Portrait of Emily and James Grogg posed outside on their farm at Brush Run in Boyer, West Virginia. James J. Grogg was born in Highland County, Virginia, February 15, 1848, to Adam and Charlotte Puffenbarger Grogg. Emily Jane Mullenax was born at Stony Bottom, West Virginia, September 5, 1851, to John H. and Rachel Rexrode Mullenax. They were married November 22, 1866. James died July 8, 1912 and is buried at the Grogg Cemetery in Boyer. Emily died April 28, 1946 and is buried at the Arbovale Cemetery. (Elliott-Grogg Collection, Courtesy of Donald Black; ID: PHP003069)
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