De Groodt, Walter B.

WALTER B. DE GROODT, farmer, P.O. Conneautville, was born on the farm he now owns and lives on, in this township, June 24, 1849; son of Cornelius and Martiaett (Spaulding) De Groodt, former a native of Platt’s Hollow, Madison Co., N.Y., latter of Middletown, Rutland Co., Vt. They came to this county with their eldest child in 1831, and settled in Spring Township, southeast of Springboro, where our subject manufactured brick for about two years; they then moved on a farm in this township, where our subject now resides. Here they cleared fifty acres of land and improved 100. They were parents of six children. Cornelius De Groodt died April 17, 1883; his widow is now living with her youngest son, Walter R. Our subject was married October 2, 1876, to Bessie De Maranville, a native of Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Mr. De Groodt is owner of 112 acres improved land, being his father’s old homestead. He makes a specialty of breeding graded cattle and Southdown sheep. In politics he is Republican. His sister, Hattie, an experienced school teacher, who has taught thirty terms and is considered an expert at that profession, also resides with him.