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Children:
Emma Gruver
Ellen Gruver
Sibling(s):
Abraham Gruver
William J. Gruver
John Gruver
Joseph Gruver
Michael
Gruver
Henry
Gruver
Christian Gruver
Barbara Gruver
Magdalena Gruver
Susan Gruver
Elizabeth Gruver
Catherine Gruver
George Gruver
Margaret Ann Gruver
James Gruver
Jeremiah Gruver
Amanda Gruver |
Notes:
married 16 Jun 1855 Ross Township, Monroe County, PA
Easton Daily Argus, Saturday, April 14, 1900
Ex-Judge Peter Gruver
Ex-Associate Judge peter Gruver, of Ross Township, Monroe County, died
at his home, near Saylorsburg, on thursday, of dropsy and cancer of
the stomach, aged 65 years. He leaves a wife and two daughers. He was
a Democrate and was associate judge for two terms, being elected first
in 1872 and again five years later. pervious to that he was county
treasurer. For many years he was a justice of the peace, tax collector
and school director of his township.
Beers Atlas, Monroe County
Judge Peter Gruver has for many years been identified with the progress
and growth of Monroe County, Penn., as one of her most active and
influential citizens, and he was since boyhood made his home in Ross
Township, where he is now living in Semi-retirement on his beautiful
farm near the village of Saylorsburg. The Judge is a native of Northampton
County, this State, born in 1933 in Lower Mt. Bethel Township, and
he is a grandson of William Gruver, who was born in Bucks County, Penn.,
and settled in Northampton county in an early day. William Gruver had
two sons, Daniel and John, who were reared in Northampton County, Daniel
passing his entire life there.
Up to the age of sixteen years Peter Gruver remained in the county
of his birth, where he attended the public schools, and after coming
with his parents to Monroe County he took up the teacher’s profession,
which he followed with unusual success for a period of sixteen years.
He was united in marriage, June 15, 1866, with Miss Annamarie Altemus,
of Ross Township, whose parents, Joseph and Catherine Altemus, were
prominent residents of that part of Monroe county, and in about 1858
Mr. Gruver bought and settle upon the Jos. Altemus farm, near the village
of Saylorsburg, where he was ever since resided. The Judge has been
engaged in various enterprises, merchandising, etc., and has held numerous
offices of trust in his township and county, but he has never neglected
his farm, and its appearance and fertility ample repay him for the
care and attention he has bestowed upon it. The land is thoroughly
and systematically cultivated, and has been materially improved by
its present owner, who has erected a large bank barn, substantial outbuilding
and commodious two-story residence, provided with all modern comforts
and known far and wide as one of the most pleasant and hospitable in
Monroe County.
From early manhood Mr. Gruver’s natural fitness and capability
for public service were recognized by his fellow citizens, and he was
chosen by his townsmen to fill various position of responsibility in
the local civil administration, in all of which he distinguished himself
as a man of high integrity and sterling worth. He served as township
assessor and for fifteen years as Justice of the Peace. And so completely
satisfactory was his service in these incumbencies that in 1868 he
was honored with election to the office of county treasurer., which
he held for one term. At its expiration he was elected associate judge
of the county, and subsequently re-elected, discharging the duties
of this incumbency with becoming dignity for ten successive years.
Judge Gruver has also served the people as county auditor, and throughout
his career as a public servant he displayed a capacity for management,
a fidelity to duty and a regard for the wishes of the constituents
that called forth the respect and admiration of all who came in contact
with him, making a record second to none as an honorable and competent
official. He has always been one of the active political workers of
his county, and he is widely and favorably known as one of the most
useful and enterprising citizens within her borders.
In 1880 Judge Gruver embarked in the general mercantile business in
McIlhaney, Monroe County, continuing there for two and a half years,
and in 1884 he and Joseph Titus Opened a general store in the village
of Saylorsburg, this partnership lasting for three years, when our
subject disposed of his share to Mr. Titus. He remained with the business,
however, as superintendent, and after a year formed a partnership with
Mr. Keller and bought back the store, which they carried on this for
two years, when it was again purchased by Mr. Titus. The latter leased
part and sold part of the stock to Sydenham Mengle, the Judge continuing
as before as superintendent and clerk for one year. Mr. Mengle was
in the business about two years, at the end of which time he leased
his interest to S.D. Newhart, with whom our subject remained as superintendent
and clerk for nearly three years, since when he had devoted his time
to his extensive agricultural interests. Judge Gruver has in all his
undertaking given evidence of his great executive ability, adaptability
and faculty for successful management, and these, in connection with
his wonderful energy, have brought him an enviable degree of prosperity,
which he is now enjoying to the full on his fine farm in Ross Township.
He has done much by his influence for the advancement of his town and
county, and he is as progressive in his own affairs as in public matters,
being a man of the period in every sense and thoroughly up-to-date
in his ideas and methods, and thought now retired from the more active
cares of life, he still holds his own as a valuable citizen, whose
worth is appreciated in the community to whose interests so many of
the best years of his life have been given.
To Judge and Mrs. Gruver have been born two children, Emma and Ellen.
The eldest daughter became the wife of Charles E. Vanbuskirk, of Ross
Township, and they resided in that township, where he died in 1897;
he left two children – Peter, who married Miss Nettie J. Green,
of Monroe County, and has one son, Ralph,; and A.D., unmarried, who
is engaged in teaching in Monroe county. Ellen married James Altemus,
of Saylorsburg, and they make their home on his farm near that village;
they have four children living – Floyd P., Melvin, Arthur and
Beulah (Cula). |
