Grover Cornelius Frear is the son of Clara (Lober) & Joseph Allen Frear, Sr. Grover Cornelius married Beuleh C. Benson on October 3, 1911 in Dover (Kent Co.), DE. They only had one child, Priscilla J. Frear (1914-1933). Priscilla was mentally retarded and placed in an institution after 1930.
Grover Cornelius grew up in Wyoming, DE but moved to Dover after he married.
He was very active in the community: member of the Rotary Club, Church Trustee, served on the Dover Chamber of Commerce. He & his family were members of Peoples Christian Church in Kent Co., DE.
Grover Cornelius held various jobs as a young man: bank teller with Farmer's Bank of Dover & book keeper for H. Ridgely Harrington. Later, he was co-owner of Walter D. Ross Livestock Feed Co. - after that, owner of a fruit broker company. In 1927 he merged his fruit broker business with his father & brother's fruit businesses to form A. J. Frear & Sons Fruit Co. Grover Cornelius also owned the Dover Ice Cream Company from 1922-1926.
Grover Cornelius grew up in Wyoming, DE but moved to Dover after he married.
He was very active in the community: member of the Rotary Club, Church Trustee, served on the Dover Chamber of Commerce. He & his family were members of Peoples Christian Church in Kent Co., DE.
Grover Cornelius held various jobs as a young man: bank teller with Farmer's Bank of Dover & book keeper for H. Ridgely Harrington. Later, he was co-owner of Walter D. Ross Livestock Feed Co. - after that, owner of a fruit broker company. In 1927 he merged his fruit broker business with his father & brother's fruit businesses to form A. J. Frear & Sons Fruit Co. Grover Cornelius also owned the Dover Ice Cream Company from 1922-1926.
Grover Cornelius Frear is the son of Clara (Lober) & Joseph Allen Frear, Sr. Grover Cornelius married Beuleh C. Benson on October 3, 1911 in Dover (Kent Co.), DE. They only had one child, Priscilla J. Frear (1914-1933). Priscilla was mentally retarded and placed in an institution after 1930.
Grover Cornelius grew up in Wyoming, DE but moved to Dover after he married.
He was very active in the community: member of the Rotary Club, Church Trustee, served on the Dover Chamber of Commerce. He & his family were members of Peoples Christian Church in Kent Co., DE.
Grover Cornelius held various jobs as a young man: bank teller with Farmer's Bank of Dover & book keeper for H. Ridgely Harrington. Later, he was co-owner of Walter D. Ross Livestock Feed Co. - after that, owner of a fruit broker company. In 1927 he merged his fruit broker business with his father & brother's fruit businesses to form A. J. Frear & Sons Fruit Co. Grover Cornelius also owned the Dover Ice Cream Company from 1922-1926.
Grover Cornelius grew up in Wyoming, DE but moved to Dover after he married.
He was very active in the community: member of the Rotary Club, Church Trustee, served on the Dover Chamber of Commerce. He & his family were members of Peoples Christian Church in Kent Co., DE.
Grover Cornelius held various jobs as a young man: bank teller with Farmer's Bank of Dover & book keeper for H. Ridgely Harrington. Later, he was co-owner of Walter D. Ross Livestock Feed Co. - after that, owner of a fruit broker company. In 1927 he merged his fruit broker business with his father & brother's fruit businesses to form A. J. Frear & Sons Fruit Co. Grover Cornelius also owned the Dover Ice Cream Company from 1922-1926.
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