Difference between revisions of "Grover family"

Several members of the '''Grover family''', natives of Maine, came to Santa Cruz County in the 1850s, establishing a sawmill in an area of mountains above [[Soquel]] that became known as "Grovers Gulch". James Lyman ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108903802/james-lyman-grover 1820-1888]) and his wife Hannah, along with brothers Stephen Frealon ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48050876/stephen-frealon-grover 1830-1907]) and Whitney, arrived in California in 1851. James' son Dwight William ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186858115/dwight-william-grover 1853-1924]) was born in Stockton, so the brothers may have tried their luck at gold mining before turning to lumbering. James, Stephen and Dwight built three houses in a row on Walnut Avenue, across from today's Santa Cruz HS (''Sidewalk Companion'' ch.9, item 7).