Descendants of Joseph Groff, Capt.

1  Joseph GROFF, Capt.  Born: October 1821 in New London, Lancaster County, Pa.      Died: February 12, 1903 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.  Census: 1900 Lived on North Market Street in Frederick, Md. and had a niece, Susan I. Whalen (born Sept. 1849 in Md) and grand niece, Mary E. Whalen (born Nov. 1883) living witht he family.  f: October 1821 Born in Lancaster, Pa.  f: 1821 Was a twin  f: Bet. 1841 - 1843 married Rebecca Biglul, lived in Harpers Ferry, Va.  f: 1844 1st son - William Sheldon Groff, Joseph worked C&O Canal  f: 1845 1st daughter - Rebecca Groff  f: 1850 Wife, Rebecca died at Harpers Ferry, Va.  Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1864 Capt. in 1st Potomac Home Brigade of  Maryland Union Army-Civil War
.  +Rebecca BIGLUL  Born: Unknown in Pa.  Married: 1843 in Pa.    Died: August 13, 1850 in Harper's Ferry, Va.
.  2  William Sheldon/Shelton GROFF  Born: 1844 in Harper's Ferry, Va.      Died: Abt. 1901 in Pa.                Military service: Bet. September 06, 1861 - September 06, 1864 1st Potomac Home Brig, Co"B", Md. Reg. Inf.
....  +Maggie E.  Born: Unknown  Married: Bef. 1880 in Maryland    Died: Aft. 1901 in Pa.
....  3  Charles Joseph GROFF  Born: 1880 in Frederick, Maryland      Died: 1945 in Reading, Pa.                  Occupation: Bet. 1920 - 1927 coal dealer    Residence: 1927 Reading, Berks County,  Pa.
.......  +Henrietta Ellen (Nettie) SEITZINGER  Born: November 28, 1881 in Gordon, Northampton County, Pa.  Married: Abt. 1904 in Pa.    Died: 1929 in Reading, Pa.
.......  4  Caroline M. GROFF  Born: May 27, 1905 in Ashland,  Pa.      Died: August 1980 in Reading, Berks County,  Pa.                      Residence: 1975 Lived in Reading, Pa.
..........  +?    Married: Abt. 1924 in Pa.
.......  *2nd Husband of Caroline M. GROFF:  
..........  +Raymond E. FEHR  Born: July 19, 1903 in Berks County, Pa.  Married: April 07, 1927 in Berks County, Pa.    Died: March 1968                  Occupation: 1927 wholesale coal man    Residence: 1927 940 N. 4th Street, Reading, Pa.
.......  4  Virginia Louise GROFF  Born: November 10, 1908 in Askland, Pa.      Died: February 1987 in Middletown, Md.
..........  +ROUTZAHN  Born: Unknown  Married: in Middletown, Md.
.  2  Rebecca GROFF  Born: 1845 in Harper's Ferry, Va.      Died: Aft. December 1936 in Keymar
....  +WARNER  Born: Unknown
*2nd Wife of Joseph GROFF, Capt.:  
.  +Susan SMITH  Born: March 11, 1828 in Woodsboro, Frederick County, Md.  Married: January 01, 1852 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.    Died: March 06, 1911 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.                  Occupation: Bet. 1850 - 1910 housewife, took care of Groff Hotel
.  2  Josie (Josephine) Smith GROFF  Born: July 01, 1870 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.      Died: July 11, 1942 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.                      Residence: Bet. 1910 - 1925 Lewistown, Md.
....  +Charles Jacob EVERHART  Born: September 10, 1862 in Manchester, Carroll, Md.  Married: 1889 in Frederick,Frederick, Md.    Died: August 19, 1956 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.  Census: 1900 Lived on York Street in Manchester, Md.                Occupation: Cigarmaker    Residence: Bet. 1910 - 1925 Lewistown, Md.
....  3  David Groff EVERHART, Sr.  Born: September 08, 1890 in Manchester, Carroll, Md.      Died: December 06, 1944 in Frederick, Frederick,  Md.                Military service: Bet. September 1917 - December 1918 Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps.  Occupation: Bet. 1912 - 1944 Dentist    Residence: Bet. 1919 - 1941 "Alhambra" 926 N. Market St., Frederick, Md.
.......  +Eva Savilla BIXLER  Born: June 11, 1891 in Hanover,York, Pa.  Married: November 23, 1911 in Manchester,Carroll, Md.    Died: September 20, 1940 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.                      Residence: 1940 1026 North Market Street, Frederick
.......  4  David Groff EVERHART, Jr.  Born: September 09, 1912 in Manchester, Carroll, Md.      Died: March 18, 1984 in Frederick, Md.                Military service: Bet. 1942 - 1945 U.S. Army  Occupation: Bet. 1935 - 1977 Dentist    Residence: 1984 120 North Court Street, Frederick
..........  +Marybell CASTLE  Born: July 21, 1914 in Md.  Married: December 06, 1935 in Frederick, Md.
.......  4  Nan Musselman EVERHART  Born: August 09, 1915 in Frederick, Frederick, Md.      Died: July 10, 1994 in Flagler Beach, Flagler, Fl.                Military service: Bet. October 23, 1942 - March 1949 Lt. in Women's Army Corp. (WAC), in the reserves served as captain.  Occupation: 1942 Applied as an agent for the FBI    Residence: Bet. 1918 - 1942 "Alhambra" 926 N. Market St., Frederick, Md.
..........  +Harry KERSHAW  Born: September 23, 1905 in Haverhill,Essex, Mass.  Married: April 27, 1949 in Bonifey, Fl.    Died: May 25, 1978 in Longwood, Seminole, Fl.                Military service: Bet. 1927 - 1957 Served in US Army and later in US Air Force, reaching the rank of captain      Residence: Bet. 1905 - 1919 Haverhill, Mass.
.......  4  Joseph Groff EVERHART  Born: April 03, 1925 in Frederick, Maryland      Died: April 06, 1925 in Frederick, Maryland
....  *2nd Wife of David Groff EVERHART, Sr.:  
.......  +Eleanor LINTHICUM  Born: July 30, 1902 in Md.  Married: 1941 in Frederick, Md.    Died: January 21, 1994 in Raleigh, N.C.                  Occupation: Bet. 1935 - 1965 teacher
.  2  Jennie GROFF  Born: 1857 in Frederick, Md.      Died: January 17, 1936 in Hagerstown, Md.                      Residence: Bet. 1930 - 1936 33 Summit Ave., Hagerstown, Md.
....  +William E. RANELS  Born: 1850 in ?  Married: Unknown in ?    Died: Bef. 1936 in Hagerstown, Md.
....  3  Susan RANELS  Born: Unknown in Md.      Died: Bef. 1948
....  3  William RANELS  Born: July 30, 1886 in Maryland      Died: April 1970 in Blue Creek, Adams County, Ohio
.  2  Ida Legget GROFF  Born: October 21, 1865 in Frederick, Md.      Died: Bef. August 1937 in Frederick, Md.
.  2  David GROFF  Born: December 25, 1855 in Walkersville, Md.      Died: August 31, 1937 in Frederick, Md.                  Occupation: Bet. 1889 - 1918 floriculturist
.  2  Nannie GROFF  Born: July 10, 1867 in Frederick, Md.      Died: May 26, 1948 in Frederick, Md.                      Residence: Bet. 1867 - 1948 700 N. Market St., Frederick, Md.
.  2  Fannie W. GROFF  Born: February 22, 1863 in Frederick, Md.      Died: September 11, 1953 in Lowsdowne, Md.
....  +Richard Cromwell DUDREAR  Born: Unknown in ?  Married: December 02, 1883 in Md.    Died: Bef. 1953 in Frederick County, Md.
....  3  Charles R. C. DUDREAR  Born: October 21, 1884 in Frederick County, Md.      Died: April 1964 in Homestead, Pa.
.......  +IRENE  Born: Unknown in Pa.  Married: Unknown    Died: Unknown
....  3  Susan DUDREAR  Born: 1890 in Md.      Died: Bet. 1948 - 1953 in Baltimore, Md.
.......  +R. E. THOMAS  
....  *2nd Husband of Susan DUDREAR:  
.......  +WHITMAN  Born: Unknown  Married: Unknown    Died: Unknown
.......  4  Susan WHITMAN  Born: Unknown      Died: Aft. 1953 in Lansdowne, Md.                      Residence: 1948 Baltimore, Md.
..........  +Charles E. GRIM  Born: Unknown in Lansdowne, Md.  Married: Unknown    Died: Unknown in Lansdowne, Md.
.......  *2nd Husband of Susan WHITMAN:  
..........  +R. E. THOMAS  Born: Unknown  Married: Unknown    Died: Unknown
.......  4  Ruth WHITMAN  Born: Unknown      Died: Bef. 1953
....  3  Nannie G. DUDREAR  Born: July 13, 1893 in Frederick, Md.      Died: May 29, 1975 in Frederick, Md.                  Occupation: Bet. 1920 - 1960 housewife    Residence: Bet. 1900 - 1974 738 North Market Street, Frederick
.......  +John David TROUT  Born: April 21, 1895 in Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland  Married: Unknown in Frederick, Md.    Died: May 12, 1968 in Frederick County, Md.                  Occupation: Bet. 1915 - 1950 Frederick Iron & Steel Company
....  3  Josie (Josephine) DUDREAR  Born: August 23, 1897 in Md.      Died: June 1985 in Baltimore, Md.
.......  +John D. BAUMGARDNER, Sr.  Born: June 29, 1886 in ?  Married: Abt. 1915 in Md.    Died: September 1970 in Baltimore, Md.
.......  4  John D. BAUMGARDNER, Jr  Born: February 19, 1916 in Md.      Died: August 1976 in Baltimore, Md.
.  2  John GROFF  Born: 1861 in Frederick, Md.      Died: December 14, 1921 in Washington, D. C.    f: Bet. 1915 - 1921 Police security at the White House              Occupation: January 12, 1901 Policeman with Metro. Police Dept of Washington, DC
.  2  Charles Benjamin GROFF  Born: July 29, 1873 in Frederick, Md.      Died: December 15, 1936 in Frederick, Md.                  Occupation: Bet. 1911 - 1936 Assisted his brother David in running the Groff Floral Shop and later owned it solely after 1918.
....  +Emma C. WERTHEIMER  Born: 1874 in Frederick, Maryland  Married: May 11, 1910 in Hagerstown, Md.    Died: March 14, 1950 in Frederick, Md.                      Residence: 1950 McBride Nursing Home
....  3  Eloise K. GROFF  Born: 1915 in Frederick, Md.                            Residence: Bet. 1915 - 1950 270-B Dill Avenue, Frederick, Md..