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Granville Congrove

Birth	:	6 Oct 1830 Virginia, USA
Death	:	2 Apr 1907 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0978012, -91.2612991
Plot	:	J.C. Brown's Addition, Lot 129
Description	:	Granville Congrove is the son of Thomas Congrove and Sarah Collins. _________________________________________________ FAMILY NAME The CONGROVE name is most likely an altered form of the English habitional name CONGREVE (or variants CONGREAVE and CONGRAVE). Over the years, there have been many different spellings of the family name including CONGRIEVE, CONGREEVE, and CONGOE. The most common spelling variation used today in the U.S. is CONGO. _________________________________________________ Granville was married to: • Mary Jane Bailey - 1851 • Nancy Anna Lane - 1890 Meigs County, Ohio Marriages, Volume 1, page 453 -Groom: Granville Congrove ... Read More	Granville Congrove is the son of Thomas Congrove and Sarah Collins. _________________________________________________ FAMILY NAME The CONGROVE name is most likely an altered form of the English habitional name CONGREVE (or variants CONGREAVE and CONGRAVE). Over the years, there have been many different spellings of the family name including CONGRIEVE, CONGREEVE, and CONGOE. The most common spelling variation used today in the U.S. is CONGO. _________________________________________________ Granville was married to: • Mary Jane Bailey - 1851 • Nancy Anna Lane - 1890 Meigs County, Ohio Marriages, Volume 1, page 453 -Groom: Granville Congrove -Bride: Mary Jane Bailey -Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1851 -Performed By: Major Reed, JP _________________________________________________ In 1861, Granville enlisted in the Union Army. American Civil War Soldiers -Name: Granville Congrove -Enlistment Date: 15 Sep 1861 -Side Served: Union -State Served: Ohio -Service Record: --Enlisted as a Private on 15 September 1861 at the age of 24 --Enlisted in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 15 Sep 1861 --Mustered Out Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 31 Oct 1864 --Promoted to Full Sergeant LETTER Daily Courier, Zanesville, Ohio. Ed. March 21, 1862 Camp Cumberland Gap, March 13, 1862. Mr. Shyrock. Sir. We are camped on the west side of the Cumberland river fourteen miles from the Cumberland Gap. We have possession of the Ferry at this point. We are building a large fortification on the east side of the river at the ford. We expect an attack before long. If the enemy does not attack us, we will advance upon them. The enemy is expected to be about five or six thousand strong at the Gap, and our force consists of the following Regiments: -16th Ohio -49th Indiana -7th Kentucky -1st, 2nd and 3rd Tennessee and the -9th Ohio Battery, Capt. Whitmore Our provisions have been brought from Lexington, distance one hundred and seventy miles, over a mountainous and muddy road. Yesterday we were ordered to march for the Gap, which we did. We started at four o'clock in the morning and about one o'clock we arrived at the Gap. There were two hundred of their cavalry out for forage; we tried to cut off their retreat, but we were too late. When they saw us coming, they threw down their forage, put spurs to their horses and run in their breastworks. We were about one half mile off. We fired at them but done no damage; we went within a mile and a half of their breastworks, but they did not offer to fire at us. We were ordered back to camp, and arrived there at nine o'clock that night. The Zanesville Blues are well and I am well. Although I must endure the hardships of camp life, I hope to return to my home again. If I should fall by the wayside, all I ask is for my friends to take care of my family. I hope the day may soon come when the sound of cannon shall be hushed, and the sword and bayonet laid aside and the Eternal foe blotted out, and peace restored to the United States' most noble sons. Yours Obediently, Granville Congrove NOTE: This letter was written by Sgt. Granville Congrove, Company A, 16th O.V.I. during the regiment's campaign at Cumberland Gap in 1862 to the publisher of the Zanesville Courier newspaper. _________________________________________________ In 1890, Granville married Nancy Anna Lane, the daughter of Burton Lane and Tabitha H. Davis. Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 -Groom: Granville Congrove -Birth Date: 1831 -Birthplace: Virginia -Age: 59 -Father: Thomas Congrove -Mother: May Ann Collins -Bride: Anna Lane -Birth Date: 1842 -Birthplace: Kentucky -Age: 48 -Father: Bertin [sic] Lane -Mother: Davis -Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1890 -Marriage Place: New London, Henry, Iowa _________________________________________________ Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records -Name: Granville Congrove -Rank: Sergeant -Unit: OH 16 Inf A -Birth: 6 Oct 1830 -Death: 2 Apr 1907 -Cemetery: Elmwood -Location: Morning Sun, Louisa, IA

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Granville Congrove's memorial is located at: Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, USA.
When did Granville Congrove death?
Granville Congrove death on 2 Apr 1907 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.0978012
Longitude: -91.2612991

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Jane Bailey Congrove

(1831 - 1888)

Nancy Anna Lane Congrove

(1828 - 1894)

Siblings

John Congrove

(1833 - 1900)

Children

Edith Lou Ann Congrove Swan

(1858 - 1945)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 41.0978012, -91.2612991

2. Rice Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1200000, -91.2730000

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Coordinate: 41.1747208, -91.3027802

10. Fairview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0875015, -91.1494370

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12. Griswold Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1833615, -91.3168200

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Coordinate: 41.0018997, -91.2363968

14. Welsh Chapel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0000700, -91.2518700

15. Covenanter Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0017000, -91.2340000

16. Wapello Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1939011, -91.2058029

17. Northfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0595000, -91.1242000

18. Long Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2105598, -91.2777786

19. Gallaher-Zion Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9754000, -91.2613000

20. Smith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0887000, -91.0989000

21. Winfield Scott Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1192017, -91.4237976

22. Trinity Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0170000, -91.3900000

23. Harrison Cemetery
Wapello, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2033005, -91.1675034

24. Kossuth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0124000, -91.1350000