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Oliver Porter Grimes

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Oliver Porter Grimes

Birth
Clay County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Feb 1943 (aged 78)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Plot
Block 00232 - - 000025 - 0000NW-S/2
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After completing law school at the Cincinnati School of Law in Ohio, Oliver and Minnie moved from Independence, Kansas to Portland, Oregon where he practiced law. In the early 1900's, they moved to Cripple Creek, Colorado and then to Colorado Springs, Colorado (where his parents were living). He was appointed "under-sheriff" of El Paso County and in 1902, ran for the office of sheriff and was elected, serving two terms until 1909. Leaving politics, Oliver resumed the practice of law. When one of his clients became ill and died, Oliver bought the franchise owned by that client for a "Piggly Wiggly" store, from the widow, and began his career in the retail grocery business. In 1923 he started the chain of "Piggly Wiggly-Grimes" stores with one store in Colorado Springs. A few years later he acquired 14 stores in the Denver, Colorado area, and thus, began his chain of stores until he had acquired 175 stores in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and New Mexico. Oliver sold "Piggly Wiggly-Grimes" in 1929 to Continental Food Store Inc.


Son of:
William Grimes 1835-1924
Evaline "Eva" Balch 1834-1923

Brother of:
Charles Edgar Grimes 1860- 1949
Williams Ellsworth Grimes 1863-1962
Cora E. Grimes-Orr 1866-1948
Cyrus B. Grimes 1869-1963
Curtis Clay Grimes 1869-1960

Husband of:
Minnie Burnett 1869-1963

Father of his only daughter:
Gertrude Ellen Grimes-Johnson-Dews 1902-1996
After completing law school at the Cincinnati School of Law in Ohio, Oliver and Minnie moved from Independence, Kansas to Portland, Oregon where he practiced law. In the early 1900's, they moved to Cripple Creek, Colorado and then to Colorado Springs, Colorado (where his parents were living). He was appointed "under-sheriff" of El Paso County and in 1902, ran for the office of sheriff and was elected, serving two terms until 1909. Leaving politics, Oliver resumed the practice of law. When one of his clients became ill and died, Oliver bought the franchise owned by that client for a "Piggly Wiggly" store, from the widow, and began his career in the retail grocery business. In 1923 he started the chain of "Piggly Wiggly-Grimes" stores with one store in Colorado Springs. A few years later he acquired 14 stores in the Denver, Colorado area, and thus, began his chain of stores until he had acquired 175 stores in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and New Mexico. Oliver sold "Piggly Wiggly-Grimes" in 1929 to Continental Food Store Inc.


Son of:
William Grimes 1835-1924
Evaline "Eva" Balch 1834-1923

Brother of:
Charles Edgar Grimes 1860- 1949
Williams Ellsworth Grimes 1863-1962
Cora E. Grimes-Orr 1866-1948
Cyrus B. Grimes 1869-1963
Curtis Clay Grimes 1869-1960

Husband of:
Minnie Burnett 1869-1963

Father of his only daughter:
Gertrude Ellen Grimes-Johnson-Dews 1902-1996

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