Addie May Grisham: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Addie May Grisham (daughter of James Lemuel Grisham, Sr. and Margaret Amanda Jones).

Generation: 2

James Lemuel Grisham, Sr. was born on 29 Dec 1849 in Tippah Co, Mississippi; died on 12 Jun 1926 in Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Hamilton Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Aft 1 Jun 1800, Blue Ridge, Hamilton Co, Texas; bef July
Residence: 1 Sep 1878, Fannin Co, Texas

Notes:

Residence:
James Lemuel & Margaret Amanda left Fannin County after June 1, 1880 and were at Blue Ridge in Hamilton County before July, 1880, when Blue Ridge Baptist Church was established.

Residence:
Moved to Fannin Co, Texas, accompanied by Harriet Jones and her two youngest children Martha Ann and James H. "Jim" Jones

James married Margaret Amanda Jones on 7 Nov 1872 in Prentiss Co, Mississippi. Margaret (daughter of William Toliver Jones, (son of who?) and Harriet A. Garner) was born on 25 Jun 1855 in Alabama; died on 18 Nov 1936 in Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Hamilton Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Amanda Jones was born on 25 Jun 1855 in Alabama (daughter of William Toliver Jones, (son of who?) and Harriet A. Garner); died on 18 Nov 1936 in Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Hamilton Co, Texas.

Children:

William Richard Grisham was born on 29 Aug 1873 in Tupelo, Lee Co, Mississippi; died on 14 Mar 1937 in Hamilton, Hamilton Co, Texas.
James Lemuel "Lem" Grisham, Jr. was born on 25 Mar 1876 in Tupelo, Lee Co, Mississippi; died on 25 Jul 1951 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, Texas.
Ida Rose Anna Grisham was born in Sep 1878 in Fannin Co, Texas.
Charles Ephraim Grisham was born on 4 Jan 1881 in Fannin Co, Texas; died on 21 May 1951 in Hamilton, Hamilton Co, Texas.
Jesse Andrew Grisham was born on 20 Feb 1883 in Evant, Coryell Co, Texas; died on 17 Mar 1940 in Hamilton Co, Texas.
(infant son) Grisham
Harriet Lou Emma Grisham
1. Addie May Grisham
Claude Virgil Grisham

Generation: 3

William Toliver Jones, (son of who?) was born in 1830 in South Carolina; died about 1865 in (Civil War) of, Baldwyn, Prentiss Co, Mississippi.

Other Events and Attributes:

Military: Abt 1864, Civil War, 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans; Confederate

Notes:

Military:
Did not return home to his wife and family after Civil War. His fate unknown. (See notes of William Clift Winters, his widow's 2nd husband)

William married Harriet A. Garner about 1850 in Alabama. Harriet was born on 15 Jul 1833 in North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1906 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet A. Garner was born on 15 Jul 1833 in North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1906 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1870, Booneville, Prentiss Co, Mississippi
Residence: Bef 1878, Baldwyn, Prentiss Co, Mississippi
Residence: Bef Jun 1878, Fannin Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
1870 Booneville, Prentiss Co, Mississippi
Harriett Jones with 5 fatherless children and a laborer James Lemuel Grisham, who would marry Margaret Amanda Jones on Nov 7 1872 in Prentiss Co.
residence 98
Harriett Jones 30 NC
Lemuel O Jones 17 AL
Margaret A E Jones 16 AL
William Jones 14 AL
James N Jones 10 AL
Martha R Jones 8 AL
James Grisham 21 AL

Children:

Lemuel O. Jones was born on 20 Jun 1852 in Alabama; died on 28 Aug 1937 in Prentiss Co, Mississippi.
3. Margaret Amanda Jones was born on 25 Jun 1855 in Alabama; died on 18 Nov 1936 in Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Hamilton Co, Texas.
William Richard "Bill" Jones was born on 16 Nov 1857 in Alabama; was buried in Blackland Cem, Booneville, Prentiss Co, Texas.
James Henry "Jim" Jones was born on 13 Oct 1859 in Alabama; died on 30 May 1882 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas.
Martha Ann Jones was born on 9 Jan 1862 in near, Baldwyn, Prentiss Co, Mississippi; died after 1900 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Hamilton Co, Texas.