John Elliott GROOM
BIRTH: May have been born in Maryland SOURCES: 1. 1993 IGI 2. Ancestral File 3. 1860 Federal Census, City of Knoxville, Knoxville Tp., Marion Co., IA , p. 679 (FHL#803335). 4. 1850 Federal Census, Marion Co., IA, p. 240 (FHL#442962). 5. "A Centennial History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio", by: The Lewis Publishing Co., pp. 793-794 (FHL#977.156, D3c. 6. 1850 Federal Census, Marion Co., IA, p. 240 (FHL#442962). 7. "A Centennial History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio", by: The Lewis Publishing Co., pp. 793-794 FHL #977.156, D3c).
NOTES: Served in Civil War.
NOTES: Killed at Battle of Shiloh during Civil War.
He married Charity Young 18 Mar 1834 at Franklin, Ohio . Charity Young was born at Pennsylvania 15 Nov 1802 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Charity Groom
born Abt 1834.
Obediah H. Groom
born Abt 1835.
Sarah Louisa Groom
born 23 Jul 1836.
Isaac E. Groom
born Abt 1838.
Albert D. Groom
born Abt 1841.
Orilla May Groom
born 24 Aug 1843.
John Groom
born Abt 1845.
John Elliott Groom died Jul 1851 at California .
Charity Young died 4 May 1883 at Knoxville, Marion, Iowa .