Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885 Caldwell Co. MAJOR GROOM, postmaster at Sims' Store, Caldwell County, is one of the active enterprising business men of the southern part of Caldwell County, Ky. He is the fifith child of a family of ten children, eight of whom are living, born to J. B. and Elizabeth E. Groom. He was born in Caldwell County, Ky., October 7, 1853. He has a farm of 140 acres, deals in leaf tobacco and live stock, and is successful in business. He was appointed postmaster in the fall of 1883. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for about twenty years. He takes an active interest in public enterprises, and lends a helping hand to all undertakings that are calculated to develope [sic] the resources of the country. Groom = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/caldwell/groom.m.txt