Married 1st wife Cecelia Downard 10-4-1883 in Price, Ut.
They had 5 children:
1. Sarah Jane Grames 1884-1885
2. Alice Cecelia Grames 1886-1943
3. James Grames 1888-1888
4. Orson Francis Grames 1889-1952
5. Catherine Amelia Grames 1891-1955

She passed away 10-22-1891 after giving birth to her last child catherine.

Then he remarried for a second time to Lillie Susan Bass April 24, 1895 in Price , Utah.

Biography of Albert James Grames
Compiled by Mae Grames Brown

Albert went to Price landing on January 1, 1881 with John J. and Enoch Rhodes. He purchased a squaters rights in the mouth of Gordon Creek from James Gordon for $30.

...Alberts parents were very anxious to come to Castle Valley where there wasn't any Indian trouble...

...Albert's parents homesteaded 160 acres in Gordon Creek not far from Albert's place. Albert had a log cabin on his place and he gave it up to his parents, living in a dugout himself until he could get a house built for himself.

SERVICES MONDAY FOR EARLY PRICE PIONEER

Funeral services for Albert Joseph Grames, 84, who died on April 11 at his home in Price of causes incident to age, were conducted Monday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m. in the Price LDS tabernacle with A. Fullmer Allred, bishop of the new Forth ward, officiating.

Mr. Grames was born September 24, 1862 at Ephraim. He arrived in Price on January 2, 1881 and his residence is the longest recorded here, 66 years. He had been a farmer and worker in the LDS church. He also worked for the city for several years and was custodian of the old city hall.

His wife, Mrs. Lilly Grames, died on December 19, 1946.

Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Kate Christensen, Mrs. Mae Brown, Mrs. Ethel Brotherson, Mrs. Mable Garlick and Mrs. Florence Safford, all of Price, and Mrs. Ruth Perkins, Spring Canyon; three sons, Orson and Elgin Grames, Price, and Marion Grames, Price, and Marion Grames, Cedar City; 45 grand-children and 33 great-grandchildren.

Burial was in the Price City cemetery under the direction of Mitchell funeral home.

Sun Advocate, Utah - 17 Apr 1947

Fifty Years ago this Week At and Around Price 1929 by Ernest Horsley- page 2

"Albert J. Grames the mail carrier and chief clerk at a salary of twelve dollars per month...Aug. 30, 1883. January 2, 1881 Albert J. Grames arrived..."