Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove: A Brief Biography

Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove was born at Bolivar, Hardin County, Tennessee, in 1850. He was the son of James Henry Grove. Dr. Grove’s aunt, Peggy Traylor Grove, raised James’ children, including Edwin.
Moving to Paris, Tennessee, Dr. Grove became a druggist and established the Paris Medicine Company in 1886. To establish a national market for his products the company was moved to St. Louis Mo. in 1889. The Paris Medicine company marketed Febrile, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, cold tablets and other products. The Tasteless Quinine Company was soon established in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Grove had many interest in Asheville, including the famous Grove Park Inn. He died in 1927. The Paris Medicine Company was renamed Grove Laboratories in 1935.
E.W. Grove is buried in the Old Paris Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee.
Dr. Grove

Both of his parents were natives of Virginia; as a Confederate soldier, his father served with General Nathan B. Forrest. After attending local schools, young Grove went to Memphis, just two counties west, to study pharmacy. In 1880 he established his own pharmacy in Paris, Tenn., where he had worked earlier as a clerk in a drugstore. At Paris he developed the formula for two products that were to make him a fortune. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Was sold widely, particularly in the South where quinine had long been used as an antimalarial drug. Grove's formula improved the unpleasant taste of the quinine. He also developed a product that he marketed as Grove's Bromo-Quinine tablets. Shortly, it was reported, his products were bringing him a million dollars a year. Grove expanded his manufacturing facilities from those originally established at Paris to St. Louis, Mo., and to England, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina. He also planned an extensive and pioneer advertising