"The corpse of J. L. Grigsby arrived from Corning, Kansas Friday evening, accompanied by several relatives. The body was laid away in Burr Oak cemetery Saturday."
The following was supplied by Find A Grave contributor KC Jayhawker:
"J. L. Grigsby was born on a farm in Illinois, in 1845, and received a good school and college education in his younger days. When nineteen years of age, he located near Burr Oak, MO, and farmed with his uncle for thirty-five years. He then came to Red Vermillion township, Nemaha County, Kansas, and bought 160 acres of land on which he resided until his demise in 1907. He prospered in this county, and was a large land owner. He was a Democrat and a Free Mason. His wife, Amelia, was born in Illinois in 1850. and died March 11, 1900. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Four children were to born to J. L. and Amelia Grigsby, as follows: Edward died at the age of nine years; Claude, a farmer in Nemaha County, KS; John L., a commission man in Kansas City, MO.; Mrs. Edna McKaig, living in Centralia, KS."
-From History Of Nemaha County (Kansas).
"The corpse of J. L. Grigsby arrived from Corning, Kansas Friday evening, accompanied by several relatives. The body was laid away in Burr Oak cemetery Saturday."
The following was supplied by Find A Grave contributor KC Jayhawker:
"J. L. Grigsby was born on a farm in Illinois, in 1845, and received a good school and college education in his younger days. When nineteen years of age, he located near Burr Oak, MO, and farmed with his uncle for thirty-five years. He then came to Red Vermillion township, Nemaha County, Kansas, and bought 160 acres of land on which he resided until his demise in 1907. He prospered in this county, and was a large land owner. He was a Democrat and a Free Mason. His wife, Amelia, was born in Illinois in 1850. and died March 11, 1900. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Four children were to born to J. L. and Amelia Grigsby, as follows: Edward died at the age of nine years; Claude, a farmer in Nemaha County, KS; John L., a commission man in Kansas City, MO.; Mrs. Edna McKaig, living in Centralia, KS."
-From History Of Nemaha County (Kansas).
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