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    Person Info
  • Name: John Philip GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Mar 1802 in Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 25 Nov 1875 d
  • Burial: Holmes Co, Ohio u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob GROFF Birth: Jul 1765 Death: 29 Mar 1813 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Hanna ENDRESS Birth: 1767 Death: Abt 1847 in South Lebanon Twp, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Susan GROFF Birth: 1841
  2. Lucinda GROFF Birth: 1843
  3. Aaron GROFF Birth: 1847 Death: 1913
  4. Jacob GROFF Birth: 3 Jul 1848 Death: 1907
  5. Margaret GROFF Birth: 1851

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
  2. Fulfer, Charlotte, Jacob Groff and John Phillip Groff, private email 9/22/2003. Author address: faithy3_99 at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003].
  3. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p85, Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003, GroffCL GROFF p33],
place:
[Ref: Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p85, GroffCL GROFF p33]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth FERNSLER
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p85, Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003],
child:
[Ref: Charlotte Fulfer 9/22/2003]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
9 Mar 1802 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p33],
names:
John GROFF & Elizabeth (FERNSLER?) [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p33]
Research Notes:
co-founder of W. Lebanon, Ohio [Ref: Best GROFF p85]



Pedigree of John Philip GROFF
                                                       /-----Hans GRAF
                                              /-----Jakob GRAF
                                             |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                                     /-----Marx GRAF
                                    |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                                    |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                            /-----Hans GROFF
                   /-----Jacob GROFF
                  |         \-----Anna BARE
          /-----Jacob GROFF
         |         \-----Elizabeth (GROFF)
 /-----Jacob GROFF
|        |         /-----Henrich KLEIN
|         \-----Anna KLEIN
|                  \-----Anna BETTLIN
John Philip GROFF
|         /-----John Peter ENDRESS
 \-----Hanna ENDRESS
          \-----Hannah HOSTER



Descendants of John Philip GROFF
1. John Philip GROFF m. Elizabeth FERNSLER
m. Elizabeth FERNSLER

2nd generation

5. Jacob GROFF m1. Rosa WEIGANT m2. Elizabeth SULLIVAN
m. Rosa WEIGANT
m. Elizabeth SULLIVAN

3rd generation

7. Charles Delios GROFF m. Viola May CONKLE
m. Viola May CONKLE

4th generation

8. Delios Allen GROFF m. Bernice Eloise ALLISON
m. Bernice Eloise ALLISON

5th generation

10. Living GROFF m.