East-Pgs 1201-1300

The SOUTHEAST USA 1201 John A Grant [E1a2b2c], son of Frances A Summers and Wyatt J Grant, was born in 1862 in Hunt Co TX. (485rs) Margaret Grant [E1a2b2b], daughter of Frances A Summers and Wyatt J Grant, was born in 1859 in Hunt Co TX. (85q,485rs) Martha J Grant [E1a2b2d], daughter of Frances A Summers and Wyatt J Grant, was born in 1862 in Hunt Co TX. (485rs) Ruth Grant [E1a2b2a3], daughter of James Madison Grant and Ida _____, was born in November 1889 in Navarro Co TX. (485u) Seth W Grant [E1a2b2a2], son of James Madison Grant and Ida _____, was born 1 Janu- ary 1884 in Navarro Co TX. He married Vera P _____ in 1910 and they lived in Navarro Co. Vera was born in TX in 1892. Seth was a hardware merchant at Blooming Grove, Navarro Co in 1920, and was a salesman in a Creamery store in 1930 at Ft Worth. They had no children. (M,485uvw,194f) Elizabeth H Gravett [E1f2e], daughter of Mary C East and Jesse Gravett, was born in Madison Co AL in 1829. (M92,JF) Obadiah Gravett [E1f2b], son of Mary C East and Jesse Gravett, was born in 1822 in Madison Co AL. He married Sarah F Edwards in Madison Co TN on 22 December 1845. She was born in TN in 1829 (age 21 in 1850, 31 in 1860, 50 in 1870), and they lived in Madison Co AL's 35th civil district in 1850; they had three children by then. Obediah died in the late 1850s, perhaps about 1859 in Arkansas Co AR, and in 1860 Sarah lived next door to Obediah's widowed mother in Arkansas Co. Sarah had seven children- 1. Mary L Gravett, b 1847 in AL. (48n,1367q) 2. Susan T Gravett, b 1848 in AL. She married McCage F Pike about 1870. He was born in AL in 1846. Living next door in Arkansas Co AR in 1870 was the William D Gravett family; in Susan's home was Susan's mother, two siblings, and Susan's two daughters- a. Carroll Pike, b 1868 in AR. (1367r) b. Sarah Pike, b Jan 1870 in AR. (1367r) (,48n,1367qr) 3. Frank Gravett, b 1849 in AL, died in the 1850s. (48n) 4. Henrietta E Gravett, b 1850 in AL. (1367qt) 5. Jesse L Gravett, b 1853 in AL. (1367qr) 6. Caroline T Gravett, b 1855 in AL. (1367q) 7. Sarah O Gravett, b 1858 in AR. (1367q) Living with Obadiah and Sarah in 1850 was Obadiah's blind aunt Susanna Withers East [E1f6]. Madison Co TN is the county just north of Hardeman Co TN. Hardeman Co was where Obadiah's aunt Elizabeth H East lived in 1850. (M92,1m,48n,1367qr) Susan Frances Gravett [E1f2c], daughter of Mary C East and Jesse Gravett, was born 1 June 1823 in Madison Co AL. (M92) Melissa Christine Greer [E1d1a8e1b], daughter of Thomas Parker Greer and Katherine Jane James, was born 15 October 1984 at Tulsa, OK. (NF) Jerrie Kathern Gray [E1b4c7a3b1], daughter of Ruby Vernell Adams and R C Gray, was born 18 November 1947 in McNairy Co TN. She married Larry Junior Hamm in McNairy Co on 20 October 1967. He was born 30 July 1948 in McNairy Co. They have a daughter- a. Judy Lynn Hamm, b 10 Sep 1974 (LR) 1202 The EAST FAMILIES Of Judy Carolyn Gray [E1b4c7a3b2], daughter of Ruby Vernell Adams and R C Gray, was born 19 November 1956 in Shelby Co TN. She married _____ Case, and on 22 June 1979 married Ritchie Dean Bridges. Ritchie was born 31 May 1956 in Chester Co. Judy has two children- a. Heather Lee Case, b 29 Oct 1975 b. Leslie Brian Bridges, b 12 Feb 1981 (LR) Michelle Greer [E1d1a8e1a], daughter of Thomas Parker Greer and Katherine Jane James, was born 16 July 1980 at Auburn, AL. (NF) Thomas Parker Greer [E1d1a8e1], son of Una Mae East and Julian Alsobrook Greer, was born 8 April 1953 in Montgomery, AL. He married Katherine Jane James, daughter of Charles Delano James, on 1 August 1975 in Florence, AL. He was born 22 November 1954. They lived at Tulsa, OK in 1988 and had two daughters- a. Michelle Greer, b 16 July 1980 b. Melissa Christine, 15 Oct 1984 (NF) Alma I Grizzle [E19a3h2e], daughter of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born in February 1894 in Clay Co AL. (257uv) Basil Mansly Grizzle [E19a3h2g], son of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born 16 October 1897 in in Clay Co AL. He was not married in September 1918 when he registered for the WW1 draft, and then lived at home in Lineville. He died in February 1983 at Huntsville. (M,Z,257uvw) Carrie May Grizzle [E19a3h2f], daughter of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born 19 January 1896 in Clay Co AL. She married Cephus Arthur Macoy in Clay Co on 4 September 1918. and died in Clay Co in April 1975. Cephus was born in AL on 14 April 1885, son of James Monroe Macoy (Sep 1850 AL) and Martha Ann Cook (Apr 1851 GA), and died at Lineville, Clay Co in February 1970. In 1930 they lived at Albertville, Marshall Co. They had two daughters- 1. Mary Maude Macoy, b 1921 (272f) 2. Sarah Nell Macoy, b 1926 (272f) Cephas had a daughter from his 1908 marriage with Nancy _____ (1892 AL): Dolsie Macoy, born Oct 1909 in Clay Co. Living next door in 1920 at Lineville were Cephus' parents, and brother James David Macoy (20 Mar 1883 AL) and wife Lulu (1893 AL). In 1930 Carrie's sister Minerva lived with them. (Z,M,257uvmwd,272f) Desma Grizzle [E19a3h2j], son of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born in 1904 in Clay Co AL. (257vw) John William Grizzle [E19a3h2a], son of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born 22 July 1887 in Clay Co AL, likely at or near Wesobulga. He remained in Clay Co for most or all of his life. John married Minnie Lee Hanners in 1917; Minnie was born 22 February 1892 in Clay Co (age 8 in 1900, 17 in 1910, 25 in 1920, age 38 in 1930) and died in Talladega Co in 1969. She was buried in Midway Memorial Gardens at Talladega; her gravestone has an 1887 birth date. Minnie's parents were Albert S Hanners (18 Jun 1864 at Cragford, Clay Co, died inj N OV 1930 at Cragfford) and Fredonia Lowrey (May 1864 Clay Co, married 25 Aug 1881 Clay Co, died 7 Jan 1907 at Ashland, Clay Co). John died 14 June 1936 in Randolph Co. He was not found in 1910, but in 1920 he was living at Lineville, Clay Co (page 207A) as William J Grizzle (and was living between two McCreary families). They had 3 children then; in 1930 John and Minnie were still there, but now with six children, all born in Clay Co AL. They had a son after 1930, making seven children- The SOUTHEAST USA 1203 1. Vera Mae Grizzle, b 1913. She married Isaac Milford Kelley near Cragford, Clay Co on 23 October 1932. He was born in 1911. (257wfm) 2. H V Grizzle (son), b Jun 1915 (257wf) 3. Woodrow W Grizzle, b 13 Jan 1919, died 108 April 1997 and was buried in Midway Memorial Gardens at Talladega. There is a grave there for Sarah "Abbie" Grizzle, born 6 March 1914, and died 23 June 1995. She has exactly the same style of metal gravestone as Woodrow, so is likely his wife. (257wf,243c) 4. Robert Grizzle, b 1920 (257f) 5. Nettie G Grizzle, b Jun 1927 (257f) 6. Ettie Grizzle, b Dec 1929 (257f) 7. John William Grizzle, b 6 Oct 1931, died 5 November 1981 and was buried in Midway Memorial Gardens at Talladega where his mother was buried. John served in the US Army in the Korean War. (243c) There were two John W Grizzle men of nearly the same age (one was born in March and the other born in July 1887), probably closely related, both farmers, and both with a mother of nearly the same name (Angeline and Almedia), both married (wives were Annie L and to Minnie L) and both as adults lived in the same county at the same time. (W,257uwf,243c) Lytle Manning Grizzle [E19a3h2c], son of Almedia Reison Amason and William Lytle Grizzle, was born 16 March 1890 in Randolph Co AL, and moved to Navarro Co TX in the winter of 1916-1917. He had married late in 1911 and had two living children by June 1917 when he registered for the draft in Navarro Co (his name was given as L Lytle Manning Grizzle). His wife was Nellie Ardelia Duncan, born 26 January 1893 in TX, daughter of Noah Marion Duncan from TN and Melinda Frances Herd from AL, and died 29 January 1975 in Tarrant Co TX. She was buried at Fort Worth. Manning was both a farmer and a Baptist preacher. They lived at Mabank, Kaufman Co TX in 1930. Lytle and Nellie had eleven children- 1. L C Grizzle, b 9 July 1912 in TX, died 15 July 1912 and was buried in Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro Co TX. His gravestone is next to his brother W L, and says "Infant Son of L M & N A Grizzle." (485c) 2. W L Grizzle (son), b 9 July 1912 in TX, died the same day and was buried in Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro Co, TX.

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