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This gallery traces the Grigsby family history from 1872 through family photos and information gathered together by William (Bill) Redman Grigsby for his Grandsons, Ryan and Jack. Photographs were cleaned up by Murry Grigsby, Bill's brother. Most of the photos came from Mom and Dad as did life itself. Other photographs were generously contributed by Phyllis and Martin Jones, Janie Root Eddy, Kathleen Staten Thompson, Donald Grigsby, Bud Miers, Terry Miers, Holly Kottenstette Fritz, Jim Miers, Norman Spring, Connie Hester, Lynnette Herring Fleming, Verna Mae Bechtel Staten, Rebecca Rombach Copple, Mrs. Emerson Carey II and Kiki Tomson. We hope you enjoy seeing and reading a small bit of the Grigsby history.
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Murry > 1918 Theodore, Josie and Walter:  Photo provided by Donald Grigsby (Theodore's third son).  This is the wedding photograph of William Theodore Grigsby and Josie Sweetwood in 1918.  Uncle Walter (who played catcher for the Williamsburg town team according to Dad) was his brother's "best man."  Uncle Walter was born March 30, 1900 and Uncle Theodore was born on August 12, 1898.  Uncle Charles was the oldest of the siblings being born on October 20, 1896.  Hildreth Leota Grigsby was born on May 31, 1907 and James Maurice Grigsby was born on May 22 1910.
Murry > 1918 Fire.  Dad has written on the back of this picture:  Hildreth Grigsby Root, James M. Grigsby and Josie Sweetwood Grigsby.  (This picture of our home at Williamsburg, Kansas shows where the house had been on fire about 1918.)  Josie was Theodore's first wife and the mother of Donald and Lida Margaret.  The picture of Hildreth (Dad's sister) is before she was married to Chet Root.  Hildreth was born in 1907 so she was  about 11 when this picture was taken.  Dad was born in 1910 so he was about 8.  The tree and weeds in the yard suggest it was summertime or fall?  The way the house looks and the kind of fire protection they probably had, it is a wonder the house didn't burn down completely!  We wonder what started the fire?  Lightning strike, "coal oil" lamp?  Bill thinks that is Grandfather Will's 1912 or 1913 Buick that he used to deliver mail and we have seen in other photos.
Murry > ~1920 Grigsby, Graves, Spring in Williamsburg:  Left to Right -- William Redman, Hildreth, George Selden Graves, Eva Hester Graves, Thelma Graves Herring, Lida Alma Graves Grigsby, Margaret Ellen Wilson Grigsby Spring and Charles Grigsby.  The children in front -- Leonard Herring, Lynette Herring and Dad (James Maurice "Bud" Grigsby) at about ten years old.  Lynnett Herring Fleming told Bill that when grandfather George Graves died in 1925 William Redman and her father, Frank (Dad called him "old man Herring"), had a falling out over who should inherit what material goods.  Anyway, Leonard got kicked in the head by a horse and died and William Redman wouldn't let Lida Alma attend the funeral.  So in 1933 when William Redman died, "old man Herring" wouldn't let Thelma attend his funeral.  So the sisters, Lida Alma and Thelma, didn't talk from the time Leonard died until they had a Kansas reunion in 1941 when Lida Alma visited from Denver.
Murry > 1920-1998  The Grigsby house in Williamsburg:  Dad had written on the back of the B&W print that this was the Grigsby's Williamsburg, KS house in about 1920.  Dad said that his Father had "built the house."  Margaret Ellen Wilson Grigsby and Son William Redman moved from around Leon, IA in about 1878 after Ellen's husband, James Grigsby, died in 1875.  William Redman married Lida Graves on December 31, 1895 in Williamsburg.  Will became a "rural mail carrier" in 1903 and died October 6, 1933.  Brother Bill took the color picture in 1998 on a visit to Williamsburg with Phyllis Grigsby Jones and Martin.  The house address is 417 Robey Street and you can see the front porch has been altered with probably a later addition to the back of the house.
Murry > 1920 Mom, George Bechtel, Inez and Verna:  Family portrait of Mom (Elma Mae Staten Grigsby at about eight years old), her Grandfather George Bechtel, her Sister, Inez at about four years old and their Mother, Verna Mae Bechtel Staten.  Amy Troth Bechtel had died in 1904 and George remarried Bertha Mae Arnold the women we called Grandma Bechtel.
Murry > April 1921  Photo of "Lefty" provided by Donald Grigsby, Theodore's Son.  In this shot Uncle Theodore is holding his second son, Max Delos Grigsby, who was born March 25, 1921, around Williamsburg, Kansas.  Dad used to tell us that Theodore could have been a big league player but wouldn't leave home.  He may be wearing the Williamsburg town team uniform?  Dad said he was called Lefty, played first base and was an excellent hitter.  Max died July 13, 1922 and Donald Lee Grigsby was born on August 22, 1922.  Theodore and Josie had another Son, Leslie Theodore, born on April 15, 1919 who died on February 13, 1920.  Bill thinks both little boys may be buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery near Williamsburg on the plot with their grandparents, William Redman and Lida Alma Grigsby.
Murry > 1922 Robert Edward Staten et al. in Downing, Missouri portrait. Left to right front row: Lurena Elizabeth Taylor Staten (1862-1931), Kathleen (at about eight years old), Robert Edward Staten (1862-1952) and Tilda.  In the back row: Josephine, Ray, Mae (known as big Mae and mom was known as little Mae), Chalmer (3/11/1894-12/21/1957), Frankie and Effie.  Kathleen was born about 1.5 miles from Barker Church in the Mudd Settlement.  Chalmer Staten, Verna, mom (Elma), Inez and Junior (born 1925) moved to Kansas around December 1924 to be near George Bechtel.  Mom and Inez went to school in Williamsburg.  Mom married Dad April 1934.
Murry > This is ~1922 photo of mom and her sister, Inez.  It is actually a picture postcard but there is no name of the photographer, where it was taken, or who manufactured the postcard.  Bill is guessing that Inez is 6 (she was born in 1916 and died in 1934) and mom is about 10 (she was born in 1912).  He also is guessing the photo was taken when they lived in Missouri (Downing?) in about 1922 before the depression.  Mom said she started school at the Hall School near Kilwinning, Missouri (not too far from Downing, i.e., about 3 miles as the crow flies).   Anyway, the little girls have some pretty fine clothes, shoes and hair ribbons -- maybe great grandfather Ed Staten (or great grandmother Lurena Staten) contributed to the outfits?  Elma already shows her interest in necklaces -- at least Bill seems to remember that she had a penchant for necklaces as an adult?  As it should be, the older sibling gets preferential treatment -- notice Inez has no necklace!
Murry > ~1923  The back row in this photo from left to right shows Lida Alma Graves Grigsby, unknown woman (maybe Josie's or Flossie's mother?), Josie Sweetwood Grigsby (Donald's mother), Flossie Greeve Grigsby (Charles' wife) holding Phyllis Grigsby Jones.  The front row shows Margaret Ellen Wilson Grigsby Spring (Dad called her "Grandma Spring") and an unknown woman (maybe Grandma Springs' daughter, Sue Ann Spring Keenan) holding Donald Grigsby.  The photo was dated as 1925 (probably by Josie) and perhaps was taken at the Spring's homestead around Williamsburg, Kansas.  Phyllis was born on July 18, 1920 and Donald was born on August 15, 1922 so Bill believes the photo was probably taken sometime in 1923.
1918 Theodore, Josie and Walter: Photo provided by Donald Grigsby (Theodore's third son). This is the wedding photograph of William Theodore Grigsby and Josie Sweetwood in 1918. Uncle Walter (who played catcher for the Williamsburg town team according to Dad) was his brother's "best man." Uncle Walter was born March 30, 1900 and Uncle Theodore was born on August 12, 1898. Uncle Charles was the oldest of the siblings being born on October 20, 1896. Hildreth Leota Grigsby was born on May 31, 1907 and James Maurice Grigsby was born on May 22 1910.
 > 1918 Theodore, Josie and Walter:  Photo provided by Donald Grigsby (Theodore's third son).  This is the wedding photograph of William Theodore Grigsby and Josie Sweetwood in 1918.  Uncle Walter (who played catcher for the Williamsburg town team according to Dad) was his brother's "best man."  Uncle Walter was born March 30, 1900 and Uncle Theodore was born on August 12, 1898.  Uncle Charles was the oldest of the siblings being born on October 20, 1896.  Hildreth Leota Grigsby was born on May 31, 1907 and James Maurice Grigsby was born on May 22 1910.
1918 Theodore, Josie and Walter: Photo provided by Donald Grigsby (Theodore's third son). This is the wedding photograph of William Theodore Grigsby and Josie Sweetwood in 1918. Uncle Walter (who played catcher for the Williamsburg town team according to Dad) was his brother's "best man." Uncle Walter was born March 30, 1900 and Uncle Theodore was born on August 12, 1898. Uncle Charles was the oldest of the siblings being born on October 20, 1896. Hildreth Leota Grigsby was born on May 31, 1907 and James Maurice Grigsby was born on May 22 1910.
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