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H. A. Grimes, payroll
clerk of the Wabash Railroad Company, is one
of the well and favorably
known citizens of Moberly and a member of
one of the prominent
pioneer families of Randolph County. He was born
just east of Moberly near
the city limits Nov. 12, 1861 and is the son of
W. G. and Virginia F.
(Terrill) Grimes both of whom are deceased.
W. G. Grimes was a
native of Virginia and came to Missouri with
his parents who settled in
Randolph County, east of Moberly where he
and his wife spent the
remainder of their lives, W. G. Grimes was reared
to farm life and followed
farming and the dairy business and also worked
at the carpenter trade.
Later he conducted a grocery store in Moberly.
He died at the age of 77
years and his wife died at the age of 72 years.
They were the parents of
the following children: H. A., the subject of
this sketch; Minta Grimes,
who resides in Moberly; Mrs. Annie Garrett
lives in Monroe County,
Mo.; Henrietta, died in infancy; James was a
locomotive engineer and
died at Moberly at the age of 40 years; Mrs.
Lena L. Thackston,
Moberly, Mo.; Lucretia, married Omar Martin.
H. A. Grimes was reared
in Randolph County and educated in the
public schools and
graduated from the Moberly High School in 1880.
He and W. A. Rothwell
who is now deceased were the first two graduates
from the Moberly High
School. Mr. Rothwell was later prominent in
the affairs of Randolph
County and a leading Democrat of the state. He
served as chairman of the
State Democratic Committee. At one time
he was a law partner of
Alex H. Waller the editor of this history.
After completing school
Mr. Grimes became a clerk in the clothin
store of A. B. Thompson
and Company of Moberly and was in the employ
of that concern for 12
years. He then was employed by the Martin Clot
ing Company for a time
and for two years clerked in a grocery store
He then served as
constable and deputy sheriff for four years. In April
1904, he entered the
employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as clerk
and timekeeper and in
March, 1913, he was promoted to payroll clerk and
has held that position to
the present time. Mr. Grimes is capable and
efficient and a
conscientious employee.
Mr. Grimes was married in
1885 to Miss Betty Barnes of Moberly
who departed this life in
February, 1913 and her remains are buried in
Oakland Cemetery. To
Mr. and Mrs. Grimes were born two children:
Lena, married J. J.
Dameron, of Kansas City, Mo., and they have one
child, Elizabeth Dameron;
and Opal married l. E. McCabe, of Moberly,
Mo.
Mr. Grimes is a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America and
one of the well known and
highly respected citizens of Randolph County. |