THE GRESHAM / GRISSOM LINE OF DESCENDANCY
MARRIAGE INFO
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SPOUSE
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SPOUSE
PARENTS
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GENERATION NO.
1
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b. Abt. 1753
d.
Lanesville, Harrison, Indana
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Abt. 1775
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Sarah O’neill
b. 1754
d.
Lanesville, Harrison, Indana
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Unknown
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Family legend says that in 1759, at the age of 6, Lawrence
Gresham was sent to
Lawrence and Sarah are buried in
the
Children of Lawrence and Sarah are:
George
Married Mary Pennington
William 1766
/ 1784? – 1813
Married Rebecca Pipes
John 12/?/1786 – 08/05/1872
Married
Phillip
Married Elizabeth King Crutchfield
Thomas
Married Sarah “Sally” Crutchfield
Calton Abt. 1795 - 1836
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GENERATION NO.
2
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Calton Grisham (
b. Abt. 1795
d.
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Corydon,
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Nancy Jones
b. Abt. 1798
d. Abt. 1857
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Unknown
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Calton Grisham was nicknamed
“Cotton”.
Children of Calton and Nancy are:
Williamson
Married Sarah Annely
Edward Abt. 1827 – After 1880
Married Frances Elizabeth Parks
Martha J. 03/?/1830 –
Married Thomas Ely
Wesley Bet. 1825 and 1830 – Bet. 1836 and
1840
Nelson 1833 – 07/28/1879 *** The “Casey Grissom’s” are descended
from Nelson
Thomas C 07/26/1835
– 12/18/1894 *** The “Greenup Grissom’s” are descended from Thomas C.
Married Mary A. Hiatt
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GENERATION NO.
3
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Nelson Grissom (Grisham)
b. 06/12/1833
d.
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Susan Park
b. 12/22/1838
Waverly Township,
d.
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Samuel Park Jr.
Pauline “Fannie” Boaz
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Children of Nelson and Susan are:
John Wesley
Married Mary Isabel Page
Sarah E. 1860 –
Married Edward Brown
William M.
Married Josephine F. Evans in
1893. William is buried at
Alfred 04/?/1863 – 10/16/1865
Died at the age of 2 years. He is buried at
Martha Ann
Died at the age of 12 years. She is buried at
Octava Jane 1865 – 1922
Married Amos B. Russell. Octave is buried at
Thomas Randall
Emma A. 1869 –
Married Jesse R. Henshaw
James Franklin
Married Martha Elizabeth Tate
Henry Lewis
Henry
Lewis was never married. He was on all
the census with his mother and could not read or write. At the time of his death he had been in the
George N. 0 9/?/1876 – 1880
George
is buried at
Oscar
Oscar
is buried at
Albert
Married
Nettie M. Howard. They were
divorced. Albert is buried at
Nelson and Susan are buried at
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GENERATION N0. 4
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Thomas Randall Grissom
b. 08/01/1867
d.
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Artemecia Deetta Winnett Reed
b. 04/22/1867
d.
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Nathan Winnett
Sarah Elizabeth McMechan
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Etta D. Winnett married William
Reed 1886. William was born in 1863
and died in 1889 at the age of 26 years when he was kicked in the head by a
horse at his home. William Reed is buried in
Thomas Randall and Etta D. Winnett
Grissom are buried in
Children of William and Etta D. are:
Rossy 1888 – 1888
There
is a headstone beside the headstone of William Reed at
Homer
and
Children of Thomas and Etta D. are:
Marshall Franklin (Mort)
Mort
married Naomi Hope Linder. They had 2 daughters, Lois Jean and Leona Rae
Grissom. Mort is buried at the
Jesse Arlo
Jesse
married Millie Marie Wood in 1915. They had 10 children. Donald, Wood, Lester, Russell, Doyle, John,
Bonnie, Wanda, Patsy, Norma and Karen Grissom. Marie was born in 1898 and died in
1968. Jesse and Marie are buried at
Ora
Ora
married Shelby Shelton Shull on
Thomas Ivan (Bud)
Ivan
married Arta Lucy Raines in 1919. They
had 3 children. Aleta Lovena,
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George Ivan “Buddy”Grissom was killed in 1942 when his plane was bombed while
flying over
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Donald Lee Grissom was killed in an automobile accident in
Noble Neal
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GENERATION NO. 5
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Noble Neal Grissom
b. 07/04/1906
d.
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Leona Mae Shrider
b. 01/24/1909
d.
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Levi Shrider
Etta Blanche McCurdy
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Noble Neal Grissom is buried in
Children of Noble and Leona:
Dorothy Jeanne
Etta Mae
Etta
Mae is buried in
Juanita Marie
Thomas Levi
Richard Arthur
Shirley Ann
Maurice Ray
Maurice
Ray is buried in
Maurine Kay
Evelyn Lue
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Much of the information for the
Gresham / Grissom ancestors came from a genealogy done by Wayne Grissom. And a family tree created by Dennis
Roudenbush (hoosierguy4@hotmail.com)
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON CALTON
Calton Grisham was born about
1795 in
May 15, 1849 documentation of petition to the Probate
Court in Morgan County, Indiana, 13 years after Carlton’s death in 1836.
Nancy Grisham, Williamson Grisham, Thomas Ely and Martha
Jane (Grisham) Ely
Vs.
Edward Grisham, Nelson Grisham and Thomas Grisham
The first parties would
represent to the court that Carlton, deceased, died in possession of 160
acres and that Nancy, his widow, Williamson, Thomas and Martha (Grisham) Ely
and Edward of full age and Nelson and Thomas Grisham under age twenty one are
the heirs at law of said Carlton Grisham, deceased. (Thomas was approximately 13 years
old). They represented to the court
that they were all tenants in common and each entitled to one sixth
part. Wesley Grisham, deceased, was
one of the heirs of Carlton Grisham, and during his lifetime was entitled to
one sixth part of said real estate and Nancy Grisham was entitled to one half
of Wesley’s one sixth and the rest divided equally among the surviving
children of Carlton and Nancy. They
were asking for a commissioner for assignment. At the February 12, 1849 Probate Court date,
Petitioners now amend their petition the guardian of said minor descendants
now filing her assent on an motion the said defendant Edward Grisham is now
solemnly called and comes not but makes default herein. Larken Reynolds is appointed guardian “for
said infant defendants” Nelson and Thomas C.
(** Until the last century, a mother had no legal custody of her
children so the term “orphan” or infant defendants could mean only the father
was dead, re: www.genealogytoday)
Larken Reynolds “knows of no cause why the petition should not be
granted. However it was adjudged by
the court that said widow, Nancy Grisham, recover one third part of the lands
and the remainder be parted and divided aas one twelfth part thereof be set
apart and assigned to Nancy Grisham as the heir at law of Wesley Grisham
deceased, and that the balance of said lands be parted and divided equally
among heirs. Three commissioners were
assigned to divide the property and their decision was recorded
This information comes from a report done by Wanda Brown
of
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