Ceres, VA -- 1780s Onwards
Peter Jr. House, North Fork, Holston River (Ceres, VA). Front view.
Peter Jr. House, North Fork, Holston River (Ceres, VA). Back view.
Henry House (Ceres, VA), Home of Dr. William Groseclose and Family, c. 1840 onwards. Presently owned by Mae (Groseclose) Heslep. Photo is c. 1925.
Henry House (Ceres, VA), 2006
Decorated wooden chest, owned by Peter Sr. and possibly accompanied him from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1750. Henry House (Ceres, VA), 2006.
Henry House (Ceres, VA), 2006. Attic antiques.
Dr. William Groseclose & Adeline Cooper Yost Groseclose, c. 1860
Adeline Cooper Yost Groseclose, c. 1870
51st VA Infantry Flag
James Albert Tyler (JAT) Groseclose, c. 1861
Henry Casper Groseclose, c. 1875
Henry Casper Groseclose & Lavina Victoria Peery Groseclose, c. 1875
Rev. David Bittle Groseclose (Ceres/Blacksburg, VA), c. 1898 -- See additonal photos below.
Believed to be Bessie Groseclose, c. 1883
Bessie Groseclose, c. 1898. (Photo by Traveling Photographer, C.H. South, VA. See accompanying photo by same photographer of Edward Groseclose. Also, note collar broach in photo -- and present-day original in next photo.)
Collar broach worn by Bessie Groseclose in previous photo (present-day, with broken end). Preserved by husband D.P. Shrewsberry and daughter Rhoda B. DeRosa.
Edward Groseclose, c. 1898
Letter to Edward Groseclose from his aunt, Estella (Groseclose) Mustard, transmitting the boyhood photo of Edward seen at left. n.d.
Florence Estella (Groseclose) Mustard (Daughter of Adam Dallas), c. 1902
Estel Dunn Mustard, Husband of Estella (Groseclose) Mustard, c. 1902
Groseclose-Repass Cousins (Ceres, Va), c. 1900. Standing: (James) Maiden Repass, Carsy (Corsie) Groseclose, Marion Groseclose, Maude Repass. Seated: Bessie Groseclose, Estel (Eugene) Repass, and Zollie Groseclose. Inset photo: Possibly Lillian Repass or Maggie A. Groseclose.
JAT Groseclose & Family (Ceres, VA), c. 1900. Eliza Jane, JAT, Edward, Marion, Bessie, Grover & Houston (Levi, William, and Albert already departed for Idaho?). Home once known locally as Levi's Castle?
Juliaetta, ID -- 1900 Onwards
Levi Breckenridge Groseclose, c. 1900
Levi & Nannie Groseclose, believed to be marriage photo, January 25, 1906
Levi & Nannie Groseclose Family, 1915 (Back row: Bessie & DP Shrewsberry, Levi, Ed, and Alice Groseclose (wife of Albert?); Front row: Eliza Jane, Nannie, and children (LR) Woodrow, Mary Rae, Dallas, and Arta)
William Joseph Groseclose, c. 1900
Lillie May (Kinzer) Groseclose, wife of William Groseclose; mother Anne Elizabeth Kinzer; and daughter Annie Jane Groseclose -- Photo by D.P. Shrewsberry, c. 1915.
Rev. Albert Lee Groseclose, c. 1910
Portrait identified on back as Al L. Groseclose, pastor of the Fairmount Evangelical Lutheran Church located at Kentucky and Ash Avenues, Kansas City, MO. He was assigned there in 1927. (Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri)
Full, exterior sketch of the proposed new Fairmount Evangelical Lutheran Church, to be located at Kentucky and Ash, Kansas City, MO. Part of the United Synod. No date. Note script and signature of Rev. AL Groseclose. (Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri)
Unknown "college" photo. Unknown date & photographer. (Possibly Midland College, Atchison, KS, or a Missouri-Kansas Lutheran Synod meeting, c. 1910)
Houston Groseclose & unknown 'classmates,' n.d.
Houston Groseclose & Lesse Groseclose, c. 1909.
Bessie & Albert Groseclose, n.d. ("Ollie" written on back of photo owned by William Groseclose.)
Bessie Mae Groseclose, uncertain date.
David Preston (D.P.) Shrewsberry, uncertain date.
Marriage photo, David & Bessie Shrewsberry, November 1914 (Idaho). Date and location could also be Dec 1914, at the home of David's parents in Snohomish, WA.
Lesse Groseclose and Wife Annie Steensma (standing), Minnie Groseclose and Husband Rev. Lester Taber, n.d. Lesse & Minnie -- Children of Jim & Susan Groseclose
Maeci & Blaine Groseclose (standing?) -- children of Joseph & Laura Groseclose, n.d.
JAT Groseclose & Family, c. 1915 (Sharon Lutheran Church at Arrow Junction, ID)
JAT Groseclose & Family, c.1915 (Second Pose)
General Sinod English Lutheran Church (Sharon Church) at Arrow Junction, Idaho, Dedicated 1914 -- Photo by D.P. Shrewsberry, 1915
Companion to the previous photo of the New Sharon Lutheran Church at Arrow Junction, with a key to the identity of several Groseclose family members. Photographer is D.P. Shrewsberry.
On Fix Ridge? Possibly Houston Groseclose at left smiling at camera (with Ed Groseclose?). Likely photographer, DP Shrewsberry.
Bessie Mae (Groseclose) Shrewsberry, c. 1915
Picnic (at Arrow Church?), c. 1915. From left: Levi Groseclose (1), Grover Groseclose (3), Marion Groseclose (5), visiting Walter Shrewsbury (7), Albert Groseclose (12). Edward Groseclose & Dixie Baugh about middle, back row.
Picnic (at Arrow Church?), c. 1915. Huston Groseclose 2nd gentleman from left; Bessie Shrewsberry possibly to his left (note hat). Dixie Baugh at far right.
Picnic (at Arrow Church?), c. 1915. Bessie Shrewsberry possibly 3rd from right (note hat).
Eliza Jane Groseclose and Clyde Shrewsberry, c. 1917
Cleo Mae & Clyde Shrewsberry, c. 1917
Bottom photo is Bessie (Groseclose) Shrewsberry with son Clyde. Top photo is daughter Rhoda (Shrewsbury) DeRosa with son Steve. See the strong resemblance of Bessie and Rhoda?
Dixie, Lura & Edward Groseclose, 1918
JAT Groseclose, c. 1920. (Photograph by Greear Studios)
JAT & Eliza Jane Groseclose, c. 1925
JAT Groseclose Funeral 1927: Virgil, Grover, Edward, Eliza Jane, Marion, Houston, Albert, and William
Rev. & Mrs. D.B. Groseclose (Mary Jane Buck); son, Paul Bernard Groseclose, his wife, Lucille Carter Groseclose, and their child, Bernard Carter Groseclose (seated); and visiting nephew, Rev. A.L. Groseclose, at Columbia, S.C. Lutheran Parsonage. Nov. 1926
Rev. & Mrs. D.B. Groseclose (Mary Jane Buck), Columbia, SC, c. 1926
Dixie & Edward Groseclose, 25th Anniversary, 1941
JAT Groseclose portrait with high school graduates: Peggy, Virgil, Bonnie, Johnny, and Lura Groseclose, c. 1954. (Portrait of JAT Groseclose is believed to be charcoal copy of the c. 1861 tin-type photo above of the Confederate Army veteran.)
Virgil Groseclose, c. 1940
Double Golden Anniversary -- Edward & Dixie Groseclose; Houston & Lillian Groseclose, November 13, 1966
Edward & Dixie Groseclose, 60th Anniversary, 1976
Dixie and Ed Groseclose -- A Snowy Day, 1977
A new generation of Grosecloses? Jennifer and Kimberly dressed for their high school homecoming, 2006
Arrow/Juliaetta/Snohomish? No Date. Appears to be a church passion play of sorts. Note numerous wall photos. Also note man a far right -- looks like Walter Shrewsbury. Photo by DP Shrewsberry?
Three Women, late 1800s. Possibly sisters Euphemia (Groseclose) (Tilson) Dodson, Margaret (Groseclose) Hubble, and Mary (Groseclose) Peery -- daughters of Dr. William and Adeline (Yost) Groseclose
