farmer, by the excellent way in which his land is cultivated, and the many improvements about the place. April 20, 1860, Mr. Grove married Miss Anna Sheldall, sister of E. R. Sheldall, whose sketch appears in this history. They have six children living, viz. : Martin, Loranda, Oscar, Ed., Mary Ann and Emma. They had the misfortune to lose four children. Mr. Grove's political opinions are Republican in nature, but he has been at no time an aspirant for official positions, being thoroughly engrossed with his agricultural pursuits. Himself and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
A. H. Grimm. If the old country had not contributed to the population of the new, Iowa would not have reached its present high state of development. Germany has furnished her full quota of excellent men, and among them Mr. Grimm, a resident of Richland Township, honored and respected by all his acquaintances. He was born in Holstein, Germany, in 1849, being the eldest child born to C. H. and Catherine (Schlichting) Grimm, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father emigrated to this country in 1855, and located in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, but after a residence there of eight years, moved to Louisa County, and from there to this county, where they are now residing. The school days of A. H. Grimm were passed in Scott County, Iowa. At the early age of twelve he began life's battle for himself, as a clerk in a clothing and gents' furnishing store, at Davenport, Iowa, but after three years of clerking, he removed to Louisa County, and went on a farm with his father. When he was twenty-one years old, he borrowed money with which. to buy a team, rented a farm, and commenced farming for himself, and two years later, in 1873, he was united in marriage, in Louisa County, with Miss Matilda Stoltenberg. Her parents were natives of Germany, and she was born on the Atlantic Ocean, while they were en route to America. The same year Mr. Grimm purchased a farm, then raw prairie land, and in 1876 he moved on it, and after bringing it to a high state of cultivation, he sold it to Mr. T. O. Thompson, and purchased 280 acres in Lincoln Township, on which he is now living. Here he is extensively occupied in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of Clydesdale and Percheron horses. He also raises a good grade of cattle and hogs. He is an active Republican in politics, and has never missed a caucus since old enough to vote. He has held the office of township trustee, and has served on the school board for a number of years, being at present secretary of the township school board. He and wife are the parents of the following children: Louis, Melinda and Clara. They are both active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and have the confidence and esteem of all who know them.
John Groseclose, farmer and stock-raiser, Elwell, Iowa. Agriculture and stock-raising have formed the principal occupation of this gentleman, and the wide-awake manner in which he has taken advantage of all methods and ideas tending to the enhanced value of his property, has had a great deal to do with obtaining the competence which he now enjoys. Born in Johnson County, Ind., in February, 1826, he was the fifth of ten children—four sons and six daughters—who are named as follows: Peter (single, and died at the age of twenty-four years), Jemima (married Samuel Dillman, a native of Virginia, and she died when about seventy years of age), an infant, Sarah (single, and resides in Johnson County, Ind.), John, Jacob (resides in Hendricks County, and is a carpenter and joiner by trade; he married Miss Stuard, a native of Indiana), Katharine (married a farmer by the name of Charles Smith and now resides in Story Coun-