THE GRISSOM FAMILY TREE!!

THE GRESHAM / GRISSOM LINE OF DESCENDANCY

GRESHAM / GRISSOM SURNAME	MARRIAGE INFO	SPOUSE	SPOUSE PARENTS
GENERATION NO. 1
Lawrence Gresham b. Abt. 1753 England d. 08/5/1825 Lanesville, Harrison, Indana	Abt. 1775 Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia	Sarah O’neill b. 1754 d. 07/21/1839 Lanesville, Harrison, Indana	Unknown
Family legend says that in 1759, at the age of 6, Lawrence Gresham was sent  to Virginia from England to live “indentured” with his uncle.  At the age of 22 Lawrence married Sarah O’neill, and their first son George was born in 1776 near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.  The family joined the stream of immigrants pouring into Harrodsburg, Kentucky about 1780.  After securing his “freedom” at his majority, Lawrence served for a time in the ranks of the Continental Army.  The cemetery at Lanesville, Indiana is the burial place for Lawrence, George, and William Gresham, representing 3 generations, and representatives of several subsequent generations.  Lawrence and Sarah are buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Lanesville.  The original tombstone was replaced in 1905. Children of Lawrence and Sarah are: George    10/9/1776 – 09/05/1833          Married Mary Pennington 10/14/1801 in Mercer, Kentucky William   1766 / 1784? – 1813           Married Rebecca Pipes 02/11/1804 in Mercer, Kentucky John        12/?/1786 – 08/05/1872          Married Nancy Cox 09/28/1810 in Lincoln, Kentucky Phillip     08/27/1792 – 09/4/1851         Married Elizabeth King Crutchfield 12/10/1812 in Harrison, Indiana Thomas  10/10/1795 – 11/17/1872         Married Sarah “Sally” Crutchfield 02/21/1819 in Harrison, Indiana Calton    Abt. 1795 - 1836

GENERATION NO. 2
Calton Grisham (Gresham) b. Abt. 1795 Lincoln County,Kentucky d. 09/22/1836 Morgan County, Indiana	09/23/1823 Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana	Nancy Jones b. Abt. 1798 Kentucky d. Abt. 1857 Morgan County, Indiana	Unknown
Calton Grisham was nicknamed “Cotton”. Children of Calton and Nancy are: Williamson        09/12/1823 – 05/17/1884      Married Sarah Annely 12/23/1847 in Morgan County, Indiana Edward             Abt. 1827 – After 1880      Married Frances Elizabeth Parks 01/04/1845 in Morgan County, Indiana.  Frances Parks is a sister to Susan Parks, who married Nelson. Martha J.           03/?/1830 – 03/09/1907 to 1909      Married Thomas Ely 12/30/1848 in Morgan County, Indiana 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 8/12/1855 in Morgan County, Indiana.  Thomas and Mary are buried in Nebo Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois.  Mary Hiatt is a sister to Silas Hiatt, who married Susan Parks Grissom after Nelson’s death.

GENERATION NO. 3
Nelson Grissom (Grisham) b. 06/12/1833 Morgan County, Indiana d. 07/28/1879 Cumberland County, Illinois	11/09/1857 Martinsville, Indiana	Susan Park b. 12/22/1838 Waverly Township, Morgan County, Indiana d. 11/08/1921 Cumberland County, Illinois	Samuel Park Jr. Pauline “Fannie” Boaz
Children of Nelson and Susan are: John Wesley  11/13/1858 – 09/23/1941      Married Mary Isabel Page 11/9/1881 Later married Amanda Bland Ariens.  John Wesley is the Justice of the Peace who married Noble and Leona.  John is buried at Toledo Cemetery, Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois. Sarah E.  1860 – 03/01/1925      Married Edward Brown William M.  04/03/1861 – 03/01/1925      Married Josephine F. Evans in 1893. William is buried at Toledo Cemetery, Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois. Alfred  04/?/1863 – 10/16/1865      Died at the age of 2 years.  He is buried at Haggins Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois Martha Ann  02/19/1864 – 09/8/1876      Died at the age of 12 years.  She is buried at Tippet Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois Octava Jane  1865 – 1922      Married Amos B. Russell.  Octave is buried at Janesville Cemetery, Coles County, Illinois. Thomas Randall  08/01/1867 – 02/16/1941 Emma A.  1869 – 07/12/1890      Married Jesse R. Henshaw 7/2/1890 James Franklin  11/18/1871 – 01/14/1940      Married Martha Elizabeth Tate 05/10/1896 in Cumberland County, Illinois.  James is buried at Tippett Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. Henry Lewis  12/27/1875 – 04/14/1925             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 Lincoln State School and Colony in Lincoln, Illinois for 8 months.  It is not known who he stayed with after his mother’s death until he was put in Lincoln State School, Lincoln, Illinois.  He is buried with his mother at Tippet Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. George N. 0 9/?/1876 – 1880             George is buried at Tippet Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. Oscar  12/13/1877 – 03/?/1918             Oscar is buried at Tippet Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. Albert  11/17/1879 – 08/20/1932             Married Nettie M. Howard.  They were divorced.  Albert is buried at Tippet Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. Nelson and Susan are buried at Tippett Cemetery in Cumberland County, Illinois.

GENERATION N0. 4
Thomas Randall Grissom b. 08/01/1867 Cumberland County, Illinois d. 02/16/1941 Casey Township, Clark County, Illinois	10/20/1891 Cumberland County, Illinois	Artemecia Deetta Winnett Reed b. 04/22/1867 Union Township, Cumberland County, Illinois d. 03/02/1941 Casey Township, Clark County, Illinois	Nathan Winnett Sarah Elizabeth McMechan
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 Cutright Cemetery, Cumberland County, Illinois. Thomas Randall and Etta D. Winnett Grissom are buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois. Children of William and Etta D. are:  Rossy 1888 – 1888             There is a headstone beside the headstone of William Reed at Cutright Cemetery that I believe is for Rossy but I have yet to do a rubbing and see. Florence  07/12/1889 – 10/18/1967             Florence married Homer Ozro Nunamaker in 1909.  Homer was born in 1889 and died in 1964. They had one child, John Reed Nunamaker.  He was born in 1910 in Cumberland County, Illinois and died in 1918 in Gates,Montana.  He is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Conrad, Montana. Homer Ozro and Florence Nunamaker are buried at Bellingham Cemetery, Bellingham, Washington.             Homer and Florence first resided in a home West of the Timothy Store in Cumberland County, Illinois and Homer farmed.  Around 1914 – 1915 they moved to Montana to homestead.  Their son, John, was born and died while they lived there.  A short time later they moved to Bellingham, Washington where they lived the remainder of their lives.  They owned a grocery store in downtown Bellingham.  Homer became a State Representative and later a Senator.    Children of Thomas and Etta D. are: Marshall Franklin (Mort)  11/19/1893 – 05/03/1956             Mort married Naomi Hope Linder. They had 2 daughters, Lois Jean and Leona Rae Grissom.  Mort is buried at the Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Jesse Arlo  09/26/1895 – 04/23/1893             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 Casey Cumberland Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois. Ora Elizabeth  09/13/1898 – 03/07/1989             Ora married Shelby Shelton Shull on June 16, 1916. They had 3 children, an infant who died at birth, Homer Dean and Erskine Randall “Bud” Shull.  Shelby was born in 1899 and died in 1977.  Shelby and Ora are buried at Casey Cumberland Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois. Thomas Ivan (Bud)  02/28/1900 – 12/13/1933             Ivan married Arta Lucy Raines in 1919.  They had 3 children.  Aleta Lovena, Florence Elizabeth and George Ivan “Buddy”Grissom.  Ivan and Lucy were divorced and Ivan married Dorothy May Shrider in 1928.  Dorothy is a sister to Leona Mae Shrider, who married Ivan’s brother, Noble. Ivan and Dorothy had one child, Donald Lee Grissom.  Dorothy was born in 1903 and died in 1979.  Thomas Ivan and Dorothy Grissom are buried at Washington Street Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois.             *** George Ivan “Buddy”Grissom was killed in 1942 when his plane was bombed while flying over Boubiers, France during WWII. He was buried in France until his mother, Lucy, had his body brought to the United States then he was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, Indiana.             *** Donald Lee Grissom was killed in an automobile accident in Casey, Illinois in 1959.  He is buried at Casey Cumberland Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois.  Noble Neal  07/04/1906 – 05/12/1968

GENERATION NO.  5
Noble Neal Grissom b. 07/04/1906 Greenup Township, Cumberland County, Illiois d. 05/12/1968 Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana	08/01/1928 Toledo Township, Cumberland County, Illinois	Leona Mae Shrider b. 01/24/1909 Parker Township, Clark County, Illinois d.  03/11/2006 Casey Township, Clark County, Illinois	Levi Shrider Etta Blanche McCurdy
Noble Neal Grissom is buried in Casey Cumberland Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois. Leona will be buried beside him. Children of Noble and Leona: Dorothy Jeanne             01/06/1929 - 01/18/2014 Dorothy Jeanne is buried in Casey Cumberland Cemetery, Casey Township, Clark County , Illinois beside her husband, Harvey Ring. Etta Mae                       07/03/1930 – 07/07/1930             Etta Mae is buried  in Washington Street Cemetery, Casey Township, Clark County, Illinois with her grandparents Levi and Blanche McCurdy  Shrider.  Juanita Marie                 09/09/1931 Thomas Levi                 05/25/1933 Virginia June                 01/14/1935  Richard Arthur                         12/29/1935 Shirley Ann                   02/16/1937 Maurice Ray                  08/29/1939 – 09/08/1939             Maurice Ray is buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Casey Township, Clark County, Illinois with his grandparents Levi and Blanche McCurdy Shrider.  Maurine Kay                 08/29/1939 Elizabeth Sue                10/14/1943 Evelyn Lue                    10/14/1943

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)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CALTON Calton Grisham was born about 1795 in Lincoln County, KY.  His name appears on legal documents with different spellings, such as:  Carlton, Colton and or Calton Grisham, Gresham, Grissum or Grissom.  Calton died on September 22, 1836 in Morgan County, Indiana.  His 160 acres at the time of his death in 1836 was settled in Probate Court in 1849 in Morgan County, Indiana.  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 May 15, 1849.  This information comes from a report done by Wanda Brown of Martinsville, Illinois.  Wanda is a descendant of Thomas C. Grisham.