E. W. Edwin Wiley Grove
E. W. Edwin Wiley Grove
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E.W. Grove
Edwin Wiley Grove was born in 1850 in Whiteville, Tennessee. He was the son of James Henry and Mary Jane Harris Grove. His parents were both a native of Virginia. Peggy Traylor Grove, Edwin s aunt, raised him along with his siblings. E.W. Grove as a child knew he wanted to have a career related to medicine.
Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove
âAfter attending local schools, young Grove went to Memphis, just two counties west, to study pharmacy.â(NCpedia) This is what would begin his career as an entrepreneur. âAt the age of twenty-four, he moved from southwest Tennessee to the stateâs northwest section, serving as a clerk in Dr. S. H. Caldwell and A. B. Mitchumâs pharmacy on the courthouse square in Paris.â(TN Encyclopedia) About 6 years