Lovely twin daughters were born to Thomas Lewis and Mary Ann Jones, Sept.
  27, 1853, in Calloway County, Kentucky. Though her twin was larger and seemed
  stronger, Sarah Adeline (Lina) was the one to survive.
     Three years later, the family moved to Vienna, Illinois, where Lina's
  brother, Obadiah (Obie) was born. They were a happy family until the Civil
  War broke out. They had moved to Steward County, Tennessee. Thomas Lewis was
  a union man living in rebal territory. He was drafted into the Southern Army.
  He was a gunner in charge of the largest cannon at the battle of Fort Henry. 
  The cannon choked and General Tillman cursed him and accused him of not
  trying to unchoke it. The Union Army won the battle of Fort Henry. Thomas
  Lewis was a prisoner of war and was taken to Alton, Illinois, where he died
  of infection.
     In 1863 the family moved by steamboat to Harrison, Iowa. There, Lina's
  mother died leaving her, age twelve, and Obie, age seven. They lived with
  relatives in Illinois where Lina saw President Lincoln.
     She married Ellis Groves September 24, 1874, and had twelve children.
  Their first home was a log cabin in Pope County, Illinois. August, 1879, 
  several families moved to Montgomery County, Kansas, in covered wagons. Ellis
  rented a farm near Cherryvale and bought forty acres in LaBette County.
     After a trip by stagecoach to Harper, they sold their place and moved by
  covered wagon. A friend on horseback drove the cattle. At Harper they
  experienced their first sandburrs. They used corn stalks and cow chips for
  fuel. After a horse died, they used a buil and a cow hitched to a cultivator
  for field work. Ellis and Jim Reeder often drove to the cedar hills in Barber
  County to get wood. They started early one day and got back late the next.
  Fire guards were plowed around buildings, but tumble weeds could blow across 
  a guard and carry fire with them. One prarie fire was stopped just short of
  the Groves home.
     The A.T. and S. Fe Railroad was exteneded from Harper to Attica, then into
  Oklahoma. A branch line was built from Attica to Medicine Lodge. A school 
  house was built in their district which served as a church where Ellis taught
  Sunday School. The minister often stayed at the Groves' home. Five member of 
  the family died, including father, Ellis, and fifteen year old Edmond. All
  the family had typhoid fever with seven sick at once.
     In 1905 Lina and the three youngest children moved to Medicine Lodge to
  keep house for her son, Merlie, who was farming there. Helen attended school
  in Medicine Lodge. Bert and May Groves had farmed near Medicine Lodge for
  several years.
     Lina returned to Attica, but Pearl stayed with her job at Richardson's
  store, and Helen stayed with her.
     In 1918 Lina's youngest son, Guy, served in France during WWI. He came
  home in good health and married Edith Leader.
     July 15, 1934, all of Lina's children and grand-daughter Marie, whom she
  had raised, were home for a dinner of Lina's chicken and dumplings. Bert's
  family had dinner September 6th. The next day Lina took sick. All of the
  children got home to visit before she died September 23, 1936.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 209 
     Submitted by: Verdie Groves Kirkbride