Exodus to Piatt Co. Illinois
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Re: Exodus to Piatt Co. Illinois
| jah1948 (View posts) | Posted: 23 Apr 2008 12:27PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Grove, Peck, Creighton, Clarkson, Baker, Ater
Yes, you have lots of relatives out there.
The Peck family and the Grove family are intertwined in several ways. The Grove families that settled just north of Cerro Gordo in Willow Branch Twp were children of John and Hannah Grove of Pickaway county, Ohio. John and Hannah had 13 children, raised 11 of them to adulthood and saw 9 of their children move with their families to Piatt or adjoining counties in 1852-1872. Even Hannah lived her last years in Cerro Gordo and is burried with several of her children at East Frantz Cemetery.
Their daughter, Catherine Grove, married Barton Peck in Pickaway county. She is buried at Willow Branch Cemetery. I have no information on Barton, the son of Henry Peck and Hagar Carr. Do you haved any info on him? I don't know when or where he died. He is not buried with Catherine.
Catherine and Barton's daugher, Hagar Peck, married William Peck, son of Alfred Peck and Jane Fisher.
Etta Hannah Grove, granddaughter of John and Hannah, daugher of William and Mary Ater Grove, married William Orlando Peck, son of George Peck and Elizabeth Kelso. Their daughter, Gertrude, married Charles Blickensderfer and had a large family.
Charles Richard Grove, grandson of John and Hannah, son of Thomas Grove and Emma Yinger, married Marjory Peck, daugher of James Peck and Margaret Chambers.
The Grove daughters who settled near Cerro Gordo were the Creighton, Clarkson and Baker families. If you live in Cerro Gordo or Bement, I'm sure you've heard the Clarkson name. Descendents of the Bakers were benefactors of the Hospital in Monticello. Charlie Creighton was a clarinetist of note in the early 1900s and later was a partner in the Creighton-Jackson Insurance company in Decatur. No, I don't think he also owned the jewelry store.
As John Grove points out in his reply to your post, there were many other Grove families who settled around Monticello, and in Sangamon Twp. They were mostly descenents of Henry Grove, Jr, a brother to John. They are cousins to the Cerro Gordo Groves.
Depending on how old you are, you, or your parents or your grandparents may have eaten at Grove's Restaurant on the north end of Decatur. It closed in 1965. It was where the McDonalds is now at the corner of Pershing and Water, Highway 51 and 121. My wife's grandparents ran the restaurant for about 20 years. Grandpa was a descendent of John and Hannah Grove.
A couple of years ago I met two men who were born, raised and lived in Decatur, both with Cerro Gordo roots. They were acquainted through their careers in public education. Neither of them knew that they were third cousins by way of the Groves, and fifth cousins by way of the Pecks.
One of them told me that he had always been told that he should not speak ill of anyone from Cerro Gordo because it is quite likely that they would turn out to be related to him.
There you have it. Toss in a few Aters, Woods, and Fishers, and you're all related somehow.
I didn't mean to rattle on, but family history has so many stories to tell.
Jim Headley
The Peck family and the Grove family are intertwined in several ways. The Grove families that settled just north of Cerro Gordo in Willow Branch Twp were children of John and Hannah Grove of Pickaway county, Ohio. John and Hannah had 13 children, raised 11 of them to adulthood and saw 9 of their children move with their families to Piatt or adjoining counties in 1852-1872. Even Hannah lived her last years in Cerro Gordo and is burried with several of her children at East Frantz Cemetery.
Their daughter, Catherine Grove, married Barton Peck in Pickaway county. She is buried at Willow Branch Cemetery. I have no information on Barton, the son of Henry Peck and Hagar Carr. Do you haved any info on him? I don't know when or where he died. He is not buried with Catherine.
Catherine and Barton's daugher, Hagar Peck, married William Peck, son of Alfred Peck and Jane Fisher.
Etta Hannah Grove, granddaughter of John and Hannah, daugher of William and Mary Ater Grove, married William Orlando Peck, son of George Peck and Elizabeth Kelso. Their daughter, Gertrude, married Charles Blickensderfer and had a large family.
Charles Richard Grove, grandson of John and Hannah, son of Thomas Grove and Emma Yinger, married Marjory Peck, daugher of James Peck and Margaret Chambers.
The Grove daughters who settled near Cerro Gordo were the Creighton, Clarkson and Baker families. If you live in Cerro Gordo or Bement, I'm sure you've heard the Clarkson name. Descendents of the Bakers were benefactors of the Hospital in Monticello. Charlie Creighton was a clarinetist of note in the early 1900s and later was a partner in the Creighton-Jackson Insurance company in Decatur. No, I don't think he also owned the jewelry store.
As John Grove points out in his reply to your post, there were many other Grove families who settled around Monticello, and in Sangamon Twp. They were mostly descenents of Henry Grove, Jr, a brother to John. They are cousins to the Cerro Gordo Groves.
Depending on how old you are, you, or your parents or your grandparents may have eaten at Grove's Restaurant on the north end of Decatur. It closed in 1965. It was where the McDonalds is now at the corner of Pershing and Water, Highway 51 and 121. My wife's grandparents ran the restaurant for about 20 years. Grandpa was a descendent of John and Hannah Grove.
A couple of years ago I met two men who were born, raised and lived in Decatur, both with Cerro Gordo roots. They were acquainted through their careers in public education. Neither of them knew that they were third cousins by way of the Groves, and fifth cousins by way of the Pecks.
One of them told me that he had always been told that he should not speak ill of anyone from Cerro Gordo because it is quite likely that they would turn out to be related to him.
There you have it. Toss in a few Aters, Woods, and Fishers, and you're all related somehow.
I didn't mean to rattle on, but family history has so many stories to tell.
Jim Headley