Husband: George Washington GROCE
Birthdate: 2 Dec 1859
Birthplace: Carroll Co., GA
Death date: 5 Sept 1917
Place of death: Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK
Father: Lewis Dudley GROCE
Mother: Melinda BOYD

Marriage date: 11 Dec 1879
Marriage place: Carroll Co., GA

Wife: Nancy Ann BOYD
Birthdate: 30 Sept 1863
Birthplace: Villa Rica, Carroll Co., GA
Death date: 29 April 1901
Place of death: Cedartown, Polk Co., GA
Father: Robert BOYD
Mother: Sarah Ann LE GUIN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Curtis Lester GROCE
Birthdate: 21 Feb 1881, Cave Spring, GA
Spouses' names: Hepsie LEONARD
Marriage date: 1 Feb 1903, Cedartown, Polk Co., GA
Death date: 23 April 1946, Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA

Child No. 2: Robert Edgar GROCE
Birthdate: 20 Sept 1882
Death date: 14 Jan 1891
Marriage date:
Death date:

Child No. 3: Ila Melissa GROCE
Birthdate: 5 Sept 1884, Cedartown, Polk Co., GA
Spouses' names: James Franklin HARRIS
Marriage date: 30 April 1919
Death date: 19 Oct 1971, Oklahoma

Child No. 4: Aldora Gertrude GROCE
Birthdate: 6 Oct 1886, Cedartown, Polk Co., GA
Spouses' names: George Fletcher NORTHCUTT
Marriage date: 26 June 1907, Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK
Death date: 29 Jan 1972, Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK

Child No. 5: Oliver Russell GROCE
Birthdate: 6 Dec 1891, Cedartown, Polk Co., GA
Spouses' names: Minnie Ewing COVEY
Marriage date: 20 Dec 1909, Pottawatomie Co., OK
Death date: 25 Nov 1980, Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK

Child No. 6: Carl Columbus GROCE
Birthdate: 28 July 1894, Fullwood Springs, Polk Co., GA
Spouses' names: Bertha Mae WOOD
Marriage date: 25 June 1913, Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK
Death date: 11 May 1969, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Child No. 7: Baby Boy GROCE
Birthdate: 29 April 1901
Death date: 29 April 1901
Marriage date:
Death date:
 
 
Documentation:
* Payne/Boyd family Bible records
* Meriwether Co., Carroll Co. and Polk Co., GA census records
* Carroll Co. and Meriwether Co., GA marriage records
* Family information from Virginia Groce Joiner, granddaughter of G.W. and Nancy Boyd Groce

Notes:
* Nancy Ann Boyd Groce died giving birth to her last child in 1901. She and the baby are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, GA, as is her mother-in-law, Melinda Boyd Groce.
* George W. Groce was a Baptist minister and farmer. Following his wife's death, he took his younger children and moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he pastored several churches. Many of his descendants live there today.