James M. Groat

GROAT, ROYCE, SWAN

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:00:09

James M. Groat has been engaged in the grain and coal trade here since August, 1882. He has resided in Butler county since December, 1869, when he settled in Monroe township. Mr. Groat was born in Wyoming county, New York, in 1842. His father, Herman Groat, was a native of Delaware county, New York, where he was born in 1812. He now lives in Wyoming county, is a cabinet maker by trade, and is in business at Attica.
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James M. Groat went to Carroll county, Illinois, in 1867, and worked at the carpenter’s trade. He came to Butler county in 1867, purchased a farm of E. Y. Royce, in Monroe township, section 27, which he still owns. He married Vira Swan, daughter of Z. Swan. They have two children – Luella and Flora. Mr. Groat was a justice of the peace in Monroe township from January 1, 1879, till he came here. He was elected county supervisor in the fall of 1882.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 439