"Elder William Harvey Grimmet, son of Jacob and Martha Grimmet, was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, March 13, 1815. He gave his heart to God while young and was baptized into the fellowship of a Baptist Church by Elder Robert Sneed, July, 1833. We next find him in Wilson County, Middle Tennessee, where he secures a life partner in the person of Miss Elizabeth Bryan. They were married June 14, 1836. She was a noble woman and in every way suited to be a preacher's wife. Some time early in the history of Prosperity Church, he cast his lot with them and was licensed to preach by this church in 1839. Soon after this, he moved near where the village of Greenvale now stands and cast his membership with Bradley's Creek Church. He was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry by this church in 1848. His educational advantages were not good, but his fine native intellect supplied this defect. Few men possessed a more logical, comprehensive mind, and at times he grew very eloquent. He possessed a will power and energy which knew no failure. He was indeed a standard bearer among the hosts of Israel. He was a staunch Baptist and an earnest defender of the faith. He continued active in the ministry until disabled by catarrh of the throat and nervous debility. One of the last works of his life, after he was no longer able to preach, was to help engineer the organization of Green Vale Baptist Church and the erection of a neat new church house in the village near his home. This was the pride of his last days.
He was the father of ten children. Eight of these grew up and seven of them became faithful members
of Baptist churches. He lost the wife of his youth a few years before he died, and was again married to
Mrs. Mary Jennings, a noble Christian woman. His death was somewhat tragic, and yet most befitting for a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He was attending services at Smith's Fork Church where he had often told the old, old story, and while sitting on the front seat, the death angel touched him and he went home to glory without a struggle. The Lord had blessed him with the goods of this world, but with him,
'Twas not the whole of life to live
Nor all of death die :'
But so to live, that after death
He'd live eternally."
Biographical sketch published in Biographies of Deceased Ministers from Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists, with Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon, and Wiseman Associations. Nashville: Baptist and Reflector. 1902. pgs. 253-55.
He was the father of ten children. Eight of these grew up and seven of them became faithful members
of Baptist churches. He lost the wife of his youth a few years before he died, and was again married to
Mrs. Mary Jennings, a noble Christian woman. His death was somewhat tragic, and yet most befitting for a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He was attending services at Smith's Fork Church where he had often told the old, old story, and while sitting on the front seat, the death angel touched him and he went home to glory without a struggle. The Lord had blessed him with the goods of this world, but with him,
'Twas not the whole of life to live
Nor all of death die :'
But so to live, that after death
He'd live eternally."
Biographical sketch published in Biographies of Deceased Ministers from Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists, with Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon, and Wiseman Associations. Nashville: Baptist and Reflector. 1902. pgs. 253-55.
"Elder William Harvey Grimmet, son of Jacob and Martha Grimmet, was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, March 13, 1815. He gave his heart to God while young and was baptized into the fellowship of a Baptist Church by Elder Robert Sneed, July, 1833. We next find him in Wilson County, Middle Tennessee, where he secures a life partner in the person of Miss Elizabeth Bryan. They were married June 14, 1836. She was a noble woman and in every way suited to be a preacher's wife. Some time early in the history of Prosperity Church, he cast his lot with them and was licensed to preach by this church in 1839. Soon after this, he moved near where the village of Greenvale now stands and cast his membership with Bradley's Creek Church. He was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry by this church in 1848. His educational advantages were not good, but his fine native intellect supplied this defect. Few men possessed a more logical, comprehensive mind, and at times he grew very eloquent. He possessed a will power and energy which knew no failure. He was indeed a standard bearer among the hosts of Israel. He was a staunch Baptist and an earnest defender of the faith. He continued active in the ministry until disabled by catarrh of the throat and nervous debility. One of the last works of his life, after he was no longer able to preach, was to help engineer the organization of Green Vale Baptist Church and the erection of a neat new church house in the village near his home. This was the pride of his last days.
He was the father of ten children. Eight of these grew up and seven of them became faithful members
of Baptist churches. He lost the wife of his youth a few years before he died, and was again married to
Mrs. Mary Jennings, a noble Christian woman. His death was somewhat tragic, and yet most befitting for a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He was attending services at Smith's Fork Church where he had often told the old, old story, and while sitting on the front seat, the death angel touched him and he went home to glory without a struggle. The Lord had blessed him with the goods of this world, but with him,
'Twas not the whole of life to live
Nor all of death die :'
But so to live, that after death
He'd live eternally."
Biographical sketch published in Biographies of Deceased Ministers from Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists, with Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon, and Wiseman Associations. Nashville: Baptist and Reflector. 1902. pgs. 253-55.
He was the father of ten children. Eight of these grew up and seven of them became faithful members
of Baptist churches. He lost the wife of his youth a few years before he died, and was again married to
Mrs. Mary Jennings, a noble Christian woman. His death was somewhat tragic, and yet most befitting for a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He was attending services at Smith's Fork Church where he had often told the old, old story, and while sitting on the front seat, the death angel touched him and he went home to glory without a struggle. The Lord had blessed him with the goods of this world, but with him,
'Twas not the whole of life to live
Nor all of death die :'
But so to live, that after death
He'd live eternally."
Biographical sketch published in Biographies of Deceased Ministers from Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists, with Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon, and Wiseman Associations. Nashville: Baptist and Reflector. 1902. pgs. 253-55.
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