Groff - Robert
Source: Sunday Star, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana 24 Nov 1898
Robert I. Groff, aged 89 years, fell down the stairsway at his daughter's home in Crawfordsville Monday evening and died Tuesday morning from the injuries sustained - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 25 November 1898
On Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Coutant, on South Water Street, Robert Inness Groff, the father of Mrs. Coutant, met with an accident which resulted in his death at 6 o’clock Tuesday a.m. Mr. Groff was 89 years of age and was a man splendidly preserved for his years, being fond of taking long walks. It is surmised that he started to come down the stairs to walk out for a while and that as he reached the head of the stairs that he tripped, falling down to the bottom of the flight. Mrs. Coutant and her daughters heard him fall and running out into the hall found him lying unconscious at the foot of the stairway. He was picked up and a doctor sent for in all haste. The sufferer lingered until 6 o’clock next morning, when he died, never having regained consciousness. The body was taken to Lawrenceburg on Wednesday for interment.
Mr. Groff was born in Asbury, New Jersey, on July 5, 1810. In November 1836, he was married to Miss Christina McClellan, of Johnstown, New York, and to them eight children were born, four of whom still live. They are Mrs. Kate Andrews of Anna, Ill., Miss Sarah Groff, of Cincinnati, Robert Groff, of Terre Haute, and Mrs. C. M. Coutant, of this city. The deceased passed most of his active life in Lawrenceburg, this state, where he was a citizen highly respected. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and lived a consistent Christian life.