WILLIAM RICHARD "WILL" GRISHAM
PARENTS: James Lemuel Grisham,
Sr. and Margaret Amanda Jones
WIFE: Iona Mae "Mamie" Sewell
WILLIAM RICHARD "WILL"
GRISHAM, and his brother-in-law ROBERT JEFF FERGUSSON
45. William Richard "Will" GRISHAM (18.James3,
4.Andrew2,
1.George1),
was born 29 August, 1873, in Tupelo, Lee County, MS. Will was baptized in
August, 1901, by the Blue Ridge Baptist Church, in Hamilton Co, TX.
Will, a farmer and stockman married Iona Mae "Mamie" SEWELL on
21 December, 1898, in Hamilton County, TX, Iona Mae "Mamie"
SEWELL (daughter of William Cornealius "Neal" Sewell
and Mattie Jane Waddell) was born 7 January, 1879, Schulenberg,
Lavaca County, TX. Mamie was baptized in 1915 or 1916,
by the Blue Ridge Baptist Church, in Hamilton County TX. Mamie
died 12 November, 1936, at the Kings Daughters Hospita in Temple, Bell
County, TX, and was buried 13 Nov 1936, in the IOOF Cemetery,
Hamilton, Hamilton County, TX. Will died 13 March, 1937, in
the Blue Ridge community of Hamilton County, TX. Will
was buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton County, TX.
Will with his parents and younger brother Lem,
moved to Fannin County, TX, in September, 1878, from Tupelo, MS. As Will
and Lem watched their father ride his horse driving cattle across
the Mississippi River, they felt that they would never see their Pa again.
Will, Lem, their Mother, and wagon crossed on a ferry.
Children:
96. i Willie May GRISHAM , born 13 September,
1899, in Hamilton County, TX and died 15 February, 1958, Lubbock, Lubbock
County, TX. On 9 June 1910 Willie May married Aubrey Ray Cole in
Hamilton County, TX--Hamilton Co. Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 235.
Aubrey Ray, son of John Harum Cole and Lillian Maude (Sparks) Cole, was
born 26 March, 1901, and died 14 March, 1954.
97. ii James Cornelius "Jim" GRISHAM ,
born 10 May, 1901, Hamilton County, TX, and died 6 January, 1991,
Plainview, Hale County, TX. Jim married Reva Lou Goar on 7
September, 1941, in Cranfills Gap, Bosque County, TX. (Their marriage
license was filed in Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10, p.
418.) Clarence Melvin Goar and Louisa Beulah Jones were the parents
of Reva Lou.
98. iii Herbert Andrew GRISHAM , born 11
December, 1903 and died 23 March, 1974 in Hamilton, Hamilton County,
TX. Herbert married Ethel Inez Hamrick on 10 August, 1929, Hamilton
County Marriage Record Bk. 9, p. 216. Thomas Henry Hamrick and Sarah
Ann "Sallie" (Kincheloe) were the parents of Ethel.
iv J. W. GRISHAM lived 5 days. He was
born 2 January, 190_, died 7 January, 190_. J. W. was buried in he
Live Oak Cemetery, Hamilton County, TX.
99. v Vennie Lou GRISHAM , born 25 January, 1906,
Hamilton County, TX, and died 30 March, 1977, in Lubbock, Lubbock Co.,
TX. She married Wesley Lee "Jack" Beard who was born 8
Oct., 1897, and died 17 May, 1962.
100. vi Alice Bernice GRISHAM , born 11 December,
1918, in Hamilton County, and died 19 June, 1984. On 16 October,
1937, Alice married Cecil Perry Culp, who was born 20 June, 1915, and died
17 May, 1984.
The James Lemuel Grisham Family
1880 Census
Texas, Fannin County,
Super. Dist: 2; ED: #25; JP #3; Census taken 23
June, 1880, by J. N. Fairchild
(The 1880 Census was based on place of residence on 1 June, 1880)
Page 66; Dwelling No. 546; Family No. 575
Birthplace: 1--Individual; 2 -- Father; 3 --Mother
