Peter Grove was born on June 13th, 1839 in Knox, TN. Peter Grove's father was Henry Burem and his mother was Nancy F. S. King. His paternal grandparents were Henry Burem and Mary Miller. He had two brothers named Absalom Joshua and Paschal King. He was the youngest of the three children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender, named John, Henry, Mary K. and Otey.