Harmon Groom (1775- )
Harmon Groom was born in either Monmouth or Middlesex Co., New Jersey, in 1775. He came to central Ohio and bought a few acres in Prairie Twp., Franklin Co. in 1814. The 1850 census has him living next to Peter and Louisa Groom. Harmon and his wife Bertha had the following children listed on the census:
1. Charles Groom, born in 1814 and died in 1887, buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. He married Tabitha Wiley in Franklin Co. in 1857. They had James (b.1860), Mary (b. 1862) and Alice (b. 1869).
2. Benjamin Groom, born in 1833
3. Jessee Groom, b. 1828 m. Mary Jane Syms and went to Paulding Co., Ohio
Note: Harmon may be the father of Peter Groom but Peter's daughter recalled that her grandfather was John Groom. He may also be an uncle.