He married Mary V. "Cammie" Martin in Carroll CO, TN on October 26, 1878.
John's second wife was Rilda Elmore.
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Obituary published in The Tennessean, Nashville, Davidson CO, TN on Wednesday, July 3, 1925, p. 5, as follows:
John L. Grissam
Hollow Rock, Tenn., June 2., --John L. Grissam, 71, died at his home here Sunday of heart disease and was buried at Prospect cemetery today. The Rev. R. L. Denton of Clarksburg conducted the funeral. Masons were in charge of the burial. Mr. Grissam is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rilda Grissam, and five children: Thomas, of Hickman, Ky., Mrs. Dewey Spellings of Memphis, Mrs. Allen McChristian of Blytheville, Ark., Mrs. J. E. Harper of East Prairie, Mo., and Miss Syble Grissam of Hollow Rock. He was a member of the Christian church.
(transcribed & submitted by PPC, member #47065016.)
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He married Mary V. "Cammie" Martin in Carroll CO, TN on October 26, 1878.
John's second wife was Rilda Elmore.
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Obituary published in The Tennessean, Nashville, Davidson CO, TN on Wednesday, July 3, 1925, p. 5, as follows:
John L. Grissam
Hollow Rock, Tenn., June 2., --John L. Grissam, 71, died at his home here Sunday of heart disease and was buried at Prospect cemetery today. The Rev. R. L. Denton of Clarksburg conducted the funeral. Masons were in charge of the burial. Mr. Grissam is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rilda Grissam, and five children: Thomas, of Hickman, Ky., Mrs. Dewey Spellings of Memphis, Mrs. Allen McChristian of Blytheville, Ark., Mrs. J. E. Harper of East Prairie, Mo., and Miss Syble Grissam of Hollow Rock. He was a member of the Christian church.
(transcribed & submitted by PPC, member #47065016.)
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