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Thomas Grover

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Thomas Grover

Birth
Whitehall, Washington County, New York, USA
Death
20 Feb 1886 (aged 78)
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
Burial
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
Plot
E-46-5
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From a letter written March 2, 1886 by Caroline Nickerson Hubbard to her daughter Percia 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 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 Grover to Joseph Smith never wavered."

from "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia" vol. 4 p.137-138 By Andrew Jensen

A son is Jedediah Morgan Grant Grover #9179412
From a letter written March 2, 1886 by Caroline Nickerson Hubbard to her daughter Percia 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 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 Grover to Joseph Smith never wavered."

from "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia" vol. 4 p.137-138 By Andrew Jensen

A son is Jedediah Morgan Grant Grover #9179412

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