GROOMER SCHOOL was near the Gann Cemetery and the Leon River about five miles northeast of Hamilton. The school was named for the John J. Groomer family, early Hamilton County pioneers. 

On 11 October, 1879, E. Chambers was employed as the teacher of Groomer No. 37 by the trustees--John J. Groomer, John Jefferson Durham, and Nathan Gann. 

Paralee Groomer married John Bart Oates and they were the parents of fifteen children.