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Mr. Grovenor was born September 13, 1830 in Suffield, Connecticut. He had the usual New England common school education and attended an academy one term. He taught school during several winter terms. Mr. Grovenor came to Lawrence, Kansas, in October, 1857. At first he was in the grocery business for a few years and then he went into the lumber business, in which he was a financial success. His large lumber yard was on Massachusets and Berkeley Streets.
Mr. Grovenor was always interested in the public good of Lawrence. He was a member of the City Council and a member of the School Board and three times Mayor of Lawrence in 1865, 1870, and 1871. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church. For 25 years he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Ottawa University.
Mr. Grovenor was married to Ellen M. Crane, at Stuffield, Connecticut on October 28, 1852. She died April 6, 1869, leaving one son, Charles Phelps Grovenor who married Bertha A. Starr in 1887.
Mr. and Mrs. Gorden Grovenor experienced Quantrill’s Raid. Their house, on the southeast corner of New Hampshire and Berkeley Streets was entirely burned up. They were thankful that Mr. Grovenor was not killed for he was quite exposed and made a narrow escape.
Mr. Grovenor was married a second time to L. Maria Bliss of Munsen, Mass.
These pictures of Mr. Grovenor and Mrs. (Ellen M Crane) Grovenor were given to the library by Mr. L. O. McIntyre of Kansas City, Mo. in 1931 at the death of his wife Mrs. Bertha (Grovenor) McIntyre, through Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Banks April 30, 1931.
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