EDWIN WILEY GROVE and GROVE
SCHOOL HISTORY
WITH INDEX
DR. E. W. GROVE
1850 - 1927
Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove was born at Bolivar, Hardin County, Tennessee, in 1850. He was the son of James Henry Grove. Dr. Groves aunt, Peggy Traylor Grove, raised James children, including Edwin.
Moving to Paris, Tennessee, Dr. Grove became a druggist and established the
Paris Medicine Company in 1886. To establish a national market for his products the
company was moved to St. Louis Mo. in 1889. The Paris Medicine company marketed Febriline,
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, cold tablets and other products. The Tasteless Quinine
Company was soon established in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Grove had many interest in
Asheville, including the famous Grove Park Inn. He died in 1927. The Paris Medicine
Company was renamed Grove Laboratories in 1935.
E.W. Grove is buried in the Old Paris Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee.
Dr. Grove endowed E.W. Grove High School (1906-1968), Paris, Tennessee in 1906.
Dr. Grove's many interest in Asheville, North Carolina, included:
The Manor
Albemarle Park
Battery Park Hotel
The Arcade
Grovemont
Lake Eden
and the famous Grove Park Inn
When William Jennings Bryan delivered the keynote address at the opening
of The Grove Park Inn in 1913, he was only the first of many prominent figures,
including 7 presidents, to spend time at the luxury resort nestled in the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
INDEX TO E.W. GROVE HISTORY
THE ENDOWMENT OF E. W. GROVE HIGH SCHOOL ~ 1905
GROVE'S CHILL TONIC BOTTLE ~ SCREW TOP
E. W. GROVE MEMORIAM & OBITUARY
GROVE FAMILY HISTORY ~ FROM THE RALEIGH, N. C. BOTTLE CLUB
E. W. GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ~ EAST ~ WEST
E. W. GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ~ HISTORICAL RECOGNITION
E. W. GROVE GRADE SCHOOL WEB PAGE
GO HERE FOR E. W. GROVE SCHOOL ~ 1906-2003
GROVE HIGH HISTORY by MAURICE FIELD
EDWIN WILEY GROVE ~ HISTORICAL FACTS By DAVID W. WEBB
GROVE HIGH SCHOOL ~ 100 YEAR CELEBRATION
GROVE PARK INN PHOTOS ~ THANKS TO HOWARD WELCH ('52)
GROVE BOTTLE COLLECTION AND PAMPHLETS ~ THANKS TO MAC CALDWELL ('68)