Lemma Newell GrishamAge: 75 years18791954

Name
Lemma Newell Grisham
Given names
Lemma Newell
Surname
Grisham
Birth June 22, 1879 36 21
Death of a paternal grandmotherBetsey Slate
before 1880 (Age 6 months)

Death of a paternal grandfatherMoses Grisham Grissom
February 1880 (Age 7 months)
MarriageEdna Earl AdamsView this family
January 27, 1901 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
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Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham
November 2, 1901 (Age 22 years)
Death of a motherHattie R. Mitchell
January 7, 1912 (Age 32 years)
Death of a fatherJames B. Grisham
April 19, 1915 (Age 35 years)
Marriage of a childJames Eldridge CassidyEdith Vallie (Valeria) GrishamView this family
January 3, 1922 (Age 42 years)
Death of a wifeEdna Earl Adams
August 8, 1952 (Age 73 years)
Death September 28, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Family with Edna Earl Adams - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 27, 1901Nevada Co., AR
9 months
daughter

  1. Generation 1
    1. Lemma Newell Grisham, son of James B. Grisham and Hattie R. Mitchell, was born on June 22, 1879 in Union Parish, LA and died on September 28, 1954 in Hope, AR at the age of 75. He married Edna Earl Adams, daughter of Martin Franklin Adams and Sarah Jane May, on January 27, 1901 in Nevada Co., AR. She was born on April 19, 1878 in Hempstead Co., AR and died on August 8, 1952 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR at the age of 74.

      Children of Lemma Newell Grisham and Edna Earl Adams:

      1. Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham (19011968)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham, daughter of Lemma Newell Grisham and Edna Earl Adams, was born on November 2, 1901 in Bodcaw, Nevada Co., AR and died on January 17, 1968 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR at the age of 66. She married James Eldridge Cassidy, son of James M. Cassidy and Sarah Louisa Russell, on January 3, 1922 in Nevada Co., AR. He was born on August 19, 1898 in Parker Twp., Nevada Co., AR and died on March 11, 1957 in Hope, Hempstead Co., AR at the age of 58.

      Children of Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy:

      1. Virginia Dell Cassidy (19231994)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Virginia Dell Cassidy, daughter of James Eldridge Cassidy and Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham, was born on June 6, 1923 in Bodcaw, Nevada Co., AR and died in January 1994 at the age of 70. She married 3 times. The first time she married William Jefferson Blythe, son of William Jefferson Blythe and Lou Birchie Ayers. The second time she married Roger Clinton in August 1962. He was born on July 25, 1909 and died in November 1967 at the age of 58. The third time she married Jeff Dwire in 1968. He died in 1974.

      Virginia Dell Cassidy and William Jefferson Blythe had 1 child.

Shared note

In the 1900 census, he is listed as Lemar N. Grisham with a date of birth of Sept. 1879.