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167. John Albert Grovenburg (483) Photo was born on 19 Mar 1881 in Missouri.(484) He was mentioned in an affadavit signed on 28 Sep 1882 in Washington Co., Kansas. (313) He died on 20 Sep 1949 in Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas.(485) He was buried in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma.(486)
GENERAL NOTES:
John had 3-5 stands of timber in Mena, Polk, Arkansas (east & a little north of Mena), which he gave up when his first wife died.
Uncle Pete (James A.) Grovenburg remembers a Grovenburg homestead in Deafsmith Co., Kansas, or maybe Lebanon, Smith, Kansas...
1882 Affadavit - He was listed as age 18 months in his parents' Divorce papers.
1900 Census - John Grovenburg is shown as age 19, born March 1881 in Missouri.
Death - John's death certificate shows his birthdate and age, no place: birthdate 19 Mar 1881; age at death 68 yrs. Informant was his 3rd wife, Mrs. Elsie Grovenburg.

He was married to Lizzie Mae Aymes about Jul 1910 in Mena, Polk, Arkansas. Lizzie Mae Aymes was born about 1890 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois. (487) She died about 1912 in Mena, Polk, Arkansas. John Albert Grovenburg and Lizzie Mae Aymes had the following children:

child+308 i. Alphus Jacob Grovenburg.

He was married to Maryetta McLain (daughter of John Buchanan McLain and Mary Elizabeth Roberts) on 17 Oct 1913 in Salem, Fulton Co., Arkansas. (488)
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Marriage date is 17 Oct 1913, Fulton, Arkansas. J. A. Grovenburg, of Stockton, Rooks Co., Kansas, is listed as 32 yrs. at time of marriage. Miss Mary Etta McLean (sp), of Wheeling, Fulton Co., Arkansas is 32 yrs old. ( Wm. W. Grovenburg said that his mother was angry with John A. because he misspelled her last name on the marriage license. It should have been McLain.)
FAMILY NOTES:
"Anna Manerva Cope was Borned June 23, 1862.
Wiley Cope and Mary E Roberts Was married October 30 1856.
Mary Elizabeth Roberts was born August 25 1838.
Vina Cohoe died June 12 1914, was buried June 15 1914.
James Roberts born June 19 1814 one hundred years ago."
Maryetta McLain was born on 25 Oct 1880 in Fulton Co., Arkansas.(489) This birthdate for Mary Etta is from her son William Warren Grovenburg. She died on 21 Aug 1936 in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma.(486) She was buried in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma. (486) John Albert Grovenburg and Maryetta McLain had the following children:

child+309 i. Rosa Augusta Grovenburg.
child310 ii. Mary Geneva Grovenburg was born on 30 Mar 1915 in Salem, Fulton Co., Arkansas. She died about 31 Mar 1915 in Fulton Co., Arkansas. She was buried in Wheeling, Fulton, Arkansas.
child+311 iii. James Albert "Pete" Grovenburg.
child312 iv. Boy Grovenburg was born on 19 Nov 1920 in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma. (486) submission 11/30/99 He died on 19 Nov 1920 in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma. He was buried in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma. (486)
child+313 v. William Warren Grovenburg.
child+314 vi. Frank Arthur Grovenburg.

He was married to Elsie Mae Brown about 1939 in Nowata, Nowata, Oklahoma. John Albert Grovenburg and Elsie Mae Brown had the following children:

child+315 i. Walter Edward Grovenburg.
child+316 ii. Juanita Roxie Grovenburg.
child+317 iii. Shirley Ann Grovenburg.