Joseph Grooms (1846-1912)
Joseph Grooms (1846-1912) was the oldest child of Peter Groom (1823-1891) and Louisa O'Harra (1830-1852). In 1876 Joseph married Mary Jane Parker (1855-1932) daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Warner. Joseph and Mary Jane Parker Grooms are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Worthington, Ohio. They had the following children:
1. Ida May Grooms (1874-1959) married Walter Beadle. Ida and Walter are buried in Sunset Cemetery in Franklin County, Ohio. Their children were Joseph Raymond (1896-1950 m. Gladys Brown) , Helen (1897-1968 m. Russell Oscar Widener), Cecil (1900-1959) and Dora Mae ( --2005 m. Robert Bastian).
2. Henry Ewing Grooms (1879-1854) married Bertha Brittenhaus (1878-1905). Ewing and Bertha are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Worthington, Ohio. Their children were Louise (m. Unknown Hansen), Arvi (1897-1919), and Everett (1904-1919).
3. Joseph Welling Grooms (1881-1938) married Jeanette (Unknown). They are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Worthington, Ohio.
4. David Benjamin Grooms (1885-1965) married Anna E. Neds (1890-1967). They are buried in Sunbury Cemetery in Sunbury, Ohio. Their children included Benjamin David (1910-1997 m. 1.Myrtle Marie Perry, 2.June Townley Horlocker), Mary E. (1911-1995 m. Frank Kegg), Albert (1912-1986 m. Elva Sipe Watts), Helen (1914-1973 m. Lester Feasel), Ethel (1916-2003 m. Samuel Fletcher), Jane (1917-- m. 1. Bernard Myers, 2. Earl Watts, 3.Clarence Swope), Joseph (1920-1997 m. Mary Curren), Margaret (1921-1997), William (1923-1971 m. Kathryn Wymer), Richard (1925- ), Pearl (1927-2003) and Arthur Gene (1932-- m. Betty )
5. Walter Raymond Grooms (1890--1946) is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Worthington, Ohio.
6. Dora Elizabeth (1892-1956) married Frank Sahr (1897--1973). They are buried at Glen Rest Memorial Garden in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Step-children included Leo, Frank, Elsie and Edna Mae.
David and Anna Grooms