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Submitted by: Judy Schoch
Email address: rs01650@alltel.net
 

Husband: David S. GROFF
Birthdate: June 17, 1819
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death date: Februay 17, 1888
Place of death: Custer County, Nebraska
Burial: Groff Farm Family Cemetery
Father: Joseph GROFF
Mother: Maria WHITESTICK

Marriage date: July 30, 1839
Marriage place: Pennsylvania

Wife: Catherine KINDIG
Birthdate: July 9, 1819
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death date: July 7, 1914
Place of death: Fulton County, Illinois
Burial:
Father: Joseph KINDIG
Mother: Barbara KREIDER
 

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Delilah GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 16, 1839
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death date: July 26, 1934
Place of death: Fulton County, Illinois
Burial: Woodlawn Church Cemetery
Marriage date: August 5, 1859
Marriage place: Illinois
Spouse's name: William J. WILSON

Child No. 2: Barbara GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: March 15, 1841
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death date: March 19, 1875
Place of death: Iowa
Burial:
Marriage date: July 3, 1864
Marriage place: Tazewell County, Illinois
Spouse's name: Daniel M. HANON

Child No. 3: Albinah GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 7, 1842
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death date: 1937
Place of death: South Dakota
Burial: Britton, Marshall Co., SD
Marriage date: October 23, 1862
Marriage place: Tazewell County, Illinois
Spouse's name: Joseph S. HANON

Child No. 4: Joseph GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 9, 1844
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date:
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Marriage date: August 17, 1871
Marriage place: Shelby County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Malinda KAIN

Child No. 5: David Timothy GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 27, 1846
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: October 1, 1847
Place of death: Illinois
Marriage date:
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Child No. 6: Mary Martha GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 28, 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: March 1, 1849
Place of death: Illinois
Burial:
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Child No. 7: Jacob Franklin GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: December 7, 1849
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: August 19, 1921
Place of death: Adams County, Nebraska
Burial: Sargent Cemetery, Custer Co., NE
Marriage date: About 1880
Marriage place: Nebraska
Spouse's name: Caroline Wishman

Child No. 8: Cathrine Elizabeth GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 8, 1852
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: April 15, 1852
Place of death: Illinois
Burial:
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Child No. 9: Tobias B. GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 11, 1854
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: October 10, 1879
Place of death: Custer County, Nebraska
Burial:
Marriage date: December 23, 1878
Marriage place: Nebraska
Spouse's name: Ida Mae ORVIS

Child No. 10: Rachel Anna GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 11, 1856
Birthplace: Woodford County, Illinois
Death date: June 21, 1905
Place of death: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Burial: St. John's cemetery, Waco, York Co., NE
Marriage date: December 16, 1873
Marriage place: York County, Nebraska
Spouse's name: Johann Heinrich BURHOOP

Child No. 11: Henry Samuel GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 29, 1858
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: February 2, 1945
Place of death: Gentry County, MIssouri
Burial: Jennings cemetery, Alanthus, Gentry Co., MO
Marriage date: November 7, 1878
Marriage place: Nebraska
Spouse's name: Clarinda R. ORVIS

Child No. 12: Ira W. GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 19, 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: January 25, 1878
Place of death: Custer County, Nebraska
Burial: Groff  farm family cemetery
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 Documentation: Illinois US census records and Illinois Marriage records.
Iowa US census records and marriage records.  Nebraska US and state
census records, marriage records, and cemetery records.  Nebraska land
records.  Groff Family Bible records.  Obituaries. .