Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
John W. Groves
GROVES, JOHN W. (1849–1912), inducted 1912
Born in Williamsville, Illinois, John Groves tried his hand in the livestock commission business in Chicago for a few years and then returned to his home in Sangamon County, to manage several farms and to buy and ship market stock. He moved back to Chicago as secretary of the American Shorthorn Breeders Association, serving from 1901 until his death in 1912, operating out of the new Pure Bred Live Stock Record Building at Union Stock Yards. Groves was credited with improving the efficiency of the registry records.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 101