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.
![Murry > Mom wrote on the back of the photo: "Freshman Class 1927-1928 term" "23 boys - 14 girls - Total 37" This photograph is similar to the one that appears in the 1928 Williamsburg High School yearbook, the Progressus, and both pictures show Elma Staten and Neva Blair, the loves of our father's life, in this class. Elma Staten is in the front row second from the left and Neva Blair is in the third row directly behind the boy behind Elma. The write-up in the Progressus says that this was the largest class ever to enroll at Williamsburg High School up to that time with 38 students in September 1937 but there are only 37 in this picture (Glenn Godsey died in the fall semester) and by spring 1928 they were down to 32 students. Dad was a junior in the 1928 Progressus. His class had 19 students in it and he was the president of the class. He wrote in his copy of the 1928 Progressus that he had been the class president in 1926 to 1927, 1927 to 1928 and 1928 to 1929 (so Murry came by his political talents honestly [Grant Jr. High class president for 7th and 8th grades and head boy at Grant in 9th grade]). Bill has 2 copies of the 1928 Progressus (one mom's and one dad's) and 2 copies of the 1931 Progressus when mom graduated (one mom's and the other one has the cover torn off -- Neva's?). Neva is not included in the 23 graduating seniors in the 1931 Progressus so she didn't graduate with her class because she married dad on February 1, 1930 and Anna Maree was born on September 7, 1930. Neva and dad were divorced on December 1, 1933. Dad married mom on April 27, 1934 and Bill was born in 1934 and Murry in 1937. In the May 1967 Williamsburg High School Alumni Directory, Neva Blair Harding was listed with the class of 1932's thirty graduates and she lived in Granger, Utah at that time. In the 1974 Alumni Directory, Neva lived in Emporia, Kansas. Neva was killed during a tornado near Topeka, Kansas on June 8, 1974. Neva Blair Harding is buried with her parents in Mount Olivet Cemetery near Williamsburg, Kansas.](http://Grigsbys.smugmug.com/photos/214054854_ptPqh-Ti.jpg "Murry > Mom wrote on the back of the photo: \"Freshman Class 1927-1928 term\" \"23 boys - 14 girls - Total 37\" This photograph is similar to the one that appears in the 1928 Williamsburg High School yearbook, the Progressus, and both pictures show Elma Staten and Neva Blair, the loves of our father's life, in this class. Elma Staten is in the front row second from the left and Neva Blair is in the third row directly behind the boy behind Elma. The write-up in the Progressus says that this was the largest class ever to enroll at Williamsburg High School up to that time with 38 students in September 1937 but there are only 37 in this picture (Glenn Godsey died in the fall semester) and by spring 1928 they were down to 32 students. Dad was a junior in the 1928 Progressus. His class had 19 students in it and he was the president of the class. He wrote in his copy of the 1928 Progressus that he had been the class president in 1926 to 1927, 1927 to 1928 and 1928 to 1929 (so Murry came by his political talents honestly [Grant Jr. High class president for 7th and 8th grades and head boy at Grant in 9th grade]). Bill has 2 copies of the 1928 Progressus (one mom's and one dad's) and 2 copies of the 1931 Progressus when mom graduated (one mom's and the other one has the cover torn off -- Neva's?). Neva is not included in the 23 graduating seniors in the 1931 Progressus so she didn't graduate with her class because she married dad on February 1, 1930 and Anna Maree was born on September 7, 1930. Neva and dad were divorced on December 1, 1933. Dad married mom on April 27, 1934 and Bill was born in 1934 and Murry in 1937. In the May 1967 Williamsburg High School Alumni Directory, Neva Blair Harding was listed with the class of 1932's thirty graduates and she lived in Granger, Utah at that time. In the 1974 Alumni Directory, Neva lived in Emporia, Kansas. Neva was killed during a tornado near Topeka, Kansas on June 8, 1974. Neva Blair Harding is buried with her parents in Mount Olivet Cemetery near Williamsburg, Kansas.")
Dad wrote on the back of this photo: Standing - Vina Graves, Lida Grigsby, Thelma Graves, Fred Graves, William Grigsby, Bruce Graves. Sitting - Maxine Graves, Eva Graves, George Graves. This is George Graves' farm in Ohio Township of Franklin County Kansas probably in about 1924 after George and Eva's son Ezra died in 1922.
Dad wrote on the back of this photo: Standing - Vina Graves, Lida Grigsby, Thelma Graves, Fred Graves, William Grigsby, Bruce Graves. Sitting - Maxine Graves, Eva Graves, George Graves. This is George Graves' farm in Ohio Township of Franklin County Kansas probably in about 1924 after George and Eva's son Ezra died in 1922.
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