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John V Grisham

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
1862 (aged 91–92)
Morgan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Barnett, Morgan County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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from The Greshams of America and Across the Seas
compiled by Alexander Taylor Strange in 1913

John Gresham was born in Maryland and came to Tennessee with his father when only a child. On arriving at Manhood's estate, he married Nancy Hale, a daughter of John Hale, a Marylander of Irish parentage. He is said to have been a relative of the great orator, Edward Everett Hale.

To this couple were born twelve children, six boys and six girls.


Late in life, around 1856, John Gresham moved and located in Morgan County, Missouri, where he died in 1862, at the extreme age of 98, and his body was laid to rest in Hopewell Cemetery in that county.
from The Greshams of America and Across the Seas
compiled by Alexander Taylor Strange in 1913

John Gresham was born in Maryland and came to Tennessee with his father when only a child. On arriving at Manhood's estate, he married Nancy Hale, a daughter of John Hale, a Marylander of Irish parentage. He is said to have been a relative of the great orator, Edward Everett Hale.

To this couple were born twelve children, six boys and six girls.


Late in life, around 1856, John Gresham moved and located in Morgan County, Missouri, where he died in 1862, at the extreme age of 98, and his body was laid to rest in Hopewell Cemetery in that county.