GROVE FAMILY HISTORY
Raleigh Bottle Club - November 2001 Newsletter
Offered on eBay recently by , this is an original unused paper sack advertising
GROVES CHILL TONIC made by the Paris Medicine Company of St. Louis, Missouri. These early
1900's bags were given to drugstores as free advertising. What I found especially
interesting was the NC-related history they provided to go with this item:
Edwin Wiley Grove was born in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee in 1850. He moved to
Paris, TN, and became a druggist. He invented and began selling Febriline and Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. The Paris Medicine Company was established in 1886, and moved to
St. Louis, Missouri in 1889. The Tasteless Quinine Company was soon formed in Asheville,
North Carolina. Grove had many business interests in Asheville, including The Manor,
Albemarle Park, Battery Park Hotel, The Arcade, Grovemont, Lake Eden, and the famous Grove
Park Inn. (which was furnished by Elbert Hubbard 's Roycrofters.) Grove died in 1927.
Paris Medicine Co was renamed the GROVE LABORATORIES in 1935.
Paschal G. Traylor of Bolivar, Hardeman, TN. Paschal had two sisters, one of whom m Robert Vaught, who had a daughter who m W. F. Parmer. The other sister, Margaret Ann (Peggy) m Jacob Grove. They had 4 children: Eliza Jane Grove Williams, John Leonard Grove, James Henry Grove, Sally Ann Elizabeth Grove. Paschal G. Traylor had several sons with his first wife. We have no record of them. His second wife was Catherine Taggert/Taggart/Tigert. We have information about one child from this marriage, Richardson Mortimer Traylor, b 1846, Bolivar, Hardeman, TN, m Nannie (Nancy) Irene Walsh b McNairy County, TN. Both died in Bentonville, Benton, AR. Aunt Peggy Traylor Grove raised the children of James Henry Grove, one of whom, Edwin Grove, became the founder of Paris Medicine Company. J. D. Parmer, grandson of the Traylor daughter who married Robert Vaught, owned a cotton plantation, Schellowe Place, in Tunica, Tunica, MS. Aunt Peggy also raised Richardson Mortimer Traylor, s/o Paschal G. and Catherine Taggart Traylor. Family story is Catherine had red hair and brought with her a slave named Orange, who was known in Bolivar as Orange Traylor. Paschal G. may have been a river boat gambler. Our information is pieced together from Bible entries and oral information. Would appreciate any input that might provide corrections or additions. Contact Llobeau73750@yahoo.com
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