“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  
Chicago;  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.

WILLIAM Q. GROVES was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, 
October 7, 1828.  His early life was spent in Tennessee.  In 1856 he was 
there married to Miss Jane Ballanger, whose untimely death occurred 
February 14, 1858, after a happy married life of two years.  She died without 
issue.  (For history of Mr. Groves’ parents and also of the Ballanger family, 
see the biography of J. E. Groves in this work.)

William Q. was engaged in farming on rented land in Tennessee until the 
outbreak of the war.  In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth 
Tennessee Regiment, and served in the Confederate army until 1865.  For 
three years he was with the Twenty-ninth, after which he joined Morgan’s 
cavalry, remaining with him until the close of the war, taking part in many 
of the hatly contested battles.  During all his service he was only once sent to 
hospital, and that time from an injury received from a horse kick.

Mr. Groves came to Texas with his brother, J. E., and has since been 
engaged in farming with him.  He is a member of the Duck Creek Masonic 
Lodge, No. 441, at Garland; is also a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Submitted by: Justina Cook