL KNIGHT, LEONARD SOBY, JAMES ALLRED, ALPHEUS CUTLER, GEORGE W. HARRIS, AARON JOHNSON, WILLIAM HUNTINGTON, SEN., HENRY G. SHERWOOD, Counselors.

History of the church, Vol.7, Ch.11, Pg.135

                        NAMES OF THE PROPHET’S BODYGUARD  We here insert the names of Joseph’s bodyguard:-----Alpheus Cutler, capt. John Snyder, Amos C. Hodge, Christian Kreymer, James Allred, Lewis D. Wilson, Thomas Grover, William Marks, Reynolds Cahoon, James Emmet, Shadrach Roundy, John S.(L?) Butler, Samuel H. Smith, Edward Hunter, herald and armor bearer.

History of the Church, Vol,7, Ch.18, Pg.225

            Elder Thomas Grover proposed waiting to examine the revelation.

History of the church, Vol.7, Ch.23, Pg.296

            Moved and seconded, that s. Bent, James Allred, Dunbar Wilson, George W. Harris, Wm. Huntington, Sen., Newel knight, Alpheus Cutler, Aaron Johnson, Henry G. Sherwood, Thomas Grover, Ezra T. Benson, and David Fullmer, be sustained as the high council.  Carried unaminously.

History of the church, Vol 7, Ch.29, Pg.392

Moved and seconded that George W. Harris, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington Sen., James Allred, Henry G. Sherwood, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Lewlis D. Wilson, David Fullmer, Ezra T. Benson, and Aaron Johnson be continued and sustatined in their office as members of the high council.  Carried unanimousely.

History of the church, Vol 7, Ch.33, Pg.461

            It was next moved, that George W. Harris, Alpheus cutler, James Allred, Thomas Grover, Henry G. Sherwood, William Huntington, Se., Lewis D. Wilson, Newel Knight, David Fullmer, Aaron Johnson, and Ezra T. Benson each be continued and sustained as members of the high council; seconded and carried unanimously.

History of the church, Vol 7, Ch.38, Pg.572

            Done in council (stake high council) at the city of Nauvoo, on the 20^th day of January, 1846.  (Signed) SAMUEL BENT, JAMES ALLRED, GEORGE W. HARRIS, WM. HUNTINGTON, HENRY G SHERWOOD, ALPHEUS CUTLER, NEWEL KNIGHT, LEWIS D. WILSON, EZRA T. BENSON, DAVID FULLMER, THOMAS GROVER, AARON JOHNSON.

History of the church, Vol 7, Ch.39, Pg.595

            Voted that Elder George A. Smith have a milk cow, which he had obtained on tithing, that Brother Thomas Grover have ropes to tie his oxen, and that Brothers Rockwood and Lee examine a load of tin belonging to Pulaski Cahoon and purchase such, as quality and prices would warrant, and raise forty or fifty dollars to send for such articles of tinware as were needed by the camp.

History of the church, Vol 7, Ch.39, Pg.599

            John Gool let Thomas Grover, whose oxen were drowned on the 9^th, have a span of horses and wagon to help him forward to be returned from the journey’s end.  This morning John Gool’s wife came into camp and demanded the team; I tried to persuade her that it would be loss to her to take away the team under existing circumstances; but she persisted in her demand and took the team and drove off:  I told Brother Grover to trust in the Lord.

Journal History, 5 Oct. 1839, General Conf Minutes in HC

            The following officers were then appointed,--namely:  William Marks to be President;  Bishop Whitney to be Bishop of middle ward;  Bishop Partridge to be Bishop of upper ward; Bishop Knight to be Bishop of lower ward;  George W. Harris, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Charles C. Rich, David Dort, Seymour Brunson, Lewis D. Wilson, to be High Council; who being respectfully called upon, accepted their appointment.

Journal History, 17 Mar 1840, ltr Robert B. Thompson, from HC

            In the evening the High Council assembled at the house of President Joseph Smith, junior, and took your letters into consideration, when it was unanimously resolved that a letter should be written to you approving the measures which you were taking.  The High Council likewise send you a list of the names of such persons as they thing will testify to such facts as you want to substantiate.  The names are as follows—

            Alanson Ripley,             William Chapplin,

Francis Higbee,             Ira Mills,

            Lyman Wight,                Oliver Olney,

            Tarlton Lewis,                Hyrum Smith,

            Edward Partridge,         Seyour Brunson

            Parley P. Pratt,              Samuel Bent,

            Thorit Parson,               Porter Rockwell,

            King Follett,                  George A. Smith,

            Isaac Laney,                  Stephen Markham,

            Harvey Redfield,           Thomas Grover,

            Ellis Eames,                  Amanda Smith

            Chapman Duncan          Lyman Leonard,

            Smith Humphrey,           Alma Smith,

            Erastus Snow,               Zebediah Robinson,

            John M. Burk,               Orson Hyde,    

            Rebecca Judd,              Charles C. Rich,

            Heber C. Kimball,          Henry G. Sherwood,

            William Seyley,              Elias Smith,

            Dr. Isaac Galland           Sidney Rigdon

Journal History, 6 April 1840, Conference, from HC

            On motion resolved that the conference adjourn until two o’clock.

            Conference met pursuant to adjournment.  Prayer by Elder Jospeh Young.

            Elder Thomas Grover presented charges against Brother D. W. Rogers for compiling a Hymn Book, and selling it as the one compiled and published by Sister Emma Smith; secondly, for writing a private letter to New York City, casting reflections on the character of Elder John P. Greene; and thirdly, for administering medicine unskillfully, which had a bad effect.

            On motion, resolved, that, as Brother Rogers is not present, his case be laid over until to-morrow.

Journal History, 22 Jul 1840, from HC

            From our long acquaintance with these our beloved brethren, their long tried friendship under circumstances the most trying and painful, their zeal for the cause of truth, and their strict morality, and honesty, we most cheerfully recommend them to the Saints of the Most High.  Any statements they may make relative to their mission may be implicitly relied upon, and any loans which they may effect, will be considered binding on the Church.  And we do hope the Saints will do all In their power to effect the object proposed, and lift up the hands of our beloved brethren who have cheerfully come forward to engage in a work so great and important.

JOSEPH SMITH, jr.,President.

            HYRUM SMITH,

            WILLIAM MARKS,

            NEWEL KNIGHT,

            ELIAS HIGBEE,

            ALPHEUM CUTLER,

            DAVID DORT,

            HENRY G. SHERWOOD,

            CHARLES C. RICH,

            DAVID FULMER,

            SEYMOUR BRUNSON

            THOMAS GROVER,

            WILLIAM HUNTINGTON,

            LEWIS D. WILSON.

Journal History, 5 Sep 1840, from HC

            Two were appointed to speak on the case, namely, (7) Thomas Grover, (8) A. [Austin] Cowles.

            Council adjourned till the 6^th Sept., at 2 o’clock, when Council met according to adjournment, the evidences were all heard on the case pending, and the Council closed on both sides.  The parties spoke at length, after which, Joseph Smith, junior, withdrew the charge, and both parties were reconciled together, things being adjusted to their satisfaction.

LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH THE PROPHET, GEORGE Q. CANNON  pg 439

            On the 12^th day of August, 1843, the revelation was read before the high council and presidency of the stake of Nauvoo. There were present Hyrum Smith, who presented the principle; William Marks, Charles C. Rich, and Austin Cowles, the stake presidency; and Samuel Bent, William Huntington, Alpheus Cutler, Thomas Grover, Lewis D. Wilson, David Fullmer, Aaron Johnson, Newel Knight, Leonard Sobey, Isaac Alfred, Henry G. Sherwood and Samuel Smith, the high council.

           

LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH THE PROPHET, GEORGE A. CANNON  pg 448

            Then he mounted his favorite horse, Joe Duncan; and the entire company proceeded to a farmhouse and made a halt.  This party of the Prophet’s friends was under the leadership of Thomas Grover, and from them it was learned that Elders Charles C. Rich and Wilson Law with other and larger parties were seeking the Prophet to prevent his murder and abduction.

Wilford Woodruff His Life and Labors, by Mattias F. Cowley  pg. 301

            “The men to remain at the ferry were Thomas Grover, captain; John S. Higbee, Luke Johnson, William Empy, Edmund Elsworth, Benjamin F. Stewart, Francis Pomeroy, James Davenport, and Appleton Harmon.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4,  Pg.137 GROVER, Thomas

GROVER, Thomas

            GROVER, Thomas, one of the original pioneers of Utah, was born in Whitehall, Washington Co., New York, July 22, 1807, the son of Thomas Grover and Polly Spalding.  As the father, Thomas had died during the previous February, the rearing and teaching of the infant, as well as that of his brothers and sisters was left this his widowed mother.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4,  Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            Shortly after his arrival in Kirtland, Brother Grover called on the Prophet.  As he knocked at the door the Prophet opened it and said, putting out his hand: ‘How do you do, Brother Grover.  If God ever sent a man he sent you.  I want to borrow every dollar you can spare fro immediate us.’  Brother Grover entered the house and conversed with the Prophet about the situation, offering to let Joseph have what money he needed.  Brother Joseph accepted the offer and told Brother Grover to look around and find a location that suited him for a home and then return, when the money he had advanced would be returned to him.  In a short time the place was selected, but Brother Grover refused to receive back his money, saying, ‘I have sufficient for my needs without it.’  From that day the devotion of Thomas Grove to Joseph Smith never wavered.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            On Feb. 4, 1841, when the Nauvoo Legion was organized with Joseph Smith as lieutenant-general, Thomas Grover was chosen as an aide-de-camp on the general’s staff and on Jan. 28, 1842, he was appointed one of his body guards.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            When Joseph was kidnapped by Wilson and Reynolds, Brother Grover was one of the number who rescued him, also when Joseph was imprisoned at Rock Island his release was effected by Thomas Grover and Stephen Markam.. During his lifetime the Prophet gave him a sword which has been a precious heirloom in the family and which is now in the hall of relics in the State Capital of Utah.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            On Feb. 20, 1841, he married Caroline Eliza Nickerson Hubbard, widow of Marshall Hubbard.  She was the mother of Persia Grover, born Dec. 27, 1841, and Marshall Grover, born Sept. 27, 1846.  This wife Caroline wrote in her journal “That the principle of plural marriage was taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, that her husband, Thomas Grover, believed and accepted that law, and that on Dec. 17, 1844, he married Hannah Tupper, daughter of Silas Tupper, and Hannah Ladd, as a plural wife.  The first child of that union, Thomas, Jr., was born Nov. 17, 1845, in Nauvoo, Ill.”

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            When the plan came up to organize the first company of Pioneers, Thomas Grover was one of the first to join with Pres. Brigham Young and help to effect that organization.  Leaving his family at Winter Quarters to follow with the season’s emigration, he himself set out with the Pioneer company.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            After this crossing had been successfully made, Pres. Young and his counselors appointed Thomas Grover and eight other ferrymen and one blacksmith to remain at the ferry and attend to the crossing of the on-coming emigrants as well as the alter companies of the Mormon Pioneers.  They remained at the Platte until the water went down and then started back along the trail to meet their families.  They ran out of provisions at one time and for three days had one skunk for food, then coming to an Indian camp, they were given an abundance of buffalo meat.  They met the company with whom their families were traveling and, joining with them, they arrived in Salt Lake Valley, Oct. 2, 1847, with Charles C. Rich’s company.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            At this time Sister Brown, a widow, sent her boy to ask Brother Grover to sell her a little flour, just a few pounds.  Brother sent his son to fill a grain sack full of flour and put it in the boy’s wagon.  The flustered youth asked how much a whole sale of flour would cost, adding that he had only a little money.  To which Brother Grover replied, “I do not sell flour to widows and fatherless children.”  As the sack was placed upon the wagon the happy boy drove away in tears.  In 1856 two girls from England, Emma and Elizabeth Walker, arrived in the Valley with one of the handcart companies.  Later these girls became wives of Thomas Grover and both of them reared large families.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            About the last Sunday in the life of Thomas Grover he attended the sacrament meeting in Farmington Ward.  As the amen was spoken and the people were about to move, Brother Thomas suddenly raised his hand and said, “Wait a minute, Bishop.”  Then he added, that he could not go home until he had borne testimony that the Gospel was true and that Joseph smith was a true Prophet of God.  All during his late years he seemed to feel that his special mission was to testify to the divine mission of Joseph Smith.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.137  GROVER, Thomas

            On Thursday, Feb. 20, 1886, Thomas Grover passed to the Great Beyond, leaving four wives and 26 living children to continue his work.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol.4, Pg.705  GROVER, Thomas

            GROVER,Thomas, one of the original pioneers of Utah, was born July 22, 1807, in Whitehall, Washington Co., N.Y., a son of Thomas Grover and Polly Spaulding.  (See Bio. Ency., Vol. 4, p. 137)

Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology, October 5, 1839 (Saturday)

            At a general conference, held at Commerce, William marks was appointed president of that Stake, Edward Partridge, Bishop of the upper Ward, and Vinson Knight, Bishop of the lower Ward.  Geo. W. Harris, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, Wm. Huntington, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, Chas. C. Rich, David Dort, Seymour Brunson and Lewis D. Wilson were chosen members of the High Council.  John Smith was appointed to preside over the Saints on the other side of the Mississippi river, in Iowa Territory, with Alanson Ripley as Bishop.  Asahel Smith, John M. Burk, Abraham o. Smoot, Richard Howard, Willard Snow, Erastus Snow, David Pettigrew, Elijah Fordham, Edward Fisher, Elias Smith, John Patten and Stephen Chase were chosen as members of the High Council.

Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology, August 7, 1846 (Friday)

            At a council of the Apostles it was decided that the brethren on the west side f the Missouri river should settle together.  A municipal High Council, consisting of Alpheus Cutler, Winslow Farr, Ezra Chase, Jedediah M. Grant, Albert P. Rockwood, Benjamin L. Clapp, Samuel Russell, Andrew Cahoon, Cornelius P. Lott, Daniel Russell, Elnathan Eldredge and Thomas Grover, was appointed to superintend the affairs of the Church there.

Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology, February 20, 1886 (Saturday)

            Elder Thomas Grover, one of the Pioneers of 1847, died in Farmington, Davis Co.

CHC, Vol.3, Ch.79, Pg.197 – Pg.198

            Meantime a company of the Pioneers had been at work on the construction of a large ferry boat capable of carrying over loaded wagons for the use of the large companies of saints about now starting from the Elkhorn; besides companies of Oregon emigrants were daily arriving, and very willing to pay from $1.50 to $1.50 per wagon the be ferried over; so that the prospect was that the ferry would be very profitable to those who would establish it.  Accordingly a company of ten men—one of whom was a blacksmith—under the leadership of Thomas Grove was left in charge of the ferry, and the main company continued its journey.

CHC, Vol.3, Ch.83, pg.302 – pg.303

            On Sunday the 3^rd of October, a conference was held at the Salt Lake colony as arranged previous to the departure of the returning Pioneer leaders.  At this conference “Father John Smith,” who had been left in charge of the colony by the twelve, was chosen and the president of the Salt Lake stake of Zion, with Charles C. Rich and John Young (brother of President Brigham Young) as counselors.  President Young and all the apostles were sustained as presiding over the church, except Lyman Wight, then in Texas.  Action in his case was suspended until he could appear before the saints in person to render an account of his proceedings.  A high council was chosen for the Salt Lake stake, whose names follow:  Henry G. Sherwood, Thomas Grover, Levi Jackson, John Murdock, Daniel Spencer, Lewis Abbott, Ira Eldridge, Edison Whipple, Shadrach Roundy, John Vance, Willard Snow and Abraham O. Smoot.

CHC, Vol.3, Ch.91, Pg.475

            Thomas Grover, in the fall of 1847, settled with his family on Deuel Creek, to care for stock through the winter; and where, early in the spring following, he was joined by other families, including the Deuel brothers, Osmond M. and William, and a permanent settlement was formed, notwithstanding it seemed to be the winter rendezvous of several bands of Indians.  The settlers on this creek, however, were not organized into a ward and given a bishop until 1852, though Sanford Porter had acted as presiding elder from 1850, and became the settlement’s first bishop, with Ozias Kilbourn and Simon H. Dalton as his counselors.

CHC, Vol.3, Ch.91, Pg.475 – Pg. 476

            About the time that Thomas Grover settled on Deuel Creek, Perrigrine Sessions settled on East Mill Creek.  In fact it is claimed that Sessions was the first Latter-day Saint who is known to have made “wagon tracks” north of the “Hot Springs.”  He was accompanied by Samuel Brown, afterwards killed by Indians.  Like Grover these men took charge of large herds of cattle through the winter of 1847-8.  The following spring Session removed his family to the site whre he and Brown had wintered in their wagon.  He was soon joined by other families and “Sessions’ Settlement: began its existence, rapidly expanding into a thriving farming village, which a year later, spring 1849, was organized into an ecclesiastical ward, with Orvil S. Cox as bishop, and Anson Call as his counselor.

CHC, Vol.3, Ch.73, Pg.65

15. History of Brigham Young, MS., 1846, entry for June 29^th, p. 219.  On the 30^th of June, after being informed of Captain Allen’s arrival by Thomas Grover, President Young makes this entry in his journal: “Tuesday 30: * * * I met Bros. Kimball and Richards in Bro. O. Pratt’s tent.  Decided it was best to meet Captain Allen in the morning, and raise the men wanted.: (Ibid, p. 219.)

CHC, Vol.5, Ch.152, Pg.617

            44. These were Orson Pratt.  Erastus Snow, John Brown, Wilford Woodruff, C.C. Rich, Joseph Young, Thomas Bullock, Albert Carrington, H. K. Whitney, Aaron Farr, Zebedee Coltrin, T.O. Angel, and Thomas Grover; the horsemen on lead were Jacob Weiler and John Pack.  (See pamphlet, Celebration Pioneer Day, 1880, p.6).

Susan Black, Comp., Early LDS Member Records: Agan, Steward M. (Male)

Comments:

Steward and Margaret Jane were married by Thomas Grover.

Susan Black, Comp., Early LDS Member Records: Grover, Thomas (Male)

Comments:

Thomas was one of the original pioneers of Utah.  Born in Whitehall, Washington, New York, July 22, 1807, the son of Thomas Grover and Polly Spalding.  As the father, Thomas, had died during the previous February, the rearing and teaching of the infant, as well as that of his brothers and sisters was left to his widowed mother.  When the boy was twelve years old he entered a boat on the Erie Canal as a cabin boy and twelve years later he became captain of the boat “Shamrock.”  In 1828 he married Caroline Whiting, the daughter of Nathaniel Whiting and Mercy Young, and while they were still living at Whitehall, their oldest daughter Jane was born.  A little later he moved to Freedom, New York, where three other daughters were born.  It was at this point that he first heard the Gospel and became a member of the L.D.S. Church in 1834.  From a letter written March 2, 1886 by Caroline Nickerson Hubbard to her daughter Persia Grover Bunnell, the following is taken:  “It was in Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York where he and his wife first heard and embraced the Gospel.  In 1834 the Prophet Joseph and Sidney Rigdon were the ones that bore the message to them and baptized Brother Grover and some others.  He removed to Kirtland and helped to build the Temple there.  Shortly after his arrival in Kirtland, Brother Grover called on the Prophet.  As he knocked at the door the Prophet opened it and said, putting out his hand: ‘How do you do, Brother Grover.  If God ever sent a man he sent you.  I want to borrow every dollar you can spare for immediate use.  Brother Grover entered the house and conversed with the Prophet about the situation, offering to let Joseph have what money he needed.  Brother Joseph accepted the offer and told Brother Grover to look around and find a location that suited him fro a home and then return, when the money he had advanced would be returned to him.  In a short time the place was selected, but Brother Grover refused to receive back his money, saying, ‘I have sufficient for my needs without it.’  From that day the devotion of Thomas Grover to Joseph Smith never wavered.”  On February 4, 1841, when the Nauvoo Legion was organized with Joseph Smith as lieutenant-general, Thomas Grover was chosen as an aide-de-camp on the general’s staff and on January 28, 1842, he was appointed one of he body guards.  When Joseph was kidnapped by Wilson and Reynolds, Brother Grover was one of the number who rescued him, also when Joseph was imprisoned at Rock Island his release was effected by Thomas Grover and Stephen Markham.  During his lifetime the Prophet gave him a sword which has been a precious heirloom in the family and which is now in the hall of relics at the State Capital of Utah.  During the years form 1840 to June, 1844 Brother Grover was sent on three missions through the states of Michigan, New York and southern Canada.  In June, 1844, while doing missionary service near Kalamazoo, Michigan, he was warned in a dream to return to Nauvoo.  He hesitated about the matter until the warning was repeated the third time.  Then he awoke his companion, a Brother Wilson, and they got up, made it a matter of prayer and were told to go at once to Nauvoo.  They did so, taking the shortest route possible, and arrived at Carthage just after the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum.  Hurrying forward, they overtook the company with the bodies and accompanied them to Nauvoo, where request of Emma Smith, he cut a lock from the Prophet’s hair which she divided with him.  In October, 1840, Brother Grover’s wife, Caroline Whiting, died, leaving six little girls, Jane, Emmeline, Mary, Adeline, Caroline and Eliza Ann; the baby, Emma, died.  On February 20, he married Caroline Eliza Nickerson Hubard, widow of Marshall Hubbard.  She was the mother of Persia Grover, born December 27, 1841, and Marshall Grover, born September 27, 1846.  This wife Caroline wrote in her journal “that the principle of plural marriage was taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, that her husband, Thomas Grover, believed and accepted that law, and that on December of that union, Thomas Jr., was born November 17, 1845, in Nauvoo Illinois.”  In December, 1845, they had their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple and their sealings on January 20, 1846.  Just before they were driven out of Nauvoo, Brother Grover also married Laduska Tupper, a sister of Hannah.  February 8, 1846, this family along many others, left their comfortable homes and started the long trek across the plains to Utah.

Comments:  #21.  Thomas was baptized by Warren A. Cowdery, September 1834.  Moved to Kirtland by 1835.  Appointed member of Kirtland high council 13 January 1836.  Moved to Far West, Missouri, by December 1836.  Appointed member of Far West high council 1 August 1837.  Expelled from Missouri 1839.  Moved to Nauvoo 1839.  Appointed member of Nauvoo High Council 6 October 1839.  Wife, Caroline, died October 1840.  Married Carolina Eliza Nickerson 20 February 1841.  They were later divorced.  Member of Nauvoo Legion 1841.  Mission to southern states from abut June to October 1841.  Another mission from about September 1842 to January 1843; area unknown.  Assisted in rescuing Prophet from Dixon arrest 1843.  Mission to Michigan 1844.  Married Hannah Tupper 17 December 1844.  Received endowment December 15, 1845.  Married Loduska Tupper 20 January 1846.  Left Nauvoo February 1846.  Arrived in Council Bluffs 23 July 1846.  Appointed member of Council Bluffs high council 21 July 1846.  Did not accept calling.  Appointed member of “Municipal High Council” in Cutler’s Park 9 August 1846.  Arrived in Salt Lake Valley 3 October 1847.  Moved to Centerville in spring of 1848.  Moved to Farmington, Utah, about fall of 1848.  To California 1848-49.  Traveled to Missouri 1850 to purchase cattle.  Returned to Salt Lake area in spring of 1853 with 150 head of cattle.  Resided in Farmington remainder of life.  Member of Utah Legislature.  Probate judge of Davis County.  Married Elizabeth Walker 1856.  Married Emma Walker in 1857.  Assisted emigrating Saints from Missouri River 1861.  Mission to eastern states 1874-75.  Died February 19, 1886 at Farmington, Davis County, Utah.

Comments: #31.  Thomas was a member of a High Council.

Comments: #41.  Thomas and Caroline Nickerson were married by William Smith.

Comments: #51.  In 1870, Thomas had a household of 4, $2700 in real wealth, and $1800 in personal wealth.

Susan Black, Comp., Early LDS Member Records: Grover, Thomas (Male)

Comments:

Thomas was a member of the Charles C. Rich Company, The Third 10 of pioneers of 1847.

Comments: #21.  Thomas was born November 17, 1845, in Nauvoo, Illinois, a son of Thomas Grover and Hannah Tupper.  During the exodus from Nauvoo in February, 1846, he was saved from drowning by his mother holding him on her shoulder as the ferry boat on which they were crossing the Mississippi river dipped water until the wagon boxes were full.  He came with his parents to the Salt Lake Valley, arriving October 2, 1847, in Charles C. Rich’s company.  In the spring of 1848 he located in Centerville, and later moved to Farmington, Davis County.  He accompanied his parents back to Iowa in 1850, and returned in 1853, having walked the greater part of the distance and helped to drive 150 cows from the Missouri river to the Salt Lake Valley.  He spent most of his boyhood herding cattle on the promontory west of Brigham City and farther south along the lake bottoms.  Many times he assisted his father in butchering beef and cutting meat in pieces weighing from ten to twenty pounds each; and helped to distribute it to their neighbors in Farmington for Sunday or Christmas dinners.  In 1861 he drove a team back to the States in Captain Joseph Horne’s company to help bring in the poor emigrating saints.  The teamsters were five months on the road.  Brother Grover was a member of the posse under Robert T. Burton who broke up the Morrisite camp on the Weber in 1862.  In the fall of 1864 he accompanied George Heiner and Wyman Parker to Morgan County, and spent the Christmas holidays with the family of Martin Heiner.  On the 10^th of Februrary, 1865, he married their daughter Elizabeth, being sealed in the Endowment House by Heber C. Kimball.  Their first child, Thomas Martin Grover, was born in Morgan, November 27, 1866.  Owing to the grasshopper depredations in Morgan County during the summer of 1868, Brother Grover took his wife and baby and went to Farmington to work on the threshing machine.

            There his second child, Eveyln Maria, was born.  Soon after the October conference that year he was called to settle on the “Muddy,” and thus became one of the founders of St. Joseph, Nevada.  The “Muddy” Valley at that time constituted of a part of Utah.  On the journey down their mules were stolen by the Indians, leaving the travelers stranded nearly one hundred miles away from their destination, until help could be sent to them.  They loved the country and raised wonderful crops, but the Indian troubles and excessive taxes of Nevada impelled President Young to release the colonists from their mission and instruct them to return home or go elsewhere, where conditions were more favorable.  Brother Grover went back to Morgan, and spent a good part of the time in 1871 and 1872 I the Endowment House doing baptismal work for his dead kindred on his mother’s line.  He moved to Nephi, Juab County, in 1872, where he remained until August, 1879, where he again returned to Morgan.  During his sojourn at Nephi he was town constable and worked at blacksmithing and farming.  For three years he presided over the Mound’s branch of the Church.  In 1877 he and his mother went to St. George and did work for the dead in the temple.  At that time he married Louisa Ann Picton.  In 1833 he was set apart by William W. Taylor to preside over the 35^th Quorum of Seventy, which position he held with honor until 1910.  Shortly after that he was ordained a High Priest, and was called to officiate as an ordinance worker in the Logan Temple, where he rendered very faithful service, which especially endeared him to President M. W. Merrill.  He performed 9090 baptisms in that Temple.  In 1885 (May7), he married Ann B. Saunders, who became the mother of two sons and one daughter.  Three years (1901 to 1904) he spent in Rexburg, Fremont County, Idaho, to which place his older children had removed.

            While there he labored as a stone mason, helping to erect the Rick’s Academy, the Rexburg Central School and several other public buildings.  He also did extensive building construction in Afton, Wyoming.  In 1880 and 1881 he worked as overseer for Grover, McCune and Reed in railroad construction in Colorado.  He also helped to build the Utah Central Railroad through Juab County.  His character was outstanding for integrity, honesty and true charity.  The wido, the down-trodden and the missionary’s family were always objects of his special care.  He was rigidly punctual in all his affairs, a conscientious worker, a faithful observer of the Word of Wisdom, extremely temperate in all his habits and true to eery trust.  He was the father of six sons and thirteen daughters, all faithful Latter-day Saints.  Elder Grover died May 24, 1931, at the home of his daughter, Hanna G. Hegsted in Salt Lake City, Utah.