John Brown Groesbeck was born on March 3rd, 1820 in Cincinnati. He attended Woodward High School, and in civilian life was a lawyer, banker and stock speculator. He would become the brother-in-law of Major General Joseph Hooker, who is also buried in Spring Grove. He would commit suicide by drowning on April 12th, 1879 in New York City.
Groesbeck would become colonel of the 39th Ohio Infantry on August 16th, 1861, the 39th having organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison. He would go on to brigade command in the Army of the Mississippi, Groesbeck resigned his commission on July 8th, 1862. His reasoning for resignation was due to the fact that he had served for one year without being absent from his regiment, and that wanted to return to "my former pursuits and habits of life, being more congenial to my taste."
Groesbeck is buried in Section 22, Lot 55.
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