Walter E. Grover, son of George W. and Eliza Crane Grover, was born on April 17, 1869, in Galveston, Texas. Grover was an accountant and bookkeeper and eventually became an authority in the field of land titles. Grover was a skilled sailor and ardent hunter and fisherman in his youth and in his adulthood devoted his time to historical research, and writing. After retiring in 1950, he served as president of the Galveston Historical Society.
Walter E. Grover married Kate Duble in 1905; they did not have any children. Grover died on February 6, 1960, and was buried in the Episcopal Cemetery in Galveston, Texas.
The Walter E. Grover Collection is comprised of an 1882 creative work, a photographic album and additional photographs. The creative work is a five page poem written in April of 1882 by Mary Hunt McCaleb in memory of the battle of San Jacinto. A typescript of the poem is included. The bound leather photo album, which belonged to Mrs. F. H. Merriman is comprised of about 100 carte de visite photographs ranging in subject from statues to famous portraits to Civil War soldiers. In addition to these photographs, there are 6 loose photographs which were found inside the back of the album. These photographs include an 1866
Arrangement is chronological.
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Walter E. Grover, July 1954 and Feb. 1958.
Processed by Lisa M. Lomas, 2012.
[Identification of Item], Walter E. Grover Collection, MC129, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.