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IGI Microfiche,1990
Pheobe Harrison Grigsby
Birth: 1756
Stafford County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1836
Lynnville
Giles County
Tennessee, USA
Phoebe was buried in a Family Plot on hers and Aarons land in Lynnville, Tenn.
Family links:
Spouse:
Aaron Grigsby (1757 - 1841)*
Children:
Amos Grigsby (1783 - 1866)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Unknown
Specifically: Family Plot
Created by: Bonnie Kiser
Record added: Sep 01, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 116386022

Phoebe married Aaron GRIGSBY about 1779 in Stafford, Virginia, United States. Aaron (son of William GRIGSBY and Sarah OWENS) was born on 7 Dec 1757 in , Stafford, Virginia, United States; died on 20 Jan 1836 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; was buried in , Giles, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1804 May - bought lot in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. Served on jury multiple times from 1805-1808 Blount County, Tenn; Only Grigsby on Blount County, Tenn. tax rolls, Oct 10 1805.
1814-1821. Bernice Fikes says he was a tavern keeper in Roane County, Tennessee (Did not leave
Tennessee when his sons did)
1850 Missouri census, Polk County 411-030. ( although note says he was living in Laclede County
with Samuel Harrison II, only son of his who remained in the area);
1860 federal census in Missouri - not listed.

Spouse: Rebecca James Children: John , William Terril, Columbus, Thomas Aaron, James Harvey , William , George , Daniel , Jesse Foster , Samuel Harrison, Benjamin James, Franklin Temple You are visiting "Entire Database as of 09-27-2006" owned by paulshippjd .

George married Rebecca JAMES on 27 Jun 1805 in , Blount, Tennessee, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Jesse JAMES and Feby) was born in 1782 in North Carolina, United States; died in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1840 US Census, Giles County, Tennessee: Amos Grigsby age 85, vet of Rev War; 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 male 80-90; 1 female 15-20, 1 female 50-60, 1 female 70-80; 3 male slaves under 10, 1 male slaves 10-24, 4 female slaves under 10, 5 female slaves 10-24.

Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008
Name Amos Grigsby
Probate Place Giles, Tennessee, USA
Inferred Death Place Tennessee, USA
Item Description Wills, Inventories, Settlements, Vol 1a-A, 1860-1869
389 + 400

Amos married Sarah est 1814 in <, Giles, Tennessee>. Sarah was born in 1786 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Spouse: Mary Holt Children: Aaron B. John F. Tamah A. Mary J. Dorothy E. Matilda A.M. Robert B. William Henry (Ancestry You are visiting "Entire Database as of 09-27-2006" owned by paulshippjd .

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Nancy married John BROWNLOW before 1816 in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Things to do:
1. find Emily Starr in 1860 census, Missouri.
2 Find out why Lewry died on plains in 1852, when the story says they came in Oct 1853?
3. http://www3.nvusd.k12.ca.us/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=7977&sc_id=1160959139
4.check out: War of 1812 Service Records http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=Samuel&gsln=Griggsby&msbdy=1794&msbpn__ftp=Virginia%2c+USA&msbpn=49&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c49%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=2u2&pcat=39&h=421108&recoff=4+5&db=1812muster&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3about Samuel Griggsby
Name: Samuel Griggsby
Company: BROWN'S REG'T, EAST TENNESSEE VOLS.
Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
Rank - Discharge: SERGEANT
Roll Box: 86
Roll Exct: 602

U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 about Samuel Grigsby
Name: Samuel Grigsby
Company: COFFEE'S REG'T, CAV., W. TENNESSEE VOLS.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 86
Microfilm Publication: M602

http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812
COLONEL JOHN COFFEE
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
DATES: December 1812 - April 1813
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Rutherford, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Thomas Bradley, John W. Byrn, Blackman Coleman, Robert Jetton, Charles Kavanaugh, Alexander McKeen, Michael Molton, David Smith, Frederick Stump, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
This regiment of cavalry joined Jackson's forces at Natchez in early 1813. The strength of the regiment was approximately 600 men. While the bulk of Jackson's troops traveled by boat to Natchez, Coffee's mounted men went overland after rendezvousing near Franklin, Tennessee in mid-January 1813. The officers of this regiment were considered to be the elite citizens of their counties.
Many of the men in this regiment later became part of the unit led by Colonels Alcorn and Dyer during Jackson's first campaign into the Creek territory in the fall of 1813. John Coffee was a wealthy landowner in Rutherford County and a one-time business partner of Andrew Jackson. Coffee was married to Rachel Jackson's niece, Mary Donelson (they named two of their children Andrew and Rachel).

COLONEL JOHN ALCORN
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen
DATES: September 1813 - December 1813
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston's company from Madison County, Alabama)
CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert Jetton, William Locke, Alexander McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John Winston
BRIEF HISTORY:
Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813, when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment, along with Colonel Robert Dyer's First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen.
Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the expedition to Natchez (December 1812 - April 1813) and, consequently, felt their one-year's enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of the troops did leave by the end of that year, despite Jackson's strenuous efforts to keep them.
The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the most being in Captain John Byrne's company. The regiment's line of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, to the battles, and back the reverse way.


COLONEL ROBERT DYER
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.)James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves, and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.

DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment of West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - March 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Bedford, Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, and Stewart Counties
CAPTAINS: Bethel Allen, Ephraim D. Dickson, Robert Edmonston, Robert Evans, Cuthbert Hudson, Thomas Jones, James McMahon, Glen Owen, Thomas White, Joseph Williams, James Wyatt
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of Coffee's brigade at New Orleans, most of this regiment took part in the night battle of 23 December 1814. Most of the company muster rolls show casualties from this engagement. Portions of this regiment also participated in the capture of Pensacola from the Spanish in West Florida (7 November 1814). The initial rendezvous point for this unit was Fayetteville, Tennessee. From there they passed through Fort Hampton, to Baton Rouge, and finally to New Orleans.

Source Information
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
About U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
When the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812, Congress authorized the President to accept and organize volunteers in order to win the war. This database is a listing of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1815. Taken from records in the National Archives, each record includes the soldier's name, company, rank at time of induction, rank at time of discharge, and other helpful information. It provides the names of nearly 600,000 men. For researchers of early American ancestors who may have served in the military, this can be a helpful source of information.
These records were taken from Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, microfilm publication M602, a total of 234 rolls of film.
Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)
Each volunteer soldier has one Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR) for each regiment in which he served. The CMSR contains basic information about the soldier's military career, and it is the first source the researcher should consult. The CMSR is an envelope (a jacket) containing one or more cards. These cards typically indicate that the soldier was present or absent during a certain period of time. Other cards may indicate the date of enlistment and discharge, amount of bounty paid him, and other information such as wounds received during battle or hospitalization for injury or illness. The soldier's place of birth may be indicated; if foreign born, only the country of birth is stated. The CMSR may contain an internal jacket for so-called "personal papers" of various kinds. These may include a copy of the soldier's enlistment paper, papers relating to his capture and release as a prisoner of war, or a statement that he had no personal property with him when he died. Note, however, that the CMSR rarely indicates battles in which a soldier fought; that information must be derived from other sources.
A CMSR is as complete as the surviving records of an individual soldier or his unit. The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of military and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits. The abstracts were so carefully prepared that it is rarely necessary to consult the original muster rolls and other records from which they were made. When the War Department created CMSRs at the turn of the century, information from company muster rolls, regimental returns, descriptive books, hospital rolls, and other records was copied verbatim onto cards. A separate card was prepared each time an individual name appeared on a document. These cards were all numbered on the back, and these numbers were entered onto the outside jacket containing the cards. The numbers on the jacket correspond with the numbers on the cards within the jacket. These numbers were used by the War Department only for control purposes while the CMSRs were being created; the numbers do not refer to other records regarding a veteran nor are they useful for reference purposes today.




Timeline for Samuel Harrison Grigsby
1794 Sep 18, Samuel Harrison born in Wythe County, Virginia
1808 Samuel moved with his family to Roane County, Tennessee (Roane Co created in 1801,
1815 Dec 4, Samuel married Mary Lindsey in Roane County Tennessee
1816 May 10, daughter, Drewsilah, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee (Giles Co created in 1809, county seat Pulaski)
1818 Feb 3, son, Terrell Lindsey, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1820 Apr 2, daughter, Chillnery, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1822 May 1, son, Achilles Fine, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1824 May 29, son, Lillard Harrison, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1827 Aug 2, daughter, Lewry, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1831 Oct 1831, son, John Melchesadeck, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
1833 Samuel moved his family to Pulaski County, Missouri
1840 US Census, Samuel living in Pulaski County, Missouri with family
1850 US Census, Samuel living in Pulaski County, Missouri with family
1851 Made a land claim in Laclede County, MO T 32, R 16,
1853 Moved his family overland to California
1853 Oct 11, Samuel's wife Mary died in Yountville, Napa, CA
1860 US Census, Samuel living in Yount, Napa, CA with freed slave, Lucy Grigsby
1870 US Census, Samuel living in Yount, Napa, CA with Lucy, and Starr family (I believe Emily Starr is Lucy's daughter
1873 Mar 28, Samuel died in Yountville, Napa, CA at age 78


Much of the information on this family came from Barbara Bickford who has the Grigsby family bible
In 1808 Samuel Harrison Grigsby moved to Giles County, Tennessee from Virginia when he was fourteen. He may have served under William Henry Harrison (perhaps his uncle, brother of his mother? There was a Benjamin Harrison who moved to Pulaski County Missouri ) during the War of 1812.

He moved his family to Pulaski County, Missouri, in 1833. (Perhaps in Waynesville.) He squatted and farmed on the Osage Fork of Brush Creek making a land claim in Laclede County, Township 32, Range 16 in 1851. (The lands embraced in the territory of Laclede County were not surveyed into sections, townships and ranges, and put into market and made subject to entry, until from 1835 to 1840. LaClede County was made from Pulaski County in 1838)

In 1853, Samuel, his wife and family made the overland journey to California, but she survived after the trip only a few days. The party they traveled with was struck with valley fever in Bear Valley. (Could this have been the Colorado tick fever or Mountain fever? This malady included severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, chills, and fever) Their daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, (wife of Lillard) died at Bear Valley, California, as did her husband who came from the Napa Valley to meet them. Their two small children survived. Samuel Harrison Grigsby lost another daughter-in-law on the plains in 1852, the wife of Achilles Grigsby. In 1852, Lewrey Grigsby also died on the plains coming west. Accompanying Samuel and Polly Grigsby on the trip west was Lucy, a slave they had freed before starting west. She refused to be left behind and became Samuel's housekeeper. According to the family bible, Lucy was born 11 November, 1806.
Samuel may have been a half-brother to Captain John's father.

CHECK DATES IN THE ABOVE. THEY DON'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE!

Transcription of Will of Samuel H. Grigsby dated 4 Nov 1868
In the name of God Amen - I Samuel H Grigsby Sr of the county of Napa and State of California being weak in body but of sound a disposing mind being advanced in years and in view of the uncertainty of life, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following
My estate consists of real and personal property to wit about Two Hundred (200) acres of land lying and being situate in said Napa County State aforesaid, promissory notes, cash and some stock.
My first request is that if die in California that I be buried near my departed wife and that our graves be enclosed in one enclosure. That I be buried in decent and fashionable order and that a proper and fitting tomb stone with suitable engravings of my age, place of birth, death, etc. thereon engraved be erected and maintained over and upon my grave. And that the expenses of and in order to the complete execution of the above request be paid out of my undivided estate.
Second - I give devise and bequeath to my old servant woman - Lucy, the house and orchard thereto attached and adjoining known as the march house during her life and widowhood, and after her death or widowhood the said premises, house, orchard to revert back to my estate and be disposed of as the other real estate.
Third - I give will and bequeath to my son Terrel L. Grigsby One Thousand Dollars in money, or the value of one Thousand Dollars in land of my real property said land to be valued quality quantity location and improvements considered at it then market valuation.
Fourth - I give will and bequeath to my son John M Grigsby, Five Hundred Dollars in money or the value of Five Hundred Dollars in land of my real property. Said land to be valued quality quantity location and improvement considered at its then market valuation. I make this difference owing to my having paid a debt for said John M Grigsby to the heirs of L H Grigsby, deceased.
Fifth - I give will and bequeath to my grand child Samuel H Grigsby, a minor, heir of L H Grigsby - deceased, seven hundred and fifty dollars in money, or the value of seven hundred and fifty dollars in land of my real property quality, quantity location and improvement considered at its then market valuation.
Sixth - I give will and bequeath to my grandchildren Rachel Barker and Samuel Cooper Five Hundred dollars each in money or land of my real property quality quantity location and improvements considered at its then market valuation.
Seventh - I knowingly and intentionally refuse to give will or bequeath any of my estate or property to Elizabeth White (my grand child)
Eighth - I hereby nominate and appoint my son A F Grigsby of Napa County, California to be my sole executor, without bond, of this my last will and testament to settle my entire estate and to settle with each and all of the legaties without the interposition, aid, or authority or control of any court or courts of this State. Except for the purpose of Probate of this my last will and testament. To take possession and control of my estate at my death and to pay the before mentioned legacies, giving and granting to my said executor the privilege and entire discretion of paying the same either in land or money as and in the manner herein before provided. Granting to my said executor two years to pay and discharge said legacies to the legatees who are of age at the time of my death, and to the minors so soon after the two years as they may become of age.
Ninth _ After the above and foregoing bequests and requisitions have been done, performed and complied with by my executor, I will devise and bequeath to my said Son A F Grigsby all of the residue of my estate, whether real personal or mixed, and where ever it may exist.
Saml H Grigsby Sr.(his signature)
Subscribe by the testateor, Samuel H. Grigsby Sr. in the presence of each of the undersigned. The said testator at the time of subscribing the said will, declared the same to be his last will and testament and we in his presence and in the presence of each other, and at the request of said testator have subscribed our names witnesses.
Nov 4, 1868 R N Sture
Jesse Grigsby




1829, Wed. Feb 25 Samuel H. Grigsby vs. Judge Hudspeth, Wiley C. and Arthur Hudspeth - lands condemned for sale. (Every name index to 18 Middle Tennessee County Record Books, Giles County Chancery Court Records)

1836, Aug 1, Samuel Grigsby was Justice of the Peace in Laclede County, Missouri. He was also JP in 1840, Aug 3. (reference: "Our Ancestors in Pulaski Co. MO, Supplement 1, compiled by Tom Turpen, FHL, Salt Lake City, Utah)

1840 United States Federal Census Samuel H Grigsby
Name: Samuel H. Grigsby
Township: Not Stated
County: Pulaski
State: Missouri
Number of persons in household: Ages of persons in household:
1 male 5-10; 2 males 15-20; 1 male 20-30; 1 male 40-50; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 40-50 1

Slave schedule Pulaski County, Missouri
Samuel H Grigsby
# age colour
1 40 F M ( Probably Lucy)
2 26 F B
3 23 M B
4 23 M M
5 21 M B
6 6 M M
7 4 F B
8 3 M B

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Samuel H Grigsbey
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1796
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Household: Mary wife age 54 born N. C.
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 72, Pulaski, Missouri

1860 United States Federal Census Samuel H Grigsby
Name: Samuel H Grigsby
Age in 1860: 65
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel H Grigsby 65
James A Meritt 30 bn Illinois Occupation: Ostler, (a person who takes care of
horses; groom.)
Lucy Grigsby 46, mulatto, bn Virginia

1870 United States Federal Census Saml H Grigsby
Name: Saml H Grigsby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794
Age in 1870: 76
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Family and neighbors:
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa City
Household members:
Lucy 70 white, keeping house, bn Virginia, (this probably is the mulatto servant brought with them)
Cebar Starr 35, black, labor, bn Tenn
Emily Starr 31, black, at home, bn Missouri (probably Lucy's daughter?)
Robert Starr 7 black, at home, bn Missouri
Edward Starr 10 at home, bn Missouri

*Re: Emily Starr:
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Emily Starr
Home in 1880: Napa, Napa, California
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Laundress
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Emily Starr 40

Appendix:

Pulaski County, Missouri is located in the scenic Ozarks of Southcentral Missouri. It is composed of woods, forested hills and beautiful streams.---------

Condensed from "Missouri As It Was" pg 6.
The early settlers were mostly deer hunters and farmers from Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky. They drove through the country and where ever they found good land and good water, they squatted. Between 1835 and 1840 settlers from Tennessee took squatters claims along the Gasconade & Ozark Forks. Among them were Samuel Grigsby, Robert Faires and John Honsinger. The Gasconade and Osage Forks were two large rivers buttressed by towering bluffs. Robert Faires built a Mill and store on the Osage Fork. The lives of the well to do families were not so different from that in their native state. Samuel Grigsby brought with him at least one slave, Lucy.

In the house, the walls would be hung with festoons of dried fruit and vegetables. Dried flax would be strung from the rafters. There would be no glass in the windows. Perhaps they were covered with shutters or oiled paper or cloth. These pioneers would have brought with them everything they needed to live. A rifle and ammunition were indespensible both as protection and as a means of procuring food. Also needed were a hunting knife, an ordinary ax, a broad ax, and other tools, implements and household furnishing depending upon the financial condition of the settler.

Well to do families came with their slaves and whatever furniture they could bring be wagon trains. Their women and children rode in carry-alls with some degree of comfort. They had some horse teams and a sufficient number of cattle, sheep, hogs and domestic fowls. Each family would always have at least one hound or a pack of hounds if they could afford it.

Samuel married Mary "Polly" LINDSEY on 4 Dec 1815 in , Roane, Tennessee, United States. Mary was born on 11 Sep 1794 in , Anson, North Carolina, United States; died on 11 Oct 1853 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Things to do:
1. Check accuracy of birthdate.

The following information is from the "Napa County Record" Friday, May 17 1996, pg 5- "Vintage Valley Views".
1806 1839 grew up married and farmed in eastern Tennessee Birthdate accuracy?)
1839 1845 widowed, farmed in Missouri, married Mahala and had more children
1845 captained of the Grigsby-Ide Wagon train to California and Napa County from Fort Laramie.
1846 47 one of the leaders of the California Bear Flag Revolt, then was a captain of the first company of Mounted Riflemen
of the California Battalion (later called Co. E of Freemont's Battalion. (Story of the Bear Flag History in the SF
Examiner, 28 May 1922)
1847 Sept 25, bought 1,400 acres of farm land in Napa Valley, from Salvador Vallejo, General Valleyo's brother. This land
adjoined Rancho Caymus, which belonged to George Yount.
1856 Aug 20, Divorce Decree in Napa declared he had an affair with Isabel Yates of Napa Valley.
1857 June 21 remarried Mahala
1860 March 20 Mahala died at age 44
1860 Sept 15 John sold the last parcel of his Yountville land
1860 went to Texas then to Missouri to spend final years with relatives.
1864 and 1872 came back to California to settle Mahala's estate.
1876 March 15 died in Moselle, Franklin County, Missouri

Captain John Grigsby - died March 1876, Moselle, Franklin County, MO. Mason. Captain of Grigsby-Ide Party to California 1845; Captain of the Bears and of a company of the California Battalion under Fremont.

1852 California Census Napa County
Name Race Gender Birth Place Estimated Birth Year Age Residence County
John Grigsby White Male Tennessee abt 1811 41 Napa
Grigsby White Female Tennessee abt 1817 35 Napa
G W Grigsby White Male Tennessee abt 1830 22 Napa
Grigsby White Male Tennessee abt 1832 20 Napa
S A Grigsby White Female Tennessee abt 1831 21 Napa
M T Grigsby White Female Tennessee abt 1834 18 Napa
S Grigsby White Male Missouri abt 1836 16 Napa
Wiley Grigsby White Male Missouri abt 1838 14 Napa
N A Grigsby White Female Missouri abt 1841 11 Napa
J S Grigsby White Male Rocky Mountains abt 1845 7 Napa
J K P Grigsby White Male California abt 1847 5 Napa
K Grigsby White Female California abt 1848 4 Napa
L Grigsby White Female California abt 1851 1 Napa

John married Nancy WILSON about 1828 in Tennessee, United States. Nancy was born est 1807 in <, , Tennessee>; died before 1839 in Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mahala SHIELDS on 14 Jul 1842 in , Wright, Missouri, United States. Mahala was born about 1816 in , , Tennessee, United States; died on 20 Mar 1860 in , Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, Calirornia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mahala SHIELDS on 24 Jun 1857 in Napa, Napa, California, United States. Mahala was born about 1816 in , , Tennessee, United States; died on 20 Mar 1860 in , Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, Calirornia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• _UID: FE94A6CE829E1A4D970009CEC05395892C51

Notes:

Jesse was born in Roane County Tennesse, and moved to Monroe County, Tennessee when he was young and was schooled there. In 1837 he moved to Pulaski County, Missouri to farm. Then to Greene County in 1840. In Sept 1850 he Moved to Napa County, California via Truckee,
and farmed with his brother, Captain John Grigsby

Newspaper Gleanings
JESSE GRIGSBY
Jesse Grigsby was born in Roane County, Tennessee, on 23 Feb. 1819, a son of George and Rebecca James Grigsby. He was educated in Monroe County, Tennes­see, and was married in Tennessee in 1837. The family then moved to Pulaski County, Missouri, where he farmed and raised stock until 1840. They moved to Greene County, Missouri, and continued farming there for ten years.
On 19 Feb. 1850, they started across the plains for California, coming via the Green River route and South Pass, entering the state by the Truckee route. They arrived in Napa County, California, on 18 Sept. 1850, and settled with his brother, Capt. John Grigsby, who was then living in the Napa Valley. There Jesse began farming and stock raising again. In 1872 he sold his valley property to D. Emerson, and moved to Berryessa valley. After one year there, he gave his farm to his son, P.O., and retired from the business.
During his residence in Napa County, Jesse served two terms as Supervisor and later was City Marshal of Napa. In August, 1886, he had an accident in which he was seriously injured, according to the newspaper account, because he weighed nearly 300 pounds.
Jesse's health declined during his last years, when he was subject to fre­quent and severe attacks. He died'on 25 May 1890, at his home on Coombs Street in Napa, and was buried from the Christian Church there.
The children of Jesse and his wife (Margaret R. Alexander) were born in Missouri and California. His wife and seven children survived him-Pulaski D., William T., John W., Rebecca, Willis P., James, and Jesse F. Grigsby.
(The Napa Register, Friday, 30 May 1890, page 3, columns 2, 3, and 4. The Napa County Reporter, 13 Aug. 1886, page 1, column 8.) Contributed by Ida DeMay Wilson, Napa, California.

Jesse married Margaret R. ALEXANDER on 27 Jun 1837 in Monroe, , , Tennessee, United States. Margaret was born on 5 Mar 1819 in , Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Dec 1902 in , Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 983."
FRANKLIN TEMPLE GRIGSBY.
There are few men alive today who can say that they came to California in 1847, for the list of those who first came to our state is rapidly diminish­ing. Franklin T. Grigsby came to California when the state was new. and after many experiences he was called to lay aside the activity of life and enter upon a season of rest.
Born in Tennessee in 1829, F. T. Grigsby remained there only a few years, for the family moved to Missouri and settled in Pope County for a time. The routine of the home was broken into when Franklin decided to leave the place where he had so long sojourned with his parents and go “out west” to the new country that was then opening up. Accordingly he set out with a company in the year 1845, and with stock and ox teams commenced the long and dangerous trail to California. In the company was his brother, Capt. John Grigsby. The train of ox-teams and men came direct to Napa valley, where Mr. Grigsby settled for a time. In the year 1847 he returned across the plains and later on acted as escort to General Fremont, who was then a prisoner. Franklin T. Grigsby was a Bear Flag veteran of Sonoma County, and had fought for one and one-half years in the Mexican war. At the close of the war he returned to Pope County, Mo., engaging in farming for some time, and in 1851 he again crossed the plains to California. The train with which he traveled was a large one, but not so large that it frightened the Indians, for they attacked it several times. driving the cattle off, although these were retaken. In one of these skirmishes they almost captured Mr. Grigsby’s step-daughter. Mary. the only thing that saved her life being one of her shoes, which came off at a critical moment, allowing her to free herself. At last, after many exciting adventures, Mr. Grigsby arrived with his cattle in Napa County and here he lived for several years, making Napa his home. In 1881 the family moved to Wooden valley, Napa County.
Mr. Grigsby married Mrs. Martha (Alexandre) Bray, and to their union twelve children were born, as follows. William, George, Jasper, Frank, John, Martha, Dauthula, Clara, and four deceased. William married Kittie Sandercocks, they have two sons, Walter and Wesly; Martha married James Lyons and from that union there were born the following: Edward, Susie, Nellie, Mollie, Martha and Clara, and one daughter deceased; Dauthula married B. Bailey and seven children were born to them, Frank, Robert, Raymond. Mabel, Eunice, Kittie, Susie; Clara married Will Stice and they moved to Texas ; Frank married Ruth McComb and they make their home in Wooden valley with their daughter, Annette; John married Helen McComb and they have two children, Martha and Wanda. Franklin T. Grigsby died in 1894 and his son. J. B. Grigsby, carries on the farm.

Obituary: 7 Jul 1893
Franklin T Grigsby. Known to his old acauaintances as "Uncle Doc." was called hence while sitting in his chair at the family residence, Windy Flat, on the Berryessa road, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Coroner Kyler went over and held an inquest... Mr Grigsby was a native of Tennessee, aged 64 years; cause of death, heart disease. Mr. Grigsby was a Mexican War veteran, and was a pioneer to the California pioneers, having come to this State in 1845, and participated in the raising of the famous Bear Flag at Sonoma in 1846. He had been proprietor of the Windy Flat House where he died for nearly a quarter of a century, and was widely known throughout the county. He leaves a wife, three sons and three daughters. One daughter is living in Texas, another in Humbolt county; one of the boys, William, lives in San Lues Obispo.
1850 United States Federal Census about Franklin Grigsby
Name: Franklin Grigsby
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 45, Laclede, Missouri
Family Number: 292
Household Members:
Name Age
Franklin Grigsby 20
Martha Grigsby 23
Mary Ann Bray 8
Nancy J Bray 2

1860 United States Federal Census about F F Grigsby
Name: F F Grigsby
[F T Grigsby]
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
F F Grigsby 30
Martha L Grigsby 34 born Tennessee
Wm H Grigsby 8 born California
Martha R Grigsby 4 born California
Geo F Grigsby 1 born California
Samuel H Grigsby 11 born Missouri
Elizabeth J Grigsby 10 born Missouri

1870 United States Federal Census about F T Grigsby
Name: F T Grigsby
Birth Year: abt 1829
Age in 1870: 41
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
F T Grigsby 41
Martha Grigsby 44 borm South Carolina
William Grigsby 18 born California
Martha Grigsby 15 born California California
Dauthula Grigsby 9 born California
Clarisa Grigsby 6 born California
Frank Grigsby 3 born California
John Grigsby 9/12 born California

1880 United States Federal Census about Franklin Grigsby
Name: Franklin Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Franklin Grigsby 50
Martha Grigsby 54 born SC
Darthula Grigsby 19 born California
Clara Grigsby 16 born California
Frank Grigsby 12 born California
John Grigsby 10 born California
Foy 35
Mun 30

Family/Spouse: Martha ALEXANDRE. Martha was born on 10 Mar 1826 in South Carolina, United States; died on 18 Aug 1897 in , Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Is this right? Jefferson was bor abt 1834)
Name: George Grigsby
Spouse: Nancy L Whittenbarger
Marriage Date: 5 Jan 1837
Marriage County: Blount
Marriage State: Tennessee

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: George Grigsby
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Division 28, Lee, Iowa
Family Number: 964
Household Members: Name Age
George Grigsby 33
Nancy Grigsby 35
Jefferson Grigsby 16
William Grigsby 8
George Grigsby 3

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Geo Grigsby
Age in 1860: 42
Birth Year: abt 1818
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Napa, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
Nancy L Grigsby 45
Wm B Grigsby 18
Dane J Grigsby 11
Geo Grigsby 42

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: George Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors:
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
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Household Members: Name Age
George Grigsby 62
George W. Cole 27

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Name: William G Browenlow
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1817
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: District 45, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 97
Household Members:
Name Age
William G Browenlow 33
Jane P Browenlow 29 born North Carolina
Elby L Browenlow 6 born Missouri
Leroy B Browenlow 4 born Missouri
Bluford M Browenlow 1 born Missouri

in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Jane P Brownloe
[Jane P Brownlow]
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1820
Gender: Female
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Lebanon, Missouri
Post Office: Lebanon
Family Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane P Brownloe 40
Elby T Brownloe 16
Leroy B Brownloe 15
Bluford M Brownloe 11
Susan E Brownloe 7

in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: William Grigsby Brownlow
Birth Date: 9 May 1816
Birth Place: Fayette County, Tennessee, USA
Death Date: 25 Dec 1853
Death Place: Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA
Cemetery: Phillips Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Laclede County, Missouri, USA
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Jane Priscilla Brownlow
Children: Leroy Bethel Brownlow
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William Grigsby Brownlow
Birth: May 9, 1816
Fayette County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Dec. 25, 1853
Lebanon
Laclede County
Missouri, USA
Wm. Grigsby Brownlow died in Lebanon and is buried on his property at Brownlow Hill. Phillips Cemetery same Cem that Robert Faires and Susannah Orr and son are buried (on the Ted Bowman Farm)he is the husband of Jane Priscilla Faires Brownlow. Children are listed on Jane's record. William was born in Wythe Co., TN (which is now Fayette) to John and Nancy Jane Grigsby Brownlow.
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Spouse: Jane Priscilla Faires Brownlow (1820 - 1868)*
Children: Leroy Bethel Brownlow (1846 - 1913)*
Burial: Phillips Cemetery, Laclede County, Missouri, USA

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William married Jane Pricilla FAIRES on 11 Aug 1842. Jane (daughter of Robert FAIRES and Susannah ORR) was born on 12 Dec 1820 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States; died on 11 Jan 1868 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Timeline for Terrell Grigsby:
1818 Feb 3, Terrell born in Giles County, Tennessee
1833 moved with parents to Pulaski County (Wright/Laclede) Missouri
1838 Mar 11 married Cynthia Faires in Osage, Laclede, Missouri
1839 Feb 22, son, Robert Faires, born in Missouri
1841 Oct 2, son, Erasmus, born in Missouri
1844 Apr 6, son, Alphonzo DeLafayette, born in Missouri
1847 Jun 14, daughter, Mary Susan, born in Missouri
1850 Nov 30, daughter, Lura Jane, born in Missouri
1854 Mar 2, daughter, Orlena, born in Napa, California
1857 Aug 27, son, Thomas Anderson, born in Napa, California
1859 Jun 9, son, James Pulaski, born in Napa, California
1861 Jul 1, daughter, Mary Susan, died in Napa, California
1892 Jan 16, Terrell died in Napa, Ca at age 73 of La Grippe
1898 Sep 6, Cynthia, died in Napa, CA age 81 of old age

Terrell and Cynthia Grigsby, paternal grandparents of Laura Susan Grigsby, the mother of Russell Collis

Terrell Grigsby and Cynthia Faires were married 11 March 1838 in Osage, Laclede County, Missouri. Both of their parents had moved their families to Missouri in the early 1830's from Tennessee. Their first 5 children were born in Missouri; Robert, Erasmus Dorwin, Alphonzo, Mary, and Lura. Terrell went to California in 1850 and settled in Napa County then came back to Missouri for his family. They moved to California in a wagon drawn by oxen about 1852. Terrell's parents came west, but Cynthia's parents stayed in Missouri. Three more children were born in Napa, California: Orlena, Thomas, and James. Terrell began farming and diversified in grapes for wine, wheat, and cattle in Mendocino, Lake, and Napa Counties.
Terrell Lindsey Grigsby was born 3 February 1818 in Giles County, Tennessee the 2nd of 7 children born to Samuel Harrison and Mary Lindsay Grigsby. At the age of fifteen Terrell accompanied his parents to Pulaski County (later to become Wright then Laclede County), Missouri, then considered "the frontier of the west." where he assisted his father in farming. Terrell's father, Samuel Harrison Grigsby, of Tennessee, was said to have served under his uncle, Gen. W. H. Harrison, during the War of 1812. Accompanied by his wife, Mary (who was called Polly), Samuel came to California in 1853, but Mrs. Grigsby survived the trip only a few days. Two of their children died as infants, two of their grown children died on the plains on the trip west.
Terrell, according to the History of Solano and Napa counties, "Was one of the most aggressive and energetic of our early settlers, a pioneer wine merchant, as well: a man whose originality of thought and action won for him an honored place in the community of which he was an important citizen." He later became interested in a local railroad and invested time and money in it, but due to the panic he pulled out. Shortly after this venture he withdrew from active life, and made his home in Napa until his death from la grippe, 18 January 1892 at the age of nearly 74.
Cynthia Faires was born 25 July 1817 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the first of 6 children. Her father, Robert Faires, who was born August 15, 1798, and died November 22, 1855, and her mother, Susannah (Orr) Faires, born October 21, 1793, died May 11, 1857, were also natives of North Carolina. The Faires family moved to Tennessee, then to Missouri where Robert Faires had a mill on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River. The story is told about Cynthia that as she aged, she sat down in her rocking chair on the front porch of her house and said, "I quit! Anything else you want done around here, you need to hire someone to do it." True or not, she was a true pioneer with all of the hardships. Cynthia died of old age exhaustion in Napa County 4 September 1898 at the age of 81.

Mr. Grigsby carried on his wine industry on his Napa county farm. The building, which was 58x112 feet, and three stories high, was built of stone secured from the adjacent foothills, and its capacity was 275,000 gallons. The first and second floors were used for storing wine, while the third was devoted to its fermentation. The many windows were iron-barred, the walls were two feet thick and the uprights were of heavy redwood. From a large tank on the hillside water was distributed throughout the plant. In connection with the cellar Mr. Grigsby built of stone a still house 26x28 feet, which was used for making brandy. Operations in this still house were aided by a portable engine, which was also used to supply hot water for the cleaning of barrels. The entire plant cost approximately $30,000.
Mr. Grigsby was also interested in the prospective construction of what was to be know as the S. F. & Clear Railway, and in addition to devoting much time to the development of this proposition, he also advanced neccessary funds with which to carry on the initial work. Grading operations were instituted, but owing to the subsequent panic Mr. Grigsby deemed it impracticable to continue his plans, and after meeting obligations to date, which involved the sale of his ranches, he abandoned the project. Shortly after this venture he withdrew from active life, and made his home in Napa until his death, January 18, 1892. His wife died in Napa six years later, September 4, 1898.
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby: Robert F., a miner near Calistoga; Darwin, a farmer in Contra Costa county; Alphonzo D., a farmer in San Diego county; Mary S., who died at the age of twenty-two; Lura Jane, now Mrs. Trubody; Orlena E, widow of J. B. Edington, who makes her home in Napa; Thomas A., of Napa township; and James P., a carpenter in the Southern Pacific shops in Sacramento.]

from "Hill Guides, 'Napa Valley, Land of Golden Vines", by Kathleen & Gerald Hill, p259:
Chinese laborers had first arrive in Napa Valley after they had been drawn to the gold diggings in the mountains as early as 1849 and helped build the transcontinental railroad which was completed in 1869. At least 400 settled in the Napa Valley and settled in the Chinatowns of Napa, Saint Helena, and Calistoga. They helped build the stone walls, plant and harvest the vinyards. They had laundries, worked at cooks, gardners, and household servants. In 1882 the Chinese exclusion act was enacted, barring further immigration. Terrell Grigsby, owner of Occidental Winery in Brown's Valley, personally fought off a mob intent on chasing out his Chinese workers. The wine industry needed their loyal inexpensive labor..

History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, pg 446
TERRIL LINDSEY GRIGSBY.
One of the most aggressive and energetic of our early settlers, a pioneer wine merchant, as well; a man whose originality of thought and action won for him an honored place in the community of which he was an important citizen, was Terril Lindsey Grigsby, who immigrated to California in 1850. He was born in Giles county, Tenn., February 3, 1818, and at the age of fifteen accompanied his parents to Laclede county, Mo., then considered “the frontier of the west,” where he assisted his father in farming. Mr. Grigsby’s father. Samuel Harrison Grigsby, of Tennessee, was a nephew of Gen. W. H. Harri­son, and served under his uncle during the War of 1812 ; accompanied by his wife he came to California in 1853, but Mrs. Grigsby survived the trip only a few days. her husband residing in Napa county until his death. At the early age of twenty. in 1838, T. L. Grigsby was married to Cynthia Faires, who was born in Mecklenburg county. N. C., July 25, 1817. Her father. Robert Faires, who was horn August 15, 1798, and died November 22. 1855, and her mother, Susannah (Orr) Faires. born October 21. 1793. died May 11, 1857. were also natives of North Carolina.
T. L. Grigsby made his first trip to the west with ox-team, and located on what is nosy known as the Occidental Vineyard ranch, in the foothills of Napa valley. This consisted of two hundred and fifty-seven acres, one hundred and twenty of which were planted to grain, eighty to grapes (the output of the vineyard being about three hundred tons annually) and the remainder used for pasturing. Abundantly watered by many springs, this ranch was, and is, one of the most fertile in Napa county. Returning- to Missouri by way of the Panama canal, Mr. Grigsby made necessary preparations for a second trip west in 1852, this time with his family. The wagons were drawn by oxen and the train also included a hand of cattle, which formed the nucleus of the stock business which Mr. Grigsby carried on upon his arrival in California. In addition to his Napa county farm he owned a ranch in Mendocino county, also land in Lake county, both of which were devoted to stock-raising.
Mr. Grigsby carried on his wine industry on his Napa county farm. The building, which was 58x112 feet, and three stories high, was built of stone secured from the adjacent foothills, and its capacity was 275,000 gallons. The first and second floors were used for storing wine, while the third was devoted to its fermentation. The many windows were iron-barred, the walls were two feet thick and the uprights were of heavy redwood. From a large tank on the hillside water was distributed throughout the plant. In connection with the cellar Mr. Grigsby built of stone a still house 26x28 feet. which was used for making brandy. Operations in this still house were aided by a portable engine, which was also used to supply hot water for the cleaning of barrels. The entire plant cost approximately $30,000.
Mr. Grigsby was also interested in the prospective construction of what was to be known as the S. F. & Clear Railway, and in addition to devoting much time to the development of this proposition, he also advanced necessary funds with which to carry on the initial work. Grading operations were instituted, but owing to the subsequent panic Mr. Grigsby deemed it impracticable to continue his plans, and after meeting obligations to date, which involved the sale of his ranches, he abandoned the project. Shortly after this venture he withdrew from active life, and made his home in Napa until his death, January 18, 1892. His wife died in Napa six years later, September 4, 1898.
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby: Robert F., a miner near Calistoga ; Darwin, a farmer in Contra Costa county ; Alphonzo D., a farmer in San Diego county; Mary S., who died at the age of twenty-two; Lura Jane, now Mrs. Trubody; Orlena E., widow of J. B. Edington, who, makes her home in Napa; Thomas A., of Napa township; and James P., a car­penter in the Southern Pacific shops at Sacramento.


TL Grigsby patent
. THE OCCIDENTAL Vineyard Chief! - ■ The Most Perfect Vineyard Implement Ever Invented. It will do more work and butter work than any other plow over Invented. It is a Sulky QeJlg Plow on wheels, 4 feet 4 inches high, which makes it of LIGHTER DRAFT than any other plow ever invented. The plow is handled or controlled with the feet instead of tho hands. Tho slimes are run revcisidle, no they will do DOUBLE THE AMOUNT of WORK Without sharpening. They are adjustable, to the} can he set to suit any width of row. They turn the dirt right and left; at the same time they are so arranged as to throw the dirt to or from the vines, as desired. The plow does All the Plowing: All the Plowing in the Vineyard, And all the cultivator work and weed cutting, by simply removing the plows and attaching the cultivator or shovel plows; removing the cultivator and attaching the weed cutter. A Boy of Fourteen Years can Work It. Eight of these implements are in use on the Natoma Vineyard Farm. A team of 1,000 pounds each will run the Plow the whole season. Invented and Patented by T. L. GRIGSBY, Occidental Vineyard, Napa County. Or call and see them at K. BOULK'S Agricultural Works, Fourth Street, San Francisco. Pacific Rural Press, Volume 27, Number 16, 19 April 1884
!SOURCE: Births and deaths of family from family bible in posession of Elva Triplett (descendant of James P Grigsby) of Sacramento.

See copy of article in "Illustrations of Napa County, California with Historical Sketches", Oakland, Smith and Elliott, 1878.And, "History of Napa County" 1878 pg 7.
Have copy of sketch of properties and buildings.
Also have pictures of Grigsby winery buildings in Napa County.
Have a copy of death certificate.
Have a picture of him and his wife Cynthia

Terrell was said to have come to California in 1850 with the William Wilson Hale wagon train. For more info google book: Volunteer Forty-Niners: Tennesseans and the California Gold Rush by Walter T. Durham - (Nov 15, 1997)

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Terrell L Grigsby Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Birth place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 45, Laclede, Missouri; farmer
Household
Cynthia 31 NC
Robert 11 MO
Arasmus D. 8 MO
Elfonzo 6 MO
Mary Susan 2 MO

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Terril l Grigsby
Age in 1860: 42 farmer value: $20,000
Birth Year: abt 1818
BirthPlace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
Terril l Grigsby 42
Sinthea Grigsby 42
Erasmus D Grigsby 18
Elfonga d Grigsby 16
Mary S Grigsby 13
Laura J Grigsby 9
Orina E Grigsby 6
Thos A Grigsby 2
James H Grigsby 1
James Edington 21 day labor
Wm Alred 30 farmer
Alfred Boyd 25 day labor

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Terrell R Grigsby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Age in 1870: 52 farmer
BirthPlace: Tennessee
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa City
Household members age
Cynthia 52;
Orlena E 14;
Thomas A 12;
James P 10

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Terrell Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
BirthPlace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouses's Name: Cynthia
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: TN
Occupation: Farmer vineculturest
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Terrell Grigsby 62
Cynthia Grigsby 62 wife
Elisabeth Grigsby 22 daughter
Chua Ah 30 labor
Sin Ah 30 labor

A Point in Vineyard Practice.

We had a pleasant conversation about vines on Monday with T. L. Grigsby, of Yountville, one of the leading viticnltnrists of Napa county; a man who spends nearly all his waking hours in working among vines or in thinking about the best way to'do the work. As Mr. G. has about 200 acres in vines and perhaps the best wine cellar in the county, he has certainly enough to keep one man busy both with hand and brain. Mr. G. is now adopting a practice with young vines which he believes produces a better vine than the old* method. When a young rooted vine is set in the vineyard there is a joint at the top from which start several shoots, one of which is generally led up and headed off above, at the bight the stump is desired to stand. The other shoots are lopped off and the strong sucker which usually starts from anteye below the ground, is also cut off beneath the surface. The result is that there is near the ground a gnurly knob formed by the out end of the original cutting and the shoots which are cut away. These exposed cut surfaces are liable to rot and always make a rough bunch in the vine, even if harmful decay does not set in. While Mr. G. has been scraping around the vine to cut off the lusty sucker, in order to build up a vine from the unsightly knob above the ground, he has thought that perhaps he was destroying the better shoot to save the poorer, and the thought pressed upon him so forcibly that he has changed his method with all the young vineyard he now has on hand. His practice is, therefore, to scrape away the dirt until he reaches the joint below, which threw up the strong sucker, and near that joint he cuts off the old wood instead of the sucker. This sudker then becomes the vine and there is no exposed surface of cut cane. It grows up strong and smooth. The old stock is out away in the spring, as soon as the sucker is started out well. The sucker is then permitted to run out as long as it likes until the proper time for pruning in the fall, being permitted to run along the ground the first summer. In the fall it is raised up, lopped off at the hight desired in the permanent stump and tied to a stake. The result is a smooth cane from the root to the top, instead of the knobby joint which is usually seen near the

ground. This rough joint with its exposed cut surfaces Mr. 6. regards as a vulnerable point in a vine, as it is liable to decay, which weakens the stock and opens the way for the attacks of insects. The same practice which he has adopted with young rooted vines, when set in vineyard, is also applicable to cuttings Bet in permanent positions, except, of course, that the change from old stock to sucker is made later in the case of cuttings. What have our vine-growing readers to say of this practice? We know that we have made handsome rose bushes by taking a strong sucker, which seemed born to supplant the old wood, and lopping off the older timber. The point is open for discussion.

Pacific Rural Press, Volume 19, Number 23, 5 June 1880

News article T.L. Grigsby
Grape Culture.

A writer engaged in grape culture near Sandusky, Ohio, has heard that in California, vines are tied to stakes only two feet in hight, and asks how we manage to keep our vines sufficiently up from the ground to escape mildew, rust and rot in the grape.

We happen just now to be in possession of a few notes on grape culture in Napa Valley, obtained from Mr. T. L. Grigsby, denning to some extent his mode of culture, which we will make use of, as answering fully the inquiries of our correspondent.

His grape lands are what would be termed gravelly or stony foothill lands, and yet immediately adjoining the more level valley lands, the latter being better adapted to corn and other annual crops. Preparation of Ground.

It is the practice of Mr. G. to plant rooted vines of one year's growth, instead of cuttings, us preferred t>y many. To do this and secure the best possible thrift to his vines, he thoroughly plows and pulverizes the soil to the depth of from 18 to 20 inches. This is done in fall find winter previous to planting, and the transplanting from tho nursery row to the vineyard ground is done from the middle of March to the fith of April. By this method he never fails of securing a vigorous growth, saves one year of field cultivation and the difference between setting the rooted vines and cuttings he thinks is fnlly made up by the ease with which his cuttings are cultivated in close nursery row.

Distance in Planting. Hardly any two persons agree as to the best distance for vine culture, and doubtless much depend! upon the varieties of grapes cultivated. Some being of more vigorous habit of growth than others, require more room; but Mr. G. has fully determined, that all things considered, eight feet by eight is the best distance to be observed on his land.

Where the land is low, strong and rich, doubtloss more room should be given than when it is high, dry and of less strength. At a distance of Bxß feet, vines five years old in Mr. G.s vineyard produce at the rate of four tons 700 lbs. to the acre. From vines nine yearß old he has grown as many as nine tons per acre. He gets $20 per ton for the Mission variety, and $30 per ton for foreign, and considers it better than any other crop he raises.

Low Training. After trying high and low training to his full satisfaction, he is convinced that in his locality it is bettor to train them low, taking cost of stakes and labor into consideration and gives them a tiunk of only one foot in bight, which to our Eastern inquirer will seem quite strange; but when it is understood that the grapes will not rot even when lying on the ground the strangeness vanishes. As to the age at which our vines bear—it being one of the questions of our correspondent— we are informed by Mr. G. that his Mission grape vines, in the fall of the second year after tr msplanting, yielded him 1,106 pounds to the acre.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 7, Number 224, 12 November 1878

Terrell married Cynthia FAIRES on 11 Mar 1838 in Osage, Laclede, Missouri, United States. Cynthia (daughter of Robert FAIRES and Susannah ORR) was born on 15 Jul 1817 in , Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; died on 4 Sep 1898 in , Napa, California, United States; was buried on 6 Sep 1898 in , Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!SOURCE: LDS ordinances batch # 7534514 sheet # 47

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!Death: He died at age 85 in Napa County, 12 June 1907. State file #14828.
When he was 11 years old, Achilles (Kellis) moved with his family to Laclede County, Missouri. He was a justice of the pease for Osage Tounship there. In 1850 he started across the plains for Napa County, California with his first wife, Elizabeth, and their 5 year old daughter. Elizabeth died on the trip. Achilles settled near Yountville. He had driven a number of cattle and horses, racing stock included, with him from Missouri. His second marriage ended within 3 months with the death of Amelia. In all he made 3 trips across the country, each time returning with thoroughbred Kentucky horses. In 1858 he made the trip east by way of Panama. He served as supervisor for Napa County and was known as the "father of the stone bridge" in that county. He was a prominent turfman. Besides the children listed there is an infant son and a 7 month infant Amelia buried at Yountville.

(The following is a transcript of a letter written by Achilles Grigsby in his own hand.)
My name is Achilles Fine Grigsby born in Giles Co Tennessee May 1st 1822 my father was Samuel H. Grigsby bofft in Rockbridge or With County Virginia Sept the 18th 1794. his father Aaroil Grigsby was born in Virginia in 176O *• entered the ware of the ReVulution in 1776 My mother was Mary Lindsy born in North Carolina. September the llth 1794*'; (Signed) A. F. Grigsby

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: A F Grigsby
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Nappa Valley, Napa, California
Household Members: Name Age
Margaret Finch 8
A F Grigsby 28
John N Grigsby 18
Mary T Grigsby 5
Joseph Wood 49

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Acholis Grigsby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Age in 1870: 46
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male

Post Office: Napa City
Household Members: Name Age
Acholis Grigsby 46
Mary C Grigsby 30
Harvey M Grigsby 15
Howard H Grigsby 12
Lee Bell Grigsby 9
Lee Grigsby 7
Milld Jane Grigsby 6
Albert S J Grigsby 4



1880 United States Federal Census
Name: A. F. Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Un
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
A. F. Grigsby 58
Mary Grigsby 39
Belle Grigsby 18
Lee Grigsby 17
Milly Grigsby 16
Johnson Grigsby 13
Everet Grigsby 2
Wilson Williams 8 adopted son ( I read William)
Kizzie Grigsby 13 Neice
Thomas Grigsby 7 Nephew
Melchis Grigsby 48 Brother

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Achilles F Grigsby [Archille F Grigeby]
Home in 1900: Napa, Napa, California
Age: 78 Farmer
Birth Date: May 1822
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence : Napa Township, Brown's Valley and Carneros Precincts (Excl. Napa City), Napa, California
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Household Members: Name Age
Achilles F Grigsby 78
Belle L Grigsby 38 daughter BD Aug 1861 marr 13 yrs 2 children, 1 living
Thomas A Grigsby 42 son in law BD Aug 1857
Leah B Grigsby 11 grand daughter BD Mar 1889

Achilles married Elizabeth WILSON on 7 Nov 1844. Elizabeth was born about 1826; died in Jul 1850 in on the plains, United States; was buried in the plains, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Achilles married Amelia Pamela YOUNT on 22 Jan 1852 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. Amelia was born in 1826 in Missouri, United States; died on 2 May 1852 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Achilles married Mary Catherine COVERDILL on 14 Nov 1854 in , Napa, California, United States. Mary (daughter of Eli COVERDILL and Leah Sprouse) was born on 26 Oct 1840 in Yountville, Napa, California; died on 19 Aug 1889 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was called Harrison. He had come ahead of the family to California to prepare a home for his wife and small children. They came across the plains with Harrison's parents in 1853, but in Bear Valley the group came down with "Camp Fever". When Harrison, who had been expecting their arrival, heard of the sickness, he started off with a wagon from Napa. He helped with the nursing of the party, and though the children recovered, he and his wife died. They were buried beside the Bear River in a grave marked by rocks. Their remains were later moved to Samuel Harrison Grigsby's plot in Yountville.
Information from Bible of Samuel Harrison Grigsby, in Possession of Barbara Grigsby Bickford.

1850 United States Federal Census Lillard H Grigsby
Name: Lillard H Grigsby
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Birth place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 45, Laclede, Missouri
wife: Hanna age 21 born Kentucky
children: Samuel H.Grigsby age 1 born Missouri
Elizabeth I. Grigsby age 1/12 born Missouri

Lillard married Hannah about 1848 in , Ralls, Missouri, United States. Hannah was born in 1828 in Kentucky, United States; died in 1853 in Bear Valley, Nevada, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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AP: 18 Nov 1976 LDS ordinances batch # 7534514 sheet # 47

Lewry married Thomas COOPER on 17 Jun 1852 in Missouri, United States. Thomas was born in 1822 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 23 Nov 1899 in Cloverdale, Sonoma, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Mel" moved with his parents to Laclede County, MO, when he was two years old. In 1850 he crossed the plains to Napa County, California, with his brother Achilles Grigsby. They were in Clear Lake Township in 1860, and he was farming in Lower Lake, Lake County, CA, in 1879.
Information from Samuel Harrison Grigsby's Bible, 1850 & 1860 Napa County census, 1879/88 voters list of Lake County, CA.
His home, including family furniture, is now "Anderson Marsh State Historical Park" in Lower Lake, Lake County, California. It is said that he blew up the dam and lost his home.

John married Margaret Emeline HALE on 3 Feb 1853 in Lakeport, Lake, California, United States. Margaret (daughter of William Wilson Hale and Delilah Meise Thompson) was born on 13 Oct 1837 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; died on 13 Jan 1876 in Lower Lake, Lake, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography from Edwin Pickett, a resident of Sacramento: 1967:
"Theresa Grigsby was born 21 Nov 1830 in Monroe Co., Tenn, the daughter of John Grigsby and Nancy Wilson. Her Grigsby grandparents had come from Virginia to Tennessee in the late 1700's and her father was born there in 1806. In 1837 the family moved west to Polk Co., Missouri, when Theresa was 7 years old. When she was 14 her father, her step-mother, Mahalia and seven children crossed the plains to California. Besides Theresa, the children were: Granville, age 16, born in 1828; Calvin, age 12, born in 1832; Mary Jane, age 9, born in 1835; Sylvester, age 7, born in 1834; Wiley, age 4, born in 1841; Nancy, age 2, born in 1843; and a son, Joh Tyler was born on the trail 24 July 1845. The wagon train, afterwards called the Grigsby-Ide Party, left Independence, Missouri, 5 May 1845. Grigsby was named Captain at Laramie and at Fort Hall some of the party, including Grigsby and William B Ide, were persuaded by Caleb Greenwood to enter California by the mountain route across the Sierras. Sutter's Fort was reached late in October and from there the Grigsby family went to Napa Valley which was to be their home.

Theresa's father, Captain John Grigsby, was one of the leaders of the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 and served under Fremont as a Captain in the California Battalion during the Mexican War of 1846-1847.

Theresa Grigsby married William Edgington 12 Jan 1848 at Chiles Valley. Edgington had come overland to California in 1846, arriving in October and enlisting immediately in the California Battalion, serving until March 1847. Shortly after the marriage, gold having been discovered, the couple lived and mined on the American River, just below Sutter's old mill. They returned to Chiles Valley for the winter and in 1849 Edgington and John Grigsby mined on the Yuba and in the parlance of the time, "struck it rich".

The Edgingtons built a home in Napa City and owned business property in the town. They purchased 1000 acres of the Napa Rancho on which the family home was built in 1850. Mrs Edgington died on 24 Jan 1893, having survived her husband by eight years. Six of her ten children and five grandchildren were living at the time of her death. The only surviving grandchild in 1967 is Edwin R. Pickett, a resident of Sacramento, California."

Theresa married William EDGINGTON on 8 May 1848 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to California 11 Oct 1845 by wagon and Ox team. attended Mexican Schools in Sonoma, was a carpenter by trade.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Jefferson F Grigsby
Age in 1860: 22
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
Jefferson F Grigsby 22
Mary A Grigsby 18
John F Grigsby 1
Nancy J Grigsby 6/12


The Woodland Daily Democrat, 20 July 1912 has the following obit:
"James Sylvester Grigsby, who passed away at Yountville, Napa county, last Sunday, was the father of S H Grigsby of this city. He leaves a widow and two other sons besides S H and a daughter. They are Fred W G "rigsby of Yountville, C E Grigsby of Roseville, and Mrs. John L Webber of Napa county. There are twenty-two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. "Grandpa" Grigsby, as he was familiarly called, had lived in Napa county for 67 years. He crossed the plains with his father, Captain John Grigsby, who officiated at the raising of the Bear Flag in Sonoma. The funeral was held last Tuesday and Rev. U E Patridge paid a beautiful tribute to his memory. The many friends who were present bowed their heads in sorrow and grief, for they had lost a neighbor and a good friend and one who was greatly admired by everyone who knew him.

Jefferson married Mary Ann BRAY on 21 May 1857 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. Mary (daughter of BRAY and Martha ALEXANDRE) was born on 13 Sep 1842 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States; died on 10 Apr 1915 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Tyler was born in a wagon in the back of the mission?

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John T Grigsby
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Age in 1870: 25
Birthplace: Montana
Home in 1870: Napa, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:
Post Office: Napa City
Household Members: Name Age
John T Grigsby 25
Ellen Grigsby

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John Tyler Grigsby
Home in 1880: Napa, Napa, California
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Ellen
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's birthplace: Missouri
Neighbors:
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John Tyler Grigsby 36
Ellen Grigsby 37
Mary Ellen Grigsby 10
Henry Grigsby 7

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John Tripby [John T Grigsby]
Home in 1900: Salvador, Napa, California
Age: 55
Birth Date: Jul 1844
Birthplace: Wyoming
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Missoura
Mother's Birthplace: Missoura
Spouse's name: Ellen
Marriage Year: 1870
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 30
Residence : Napa Township, Salvador Precinct (Excl. Napa City), Napa, California
Occupation: farmer
Household Members: Name Age
John Tripby 55
Ellen Tripby 60
Mary E Tripby 30 bn California
Henry Tripby 26 bn California

John married Ellen MATHEWS on 3 Oct 1869 in , Napa, California, United States. Ellen was born on 14 Jul 1843 in Ireland; died on 18 Sep 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family Data Collection - Births
Name: Pulaski Devoulquit Grigsby
Father: Jesse Foster Grigsby
Mother: Margaret R Alexander
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1838
City: Pulaski
State: MO
Country: USA

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: P D Grigsby
Age in 1860: 22
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1860: Napa, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa
Household Members: Name Age
P D Grigsby 22
Louise Grigsby 20
Margaret J Grigsby 2
Jesse W Grigsby 7/12

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William Grigsby
Birth Year: abt 1869
Age in 1870: 7/12
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:
Post Office: Napa City
Household Members: Name Age
Richd D Grigsby 31
Eliza Grigsby 30
Margaret J Grigsby 12
Jesse W Grigsby 10
Rebecca Grigsby 8
John Grigsby 7
Louisa D Grigsby 5
William Grigsby 7/12
A E Smith 26 laborer
Nancy Edington 25 domestic servant
Mary Edington 14 domestic servant

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Palaski D. Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Dialtha Grigsby
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane:
Household Members: Name Age
Palaski D. Grigsby 42
Dialtha Grigsby 34 wife, born MO, father born TN, mother born TN
Jessie Grigsby 21 son
Rebecca Grigsby 18 daughter
John C. Grigsby 17 son
Louisa D. Grigsby 14 daughter
William M. Grigsby 10 son
Julia A. Grigsby 7 daughter
Nelson Grigsby 5 son
Davis Grigsby 3 son
Estella Grigsby 2 daughter
Grigsby 1m daughter, born May
Ricard Dinning 25 labor
George Walker 43 labor

Pulaski married Louisa CROWEY on 26 Aug 1857 in California. Louisa was born on 19 Feb 1840; died on 25 Feb 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pulaski married Dialtha GARNER on 14 Nov 1872 in , Napa, California, United States. Dialtha (daughter of Valentine GARNER and Sarah EDINGTON) was born on 2 Feb 1844 in Missouri; died on 23 Apr 1907 in Spanish Flat, Napa, California, USA; was buried in Monticello Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Willis married Evaline OSBORN on 12 Sep 1872 in , Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jesse married Mary Cooper on 24 Dec 1876 in Napa County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Kittie SANDERCOCKS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha R. Lyons
Home in 1880: Wooden Valley, Napa, California
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's name: James M.
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Neighbors:
Occupation: Keeping House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
James M. Lyons 36
Martha R. Lyons 24
Susie Lyons 5
Edward Lyons 3
Nellie Lyons 7M

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James M Lyons
Age in 1910: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Spouse's name: Martha
Home in 1910: Union, Humboldt, California Blue Lake Road
Marital Status: Married 36 years
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
James M Lyons 65 Woodcutter
Martha Lyons 54 7 children, 6 living
Edmond M Lyons 33 son
Clara Lyons 19 daughter
George Urgutest 8 grandson

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: James M Lyons [James M Lownes] [James N Leone]
Home in 1920: Union, Humboldt, California
Age: 75
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Spouse's name: Martha
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
James M Lyons 75
Martha Lyons 63
Angeline Black 4 grand daughter

Martha married James M LYONS on 27 Nov 1873 in Napa County, California. James was born in 1845 in Kentucky, United States; died in in of Union, Humbolt, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Will STICE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Ruth McCOMB. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 983"
John B. Grigsby was born in Yountville, Napa County, September 27, 1869, and was reared and educated in Napa County. After completing the grammar school course he took up farming and has followed it ever since. He has one thousand acres of good land in Wooden valley, ten miles from Napa, for which he paid $8,000. A tract of two hundred acres is tillable for hay and grain and the remainder of the land is used for pasturage of fifty head of cattle and sixteen head of horses.
Mr. Grigsby was married in Napa December 18, 1901, to Miss Helen McCombs, who was born in Napa, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Finn) McCombs, the former born in Wayne County, Ohio, and the latter in Boston, Mass. Isaac McCombs came to California across the plains in 1848 and was a farmer in Napa until he died. Mrs. McCombs came to Cali­fornia in 1872 and died in 1874 and Mrs. Grigsby is the only child of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby have two children. Helen M. and Wanda H. Politically Mr. Grigsby is a Democrat, but believes in voting for the best man. He is a man that delights in hunting and this is his chief pleasure. The coming years should greatly improve the value of his land, for he is working with assiduity and has many friends.

John married Helen MECOMBS on 18 Dec 1901 in Napa, California, United States. Helen (daughter of Isaac MECOMBS and Elizabeth Finn) was born about 1873 in , Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leroy Bethel Brownlow
Memorial

Birth: Apr. 1, 1846
Death: Oct. 26, 1913

LEROY BETHEL BROWNLOW was born in Laclede Co., MO, son of William Grigsby Brownlow and Jane Priscilla Faires. Siblings were Bluford Morgan, Elby L., and Susannah Elizabeth.

LeRoy married Elizabeth Nevill July 26, 1868 in Laclede Co., MO. Elizabeth was b: abt 1852 in KY d: March 6, 1885 Laclede Co., MO. Children: Mary Alice, James Wiley, Laura Jane, Ida May, Margaret Belle, Marion Alfred, William G., Elmer Silas and one unnamed. If anyone knows where Elizabeth Nevill Brownlow is buried please let me know. Thanks

2nd Marriage Dec. 15, 1887 in Springfield, Greene Co., MO to Rebecca Ellen Cook B: Jan 6, 1869 D: Jan. 5, 1953, Springfield, MO. Children: Susan Elizabeth, Florence Lee, Gracie, Walter Elby, John Oscar, Sherman LeRoy, Bertha, Verna Opal, Helen Lois and one unnamed.

LeRoy served in the Civil War 1862-1865 with the Union. He was a shoe maker in Springfield. He died of Chronic organic heart trouble at age 67 yrs. 6 mos. 26 days. He is my paternal ggrandfather.

LeRoy's brother Elby L. went to serve with the Confederates, and was not heard from after 1863.
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Parents:
William Grigsby Brownlow (1816 - 1853)
Jane Priscilla Faires Brownlow (1820 - 1868)

Spouses:
Elizabeth Nevill Brownlow (1852 - 1885)
Rebecca Ellen Brownlow (1869 - 1953)

Children:
Mary Alice Brownlow Womack (1870 - 1944)*
James Wiley Brownlow (1873 - 1911)*
Walter Elby Brownlow (1899 - 1952)*
Verna Opal Brownlow Scott (1910 - 1942)*

Burial:
Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA, Plot: 12, 0, 1822B

Created by: Remona
Record added: Feb 25, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 427647

Leroy Brownlow
in the U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
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Name: Leroy Brownlow
Birth Date: abt 1846
Age: 18
Enlistment Date: 1864
Military Unit: Second Light Artillery, Bri-Ca

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Robert was the manager and the largest owner of the Palisade Mines, sutuated in King's Canyon about three miles above Calistoga. The claims were originally located in 1876, but active operations were not begun until 1883. The ore was quartz containing ruby silver, and sulphurets. He also owned four claims to the southeast of these claims. He began mining in the Washoe district, and from that time followed mining, assaying, etc., as his business. At one time he was manager of the celebrated Tajo mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, and superintendent of other mines. He was well liked.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Rot T Grigsby
Birth Year: abt 1839
Age in 1870: 31
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:3000, 300
Neighbor: Terrill Grigsby family
Post Office: Napa City
Household Members: Name Age
Rot T Grigsby 31 Farmer
Harritt F Grigsby 22
Meda F Grigsby 3 Female
Infant Grigsby 1 Male

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert F. Grigsby
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Ivy Avenue
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Hattie L. Grigsby
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's birthplace: Missouri
Neighbors:
Occupation: Mining Superintendant
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane:
Household Members: Name Age
Austin A Smith 36 expressman, He, father, and mother born vermont
Bertha S Smith 27 wife, she, father, and mother born vermont
Mary H Smith 4, daughter, born California, mother & father Vermont
Robert F. Grigsby 40 Cousin, boarder
Hattie L. Grigsby 32 Cousin, boarder she was born in Mass, father Vermont, mother Mass
Meda F. Grigsby 13 Cousin, boarder
Lola Grigsby 6 Cousin, boarder
Herman F. Schelter 14 nephew

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Hattie Grigsby
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Miner Gold & Silver
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbor: Alfonso Grigsby
Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane:
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Grigsby 42
Hattie Grigsby 34 wife
Media Grigsby 13 daughter
Robert Grigsby 11 son
Walter Grigsby 7 son
Lola Grigsby 6 daughter
O. E. Burns 38 laborer

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert F Grigsby
Age in 1910: 71
Estimated birth year: 1839
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Harriet F Grigsby
Home in 1910: Hot Springs, Napa, California (Lake County)
Marital Status: Married 45 years
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Robert F Grigsby 71 farmer, own farm
Harriet F Grigsby 62 4 children, 2 living
Louis Wassler 24 boarder

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert S Grigsby
Home in 1920: Calistoga, Napa, California
Age: 80
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Harriot Grigsby
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Robert S Grigsby 80
Harriot Grigsby 71

California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957
Name: R F Grigsby
Arrival Date: 27 Aug 1910
Age: 72
Birth Date: abt 1838
Gender: Male
Ship Name: Curacao
Port of Arrival: San Pedro, California
Port of Departure: Guaymas and Way Ports
Archive information (series:roll number): m1764:1

California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 about R F Grigsby
Name: R F Grigsby
Arrival Date: 13 Jun 1903
Age: 63 Years 4 Months
Birth Date: abt 1840
Gender: Male
Ship Name: Costa Rica
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Panama and Way Ports
Archive information (series:roll number): m1412:1

Robert married Harriett Frances BUCKMAN on 19 Nov 1865 in , Napa, California, United States. Harriett (daughter of Amos BUCKMAN and Frances Jenkins Pratt) was born on 28 Feb 1848 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 24 Oct 1940 in Calistoga, Napa, California, United States; was buried in Tulocay Cem, Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 212F7DE2F6992C4CA4CAAA9596B605772B26

Notes:

Things to do:
1. Check Napa and Brentwood newspapapers
2 Deeds in both counties as well as Berkeley.
3. Death notices and wills

Timeline for Erasmus Dorwin Grigsby:

1841 E D born Wright County, Missouri
1850 Census lived in Laclede County which was previously Wright County, Missouri
1852 age 11 moved with his parents by wagon train to Napa County, CA
1860 Census listed in Yount township, Napa county, CA with his parents.
1864 age 23 Married Elmira Miller in Napa County, CA
1866 Jul 2, daughter Laura Susan born Napa County
1867 Mar 20, son, Warren Miller born Napa County
1868 leased land in Contra Costa County, CA
1870 Mar 14, daughter Lillie Jane born Brentwood, Contra Costa, CA
1870 Census, listed with wife and three children in Yount, Napa County, California
1872 Mar 2, son Byron Lindsay born Brentwood, Contra Costa, CA
1875 took a trip to Texas
1880 Census listed in Contra Costa County, CA with wife and four children plus wife's mother and her
grand daughter, 2 servants, and three laborers.1900 Census, listed in Contra Costa, County with wife, 2 sons and 1 boarder.
1910 Census listed in Berkeley, Alameda, CA with wife and 1 servant
1912 Sep 18 died in Berkeley, Alameda, CA, age 70
1923 23 Jan Elmira died in Oakland, California, 2 days before her 74th birthday


Erasmus Dorwin Grigsby and Elmira Miller were married 28 Oct 1864 in Napa County, California. Elmira was only 15 at the time. Elmira's father had brought his family to Napa from Oregon, presumably by wagon, only a few years previous. Elmira and Dorwin were the parents of 4 children; Laura, Warren, Lillie, and Byron. After Laura was born, the family moved to Contra Costa County in California.
Elmira was born 20 Jan 1849 in DuPage County, Illinois; the only child of Daniel and Laura (Crumb) Miller. It is believed Laura died during or shortly after giving birth. When just a few years old, Elmira moved to Washington County, Oregon with her father and soon after removed to California with her father, step mother and half sister, Matilda. Elmira was often sick. Her grandson, Russell Collis, remembers being at his Grandma and Grandpa Grigsby's house in Berkeley and practicing the piano according to Grandma's (Elmira's) wishes. Uncle Bryon would sneak Russell out the back door to a baseball game when Grandma wasn't looking. Russell remembers riding in a surrey with a fringe on top. It is said Elmira practiced the Christian Scientist faith. She died from heart disease in Oakland in 1923 just 4 days short of age 74.
Erasmus or Dorwin as he was called was born 2 Oct 1841 in Wright County, Missouri. He was the 2nd of 8 children born to Terrell and Cynthia Grigsby. He came with his parents, Terrell and Cynthis Grigsby, to California by wagon train in the spring of 1852, at age 11. In 1868 he leased land in Contra Costa County and in Stanislaus County. He later sold all his stock and farming implements, and made a trip to Texas and returned in June, 1875. The next spring he purchased a quarter section, situated some 2 1/2 miles from Brentwood station, on the Central Pacific Railroad, four mile north of Point of Timber, and engaged in general farming. He was one of the most successful farmers of the county. He plowed with 8 mules and a jerkline. He was well liked. Dorwin became sick and he and Elmira moved to Grand Street in Berkeley. Byron took over the homestead. Dorwin died in Berkeley from heart disease in 1912 at just short of 80 years of age. Upon his death each of his children received 45 acres of land in Brentwood.

(See copy of "the History of Contra Costa County" SF, 1882, W. A. Slocum and Co. pg 570. and "Illustrations of Contra Costa County", 1878, pg 29.
Methodist Church at Point of Timber (50 members)

Have a picture of him and his wife.
Have copy of their marriage License. (father had to give consent as Elmira was underage at the time of her marriage- is listed as age 16)
!DEATH: State file #30376 vol. 3 pg 4257 (I have another state file #25627) Have a copy of his death certificate.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Arasmus D Grigsby
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: District 45, Laclede, Missouri
Gender: Male
Family Number: 290
Household Members: Name Age
Leonell L Grigsby 31
Cynthia Grigsby 31
Robert T Grigsby 11
Arasmus D Grigsby 8
Elfonza D Grigsby 6
Mary Susan Grigsby 2

*1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Erasmus B Grigsby
Age in 1860: 18
Birth Year: abt 1842
BirthPlace: Missouri
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Household Members: Name Age
Terril l Grigsby 42
Sinthea Grigsby 42
Erasmus B Grigsby 18
Elfonga d Grigsby 16
Mary S Grigsby 13
Laura J Grigsby 9
Orina E Grigsby 6
Thos A Grigsby 2
James H Grigsby 1
James Edington 21
Wm Alred 30
Alfred Boyd 25

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: E D Grigsby
Age in 1870: 29
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa City
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
E D Grigsby 29
Almira Grigsby 21
Laura S Grigsby 4
Warren M Grigsby 3
Infant Grigsby 3/12

*1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Erasmus D. Grigsby
Home in 1880: Township 5, Contra Costa, California
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouses's Name: Elmira
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: NC
Occupation: Farmer
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Erasmus D. Grigsby 39
Elmira Grigsby 30 wife born Illinois
Laura S. Grigsby 13 daugh
Warren M. Grigsby 13 son
Lillie J. Grigsby 10 daugh
Byron L. Grigsby 8 son
Mary J. Miller 53 wife's mother nurse
Tillie M. Huey 5M boarder
Jack Ellsworth 50 servant farm labor
Jim Ah 17 servant cook on farm
Thomas Murphy 27 labor
Edward Ferguson 33 labor
William O Brien 30 labor

*1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Erasmus H Grigsby
Home in 1900: Supervisors District 5, Contra Costa, California
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouses's Name: Elmira
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Erasmus H Grigsby 58
Elmira Grigsby 51
Warren M Grigsby 32
Byron L Grigsby 28
Edward Elway 16 boarder

*1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Erasmus D Grigsby
Age in 1910: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouses's Name: Elmira
Home in 1910: Berkely, Alameda, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Erasmus D Grigsby 68
Elmira Grigsby 66
Fannie Bennink 35 servant

Erasmus married Elmira MILLER on 28 Oct 1864 in , Napa, California, United States. Elmira (daughter of Daniel Miller and Laura CRUMB) was born on 20 Jan 1849 in , DuPage, Illinois, United States; died on 16 Jan 1923 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; was buried on 18 Jan 1923 in Brentwood, Contra Costa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: BE067A923066E741BF2A2692D9F613F00179

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1850 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Elfonza d Grigsby
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth place: Missouri
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 45, Laclede, Missouri

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Alphonso Grigsby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Age in 1870: 26
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Napa City
Household Members: Name Age
Alphonso Grigsby 26
Emma Grigsby 18
F J Buckman 42 boarding
Mary W Buckman 5 boarding
Minnie Buckman 3 boarding

1880 United States Federal Census Alfonso Grigsby
Name: Alfonso Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouses's Name: Emily
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: NC
Occupation: Farmer
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Alfonso Grigsby 36
Emily Grigsby 29 wife, born Mass, father born, VT, mother born, Mass
Amos Grigsby 9 son
Otis E. Grigsby 6 son
Albert Grigsby 4 son
Ellery Grigsby 2 son

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Alphonzo D Grigsby [Alphons D Grigsby]
Home in 1900: Campo, San Diego, California
Age: 56
Birth Date: Apr 1844
Birthplace: Missouri
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence : Campo and Guatay Townships, San Diego, California
Household Members: Name Age
Alphonzo D Grigsby 56
Ivy B Grigsby 19 born Nov 1880, CA, daughter
Wilbur W Grigsby 16 born Sep 1883, Texas, son

1910 United States Federal Census Record
Name: A D Grigsby
Age in 1910: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Head widow
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Campo, San Diego, California
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
A D Grigsby 66
A L Grigsby 39 son, born California
Annie L Grigsby 37 daughter in law, Born California, married 13 years, 1 child, 1 living
Emma F Grigsby 11 grandaughte, born California,married 13 years, 1 child, 1 living
Wilber W Grigsby 26 son, born Texas
H L Farr 22 boarder

1920 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Alfonso D Grigsby
Home in 1920: Campo, San Diego, California
Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
BirthPlace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Father
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 428
Household Members: Name Age
Amos L Grigsby 49
Annie L Grigsby 45
Lawrence E Grigsby 5
Alfonso D Grigsby 75
Ralph L Fenner 25
Emma F Fenner 21


Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 Record
Name: Grigsby, Alphonzo D.
County: Jackson
Death Date: 25 Jul 1923
Certificate: 144

Alphonzo married Emily Frances BUCKMAN on 13 Apr 1869 in , Napa, California, United States. Emily (daughter of Amos BUCKMAN and Frances I) was born on 13 Jan 1852 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 11 Dec 1885 in Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sealed to parents 27 Feb 1973 SL

Lura married William Alexander TRUBODY on 17 Nov 1868 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. William was born on 5 Dec 1839 in Dover, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; died on 14 Mar 1933 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: AD75BD1D88D2A34A8D1760BE18A69BDC3A3B

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No children

Orlena married Joseph B EDINGTON after 1880 in , Napa, California, United States. Joseph (son of Luke T EDINGTON and Mary Stockton) was born on 3 Jan 1841 in , Greene, Missouri, United States; died on 29 Sep 1900 in Burns, Harney, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 089F15E9C018FC4786E778100C490A6B7F56

Notes:

History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 471:
THOMAS ANDERSON GRIGSBY.
Not only through his lifelong residence in California is Judge Grigsby entitled to identification with the Native Sons of the Golden West, but his membership in Napa Parlor No. 62 gains added importance through the fact that he claims this as his native county. Among the people in whose midst his whole life has been passed he enjoys a personal popularity that indicates his fine qualities of mind and heart. Fair educational advantages were given him and ever since leaving school he has continued to be a close student of men and events, so that now he ranks among the best- informed men of his circle. Such broad knowledge could not have been secured, even with the aid of education, had it not been for his own native ability and keenness of mental faculties, which enable him to logically digest facts of importance and retain in his memory for future use records of dates, laws and bills not easily remembered by the bulk of the population.
Very early in the history of the American occupancy of Napa county Terril L. Grigsby came hither. A record of his activities in this county appears elsewhere in this volume. His son, Thomas Anderson, was born August 27, 1857, near Yountville, during the residence of the family on the old Occidental vineyard. Primarily educated in the common schools, he later had the privilege of studying at Napa Collegiate Institute under Prof. L. L. Rogers. With a desire to fit himself for commercial activities he entered Heald’s Business College at San Francisco and took a complete course of instruction, graduating with a high standing. While in the college he attracted the attention of other students and won the praise of his instructors through his fine penmanship, which then was and still remains a model of accuracy, neatness and skill.
Soon after his graduation from the business college Mr. Grigsby was appointed deputy county clerk under W. W. Collins and gave uniform satisfaction in the position. The books of the office furnish silent testimony as to his neat penmanship and unerring accuracy. When he left the office it was to fill a vacancy in the position of justice of the peace and his service under appointment was satisfactory to all. June 19. 1911, he took the oath of office and entered upon his duties as the regularly chosen incumbent of the department, since which time he has tried local law-suits and administered justice with an impartial mind and a keen intuition. In his work he displays a considerable knowledge of the law, gathered by habits of study and a fondness for following the development of larger cases in the upper courts, in which way he gathers a vast fund of information concerning legal matters.
The marriage of Justice Grigsby took place in Napa and united him with Miss Leah Grigsby, by whom he has one daughter, Leah Belle.
Mrs. Grigsby has been a lifelong resident of Napa and received a fair education in the city schools. Her father, Achilles F. Grigsby, a native of Tennessee, was a California pioneer during the memorable era connected with the discovery of gold. As early as 1850 he made his first trip to Napa. Three times he crossed the plains in the early days and on these trips he brought to California a number of thoroughbred horses from Kentucky, being one of the first to introduce such stock into the west, where eventually he became a prominent turfman. The infirmities of age obliged him to relinquish his stock interests and thereafter he lived in retirement until his death at the age of eighty-five years. Besides his identification with the Native Sons, previously mentioned, Justice Grigsby holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Politically he has been active in local Democratic affairs, promoting the welfare of the party organization through service in important capacities.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas Grigsby
Home in 1880: Yount, Napa, California
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Birthplace: California
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Robert C. Amos 30
Lottie Amos 27
Florence Amos 1
Moses Fitts 71
Thomas Grigsby 23
Colier Gordon 50

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas A Grigsby [Thomas A Grigeby]
Home in 1900: Napa, Napa, California [Napa, Napa, California]
Age: 42
Birth Date: Aug 1857
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Son-in-Law
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Marriage Year: 1887
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 13
Occupation: teacher
Household Members: Name Age
Achilles F Grigsby 78 farmer, widow
Belle L Grigsby 38 Daughter, father born TN, mother born Illinois
Thomas A Grigsby 42 Son in law
Leah B Grigsby 11 grand daughter

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas A Grigsby
Age in 1910: 52
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Leah B Grigby
Home in 1910: Napa, Napa, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas A Grigby 52
Leah B Grigby 48 married 23 years, 2 children, 1 living
Leah B Grigby 21

Family/Spouse: Leah Belle GRIGSBY. Leah (daughter of Achilles Fine GRIGSBY and Mary Catherine COVERDILL) was born in 1861 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; died in 1931 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EED8C2155E07E340805D985F3F6BE4AC33AF

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Elva Tripplett, a music teacher at Stanford Junior High School in Sacramento during the 40's-50's was a granddaughter of James Grigsby.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Neva C Grigsby
Home in 1900: San Joaquin, Sacramento, California [Sutter, Sacramento, California]
Age: 14
Birth Date: Jun 1885
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relationship to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: James P Grigsby
Father's Birthplace: California
Mother's name: Laura F Grigsby
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
James P Grigsby 41
Laura F Grigsby 39
Elwin J Grigsby 17
Neva C Grigsby 14

James married Laura Frances DONALDSON on 23 Mar 1882 in , Napa, California, United States. Laura (daughter of DONALDSON and Nichols) was born on 20 Jan 1861 in Iowa, United States; died on 2 Jan 1941 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Henry John WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

--Invalid Dates
Death: INFANT

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California Great Register 1890 - living in Washington, Yolo county- teamster

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• _UID: 87BC1E75BD631148A3112D4A2B9A5383150A

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Napa County marriages 1880 pg 257
Howard H. Grigsby and Ella Piper

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Howard H. Grigsby
Home in 1880: Wooden Valley, Napa, California
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Ella
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors:
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Howard H. Grigsby 22
Ella Grigsby 23

Family/Spouse: Katherine KLAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard married Ella Piper on 22 Feb 1880 in Napa County, California. Ella was born about 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CBA834ACC268EA43A78BE4546BE685250FB9

Family/Spouse: Thomas Anderson GRIGSBY. Thomas (son of Terrell Lindsey GRIGSBY and Cynthia FAIRES) was born on 27 Aug 1857 in Napa, Napa, California, United States; died on 15 May 1918 in Napa, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E11E4502C4DF0B4CB8E1A8D8CF2DE17EB4A3

Family/Spouse: Emma ANDREWS. Emma was born on 10 Oct 1860 in Pennsylvania, United States; was christened on 21 Jul 1861 in Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EB2889C00DFA0640A6A2E27E2057095A2B6D

Millie married Herman LYONS about 1882 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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farmer in Napa area

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2nd marriage to Kelly

Family/Spouse: VAUGHN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was 4 years old when he was orphaned on the trip to California. He was living with Franklin T Grigsby in the 1860 census, Napa, California.

1860 United States Federal Census about F F Grigsby
Name: F F Grigsby
[F T Grigsby]
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
F F Grigsby 30
Martha L Grigsby 34 born Tennessee
Wm H Grigsby 8 born California
Martha R Grigsby 4 born California
Geo F Grigsby 1 born California
Samuel H Grigsby 11 born Missouri
Elizabeth J Grigsby 10 born Missouri

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• _UID: 916CBBB75BD7C642A48542CED9EA1D55177E

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She was 4 years old when she was orphaned on the trip to California. She was living with Franklin T Grigsby in the 1860 census, Napa, California.

1860 United States Federal Census about F F Grigsby
Name: F F Grigsby
[F T Grigsby]
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sebastopol
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
F F Grigsby 30
Martha L Grigsby 34 born Tennessee
Wm H Grigsby 8 born California
Martha R Grigsby 4 born California
Geo F Grigsby 1 born California
Samuel H Grigsby 11 born Missouri
Elizabeth J Grigsby 10 born Missouri

Elizabeth married Henry C. WHITE on 16 Oct 1867 in , Napa, California, United States. Henry was born in Apr 1839 in Mississippi, United States; died after 1910 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Barker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel married Mary J BASHAW on 3 May 1877 in Lower Lake, Lake, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jesse married Matilda L. RANDOLPH in 1887 in Abbot Mine, Lake, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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nickname "Mel"

Charles married Susan Elma HYDE about 1887 in , Lake, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Katherine married Thomas Henry DYE on 23 Dec 1896 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California. Thomas (son of Thomas Kirk DYE and Nancy Mc GREER) was born on 21 Mar 1874 in Middleton, Lake, California, United States; died on 5 Jan 1929 in Port Costa, Contra Costa, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Addie I. Cook about 1895 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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