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James R. Grow
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21 February 1827 – 8 February 1905
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JAMES R. GROW, farmer, P. O. Myrtle, Penn., was born in Almond, N. Y., February 21, 1827, a son of George W. and Ruth (Cornell) Grow, who settled, in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1837, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by James R. Grow, a part of which they cleared and improved. They had six children who grew to maturity:
- Martin C.,
- Hannah M. (Mrs. Peter North),
- Sally (Mrs. N. Lanphere),
- Angeline (Mrs. Almond Haskins),
- James R. and
- Celania T. (Mrs. Charles Fuller.)
James R. Grow was reared in Ceres from ten years of age; he purchased the homestead of his father in 1853, cleared a good share of the farm and erected the present buildings.
He married, in 1850, Martha A., daughter of Dwelley and Minerva (Fuller) Fuller, of Ceres township, and they have two children:
- Hattie M. (Mrs. C. B. Robarts) and
- Jennie A. (Mrs. Alton W. Maxon.)
Mr. Grow is a prominent and representative farmer of Ceres. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Sons of Temperance; has held the office of commissioner and supervisor of his township seven years, and school director several years. In politics he is a Republican.
[Source: "History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Penn..." vol. 1; J.H.
Beers & Co., publishers; 1890]
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d. 8 Feb 1905, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA 
