E.W. Grove was one of the South’s best entrepreneurs around. He invented tonics and tablets that would later make a large impact on Paris, Tn, his legacy, and his bank account. He shows us that even the poorest kid in a small town can make it big in the corporate office.
He was born in Whiteville, Hardeman County on Dec. 27. He grew up in a small household that was one the lesser side of his hometown. At the age of 27 he served as a clerk at Dr. S. H. Caldwell and A.B. Mitchum’s pharmacy on the courthouse square in Paris trying to make a few extra dollars. That pharmacy jump started Grove’s career as a pharmacist. Sometime in the 1880’s Caldwell accepted Grove’s proposal to become a business partner, which later lead to them changing …show more content…
Edwin Grove lived an amazing life that influenced so many things and people.
His death was served proudly and his life will not be forgotten. E. W. Grove died in his Battery Park Hotel in Asheville in 1927, and his body was sent to the place that started it all, Paris, Tennessee. Because he had explored so many different kinds of business, his death certificate simply listed his job as “capitalist.” In 2006, Paris, Tennessee, hosted the Grove Centennial Celebration to celebrate and honor the century-old Grove School and the many local contributions of E. W. Grove.
E.W. Grove was truly an inspiration to so many people. He gave people so much from donating to schools and businesses to following his dream and becoming a very successful druggist creating new medicines with somewhat weird slogans. This quote sums up the beginning of his life and how his legacy started “I had a little drug business in Paris, Tennessee, just barely making a living, when I got up a real invention, tasteless quinine. As a poor man and a poor boy, I conceived the idea that whoever could produce a tasteless chill tonic, his fortune was made.”—E.W.
He was born in Whiteville, Hardeman County on Dec. 27. He grew up in a small household that was one the lesser side of his hometown. At the age of 27 he served as a clerk at Dr. S. H. Caldwell and A.B. Mitchum’s pharmacy on the courthouse square in Paris trying to make a few extra dollars. That pharmacy jump started Grove’s career as a pharmacist. Sometime in the 1880’s Caldwell accepted Grove’s proposal to become a business partner, which later lead to them changing …show more content…
Edwin Grove lived an amazing life that influenced so many things and people.
His death was served proudly and his life will not be forgotten. E. W. Grove died in his Battery Park Hotel in Asheville in 1927, and his body was sent to the place that started it all, Paris, Tennessee. Because he had explored so many different kinds of business, his death certificate simply listed his job as “capitalist.” In 2006, Paris, Tennessee, hosted the Grove Centennial Celebration to celebrate and honor the century-old Grove School and the many local contributions of E. W. Grove.
E.W. Grove was truly an inspiration to so many people. He gave people so much from donating to schools and businesses to following his dream and becoming a very successful druggist creating new medicines with somewhat weird slogans. This quote sums up the beginning of his life and how his legacy started “I had a little drug business in Paris, Tennessee, just barely making a living, when I got up a real invention, tasteless quinine. As a poor man and a poor boy, I conceived the idea that whoever could produce a tasteless chill tonic, his fortune was made.”—E.W.