----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Peel" <speell@earthlink.net> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} William Grissom b 1808 AL > > Troy, > > These are my Grissoms: > > Descendants of William Grissom > > 1 William Grissom b: 1808 in AL > .. +Jane English b: 1812 in AL m: October 15, 1833 in Lauderdale Co, AL > ........ 2 Rebecca Grissom b: Abt. 1838 in AL > ........ 2 Wilson Grissom b: Abt. 1839 in AL > ........ 2 Martha Elizabeth Grissom b: Abt. 1843 in AL m C.W. Corley > ........ 2 Eliza Grissom b: Abt. 1845 in MS > ........ 2 Emily A Grissom b: Abt. 1847 in MS > ........ 2 Margaret Grissom b: Abt. 1848 in MS > ........ 2 Sarah Ellen Grissom b: March 10, 1850 in MS d: May 06, 1908 > in Ward Co, TX > ............ +William Henry Bill Peel b: September 30, 1843 in Tishomingo > Co, MS d: 1926 Floyd Co, TX m: March 25, 1869 in Henderson Co, Texas > ========================== > I don't know who William's parents were, but on the 1850 Tippah Co, MS > census, William and family were living next to a John Grissom of VA: > > 1850 Tippah Co, MS census: > > 610/610 William Grissom 42 M farmer $300 AL > Jane 38 F AL > Rebecca 12 f AL > Wilson 11 M AL > Martha 7 f AL > Eliza 5 f MS > Emily A 3 f MS > Margaret 2 f MS > > 611/611 John Grissom 71 M farmer $300 VA > Rebecca 24 f VA > George 9 M MS > Susanna 7 f MS > Malinda 5 f MS > Hambin 4 M MS > ============== > By the 1860 census, William and Jane are dead, and their daughter, Sarah > Ellen, is being listed as an orphan, living with her maternal aunt, Rebecca > English Littlejohn in McNairy Co, TN. After the death of Rebecca's > husband, Samuel Littlejohn, Rebecca and niece Jane immigrate with other > English/Grissoms to Henderson Co (now Kaufman Co) Texas. I had thought > that Sarah Ellen was the only one of William and Jane's children to survive > whatever calamity befell the family, but I have spoken with another > researcher who descends from Sarah Ellen's older sister, Martha. My Sarah > Ellen Grissom married William Henry Peel in Henderson Co, TX Mar 25, 1869. > Martha Grissom married a C W Corley also in 1869. > ============= > I have been unable to connect William Grissom b abt 1808 in Alabama or John > Grissom b abt 1779 in Virginia to any of the other > Grissoms/Grishams/Greshams in the area. > > Sharon Peel > Grandview, TX > > > >