Andrew Jackson Grisham, Sr.

Andrew Jackson Grisham Sr. BIRTH 1815 Virginia, USA DEATH 1863 (aged 47–48) Mississippi, USA BURIAL Anderson-Grisham Cemetery Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA MEMORIAL ID 16918412 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 4 Andrew Jackson Grisham moved his family from Tennessee to Blackland, Old Tishomingo County, MS, prior in 1850.

Andrew Jackson and Gillie (Olive) (Mason) Grisham, Sr. were enumerated on 17 April, 1850, in the Southern District of Tishomingo County, MS, Pg. 96, Visit and Family Nos. 150/150 1850 Census Surname, Given Name Age Occupation

Grisham, Andrew 35 Farmer VA Grisham, Gillie 26 NC Grisham, Elizabeth* 12 AL Grisham, Ephraim 8 TN Grisham, Tilda J. 6 TN Grisham, Martha 5 AL Grisham, James 5/12 MS

• (was Elizabeth Mason)

1860 CENSUS Andrew Jackson Grisham, Sr. and Gillie (Olive) (Mason) were enumerated on 20 June, 1860, at Blackland Post Office, Tishomingo County, MS, Pg. 34, Visit and Family Nos. 223/223.

Grisham, A. J. 44 Farmer $800/$1200 VA Grisham, Gillie 38 NC Grisham, Ephraim 17 Laborer TN Grisham, Matilda J. 16 TN Grisham, Martha A. 14 TN Grisham, James L. 11 MS Grisham, Rachel 9 MS Grisham, Andrew J. 7 MS Grisham, G. W. 4 MS

Jo Carolyn (Anderson) Beebe has thus described for her descendants the conditions during the Civil War in Tishomingo County, MS:

"Tishomingo County was a crossroads of the Civil War in northeast Mississippi. Confederate and Union Armies crisscrossed the county. There were many scrimishes in the area. The battle at Shiloh was nearby and even closer were the battle at Corinth, the battle at Harrisburg (later named Tupelo), and the battle at Brice's Crossroads near Baldwyn. There are many graves from both sides in the area."

During the Civil War some military deserters followed Andrew home and shot him in front of his wife and children. According to the family story told by the my grandmother, Ida Rose Anna (Grisham) Fergusson and by Noel Grisham, Gillie was so distraught at seeing her husband's being murdered by marauders/Civil War deserters that she drowned herself in a well. According to the family story told by the descendants of Matilda Jeanette "Tilda," Gillie was so unhappy living with her oldest son Ephraim that she jumped into a well shortly after Andrew's death.

By 1870 most of the children of Andrew and Gillie were enumerated in the household of their oldest brother, Ephraim. James Lemuel was enumerated as a laborer in the home of his future mother-in-law, Harriett (Garner) Jones.

• Elizabeth Mason had married Isaac G. "Black Ike" Grisham and was deceased before 1870.

Family Members Parents Photo George Washington Gresham 1777–1852

Spouse Photo Sarah Gillie Olive Grisham 1824–1863

Siblings George Washington Grisham 1792–1849

Photo Samuel D Gresham 1806–1874

Carroll Calloway Grisham 1817–1859

Photo Nancy M Gresham Whitten 1819–1903

Photo John Haran Gresham 1829–1892

Photo M Carolyn Gresham Turnbow 1833–1854

Children Photo Ephraim Isaac Grisham 1842–1925

Photo Matilda Jeanette Grisham Anderson 1844–1914

Photo Martha Grisham Mitchell 1848–1908

Photo James Lemuel Grisham 1849–1926

Photo Rachel Ellen Grisham Savage 1852–1887

Photo Andrew J Grisham 1854–1897

George Washington Grisham 1856–1936

Photo Richard Robert Grisham 1861–1925

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son George Washington Grisham by SmartCopy: Nov 4 2015, 14:12:21 UTC