before Jun 18781,2,3 - 29th Oct 19254
Life History
before Jun 1878 |
Born in Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas.1,2,3 |
2nd Feb 1896 |
Married Harvey C GRIMSLEY in Miller County, Arkansas.3 |
1910 |
Death of Harvey C GRIMSLEY |
8th Jan 1914 |
Married C O MURPHY in Independence County, Arkansas.3 |
29th Oct 1925 |
Died in Independence County, Arkansas.4 |
Notes
- 1880 Federal Washington County, Arkansas, 16 June, District 214, page 10, Hse/Fam #81S
Grigery, A B W M 41 Head Farming TN TN TN [b abt 1839]
Grigery, Jane W F 31 Wife Keeping House AR GA GA [b abt 1849]
Grigery, O B W F 3 Dau MS MS AR [b abt 1878]
Grigery, M L W F 2 Dau MS MS AR [b abt 1878]
Grigery, E B W F 3 months b March MS MS AR
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Mollie L Gregory
Age 18, Birth Year abt 1878
Residence Boyd, Miller, Arkansas
Spouse's Name H C Grimsley
Spouse's Age 26
Spouse's Residence Boyd, Miller, Arkansas
Marriage 2 Feb 1896 Miller County
Marriage License Date 29 Jan 1896
One of their daughters' Social Security record provides H C's first name, Harvey.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Era Grimsley Hogan [Era Lorene Hogan] [Era Hogan] [Era Grimsley Grimsley]
Birth 30 Jun 1903 Fouke OR Texarkana, Arkansas
Death 20 Jan 1997
Father Harvey C Grimsley
Mother Mollie L Gregory
SSN 430194004
28 Aug 1972 Name listed as ERA GRIMSLEY HOGAN; 12 Jun 1995 Name listed as ERA LORENE HOGAN; 04 Feb 1997 Name listed as ERA G HOGAN
1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, 22 June, Cane Hill, District 99, page 15B-16A, Hse #270, Fam #276
Gregory, Alex Head W M Sep 1837 66 Married 24 yrs TN VA TN Farmer Rents
Gregory, Jane Wife W F June 1847 52 Married 24 yrs 8 children/6 living TN TN TN
Gregory, Onetta B Dau W F Dec 1877 28 AR TN TN
Gregory, Minnie E Dau W F Aug 1879 20 AR TN TN [matches Mollie in 1880]
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Gregory, Ester B Dau W F Mar 1881 19 AR TN TN
Gregory, Few Son W M Aug 1884 15 AR TN TN Farm Laborer
Gregory, Malinda Dau W F Apr 1888 12 AR TN TN
Gregory, Jane Dau W F Sep 1890 9 AR TN TN
M L (Molly in other sources) from the 1880 census does not appear in the 1900 census. The daughter Minnie E appears in the order of birth where Molly was in 1880, but Minnie's birth date is reported as August 1879. So where was she in 1880. Minnie's age in 1905, on her mariage record, was reported as 24, meaning she was born in February 1881 or later, some time before January 1882.
Minnie's birth in February 1881 is also problematic, since her sister Alvenie's grave reports Alvenie was born on 24 October 1881. We don't have an exact day of birth for Minnie, and it would be technically possible for a child to be born in early February and another in later October, but this is unlikely. Birth dates in the 1900 census often present problems like this. We also find that reproted ages and birth dates varied through a person's life in that era. The grave date is often off by one or two years form the recorded birth record. But we do not have Minnie's birth record.
The following newspaper article from 1910 refers to Molly L Gregory Grimsley. Molly's husband died in 1910. The article states that "Mrs Grimsley" returned to Texarkana. The paper is in Batesville, Arkansas, where this orphans home was located . Batesville is in the opposite corner of Arkansas, about 235 miles from Texarkana.
"NOT A HOME FOR WIDOWS. J B Watson and Mrs Grimsley, also two of the children they brought here Tuesday morning, to enter the Masonic Home, returned to Texarkana last night. The Masonic Home here has generally become known as the Masonic Widows' and Orphans [sic] Home, but the superintendent wishes us to call attention to the fact that the institution is not a widows home, but a home for children. ... The superintendent requests that the people, when speaking of the home, to call it the Masonic Home, instead of the Maasonic Widows' and Orphans' Home."
-- Batesville Daily Guard, 29 Apr 1910, Page 5, Clipping courtesy of Shawn Murphy, posted to Newspapers.com 30 Jul 2017, accessed 21 December 2017
Molly left at least one of her chidlren trhere at the Masonic Home for care. An article in September reported on a music recital at the Home in which Molly's sone Onis participated.
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Onis Grimsley performs recital while in Masonic Orphanage on September 16, 1910
... Duet, 'Allegretto,' Onis Grimsley and Mrs. Moore [the teacher].
-- Batesville Daily Guard, 19 September 1910, Page 1, Clipping courtesy of Shawn Murphy, posted to Newspapers.com 30 Jul 2017, accessed 21 December 2017
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Mollie Grimsley
Age 34, Birth Year abt 1880
Residence Independence County, Arkansas
Spouse's Name C O Murphy
Spouse's Age 44
Spouse's Residence Independence County, Arkansas
Marriage 8 Jan 1914 Independence County,
Marriage License Date 8 Jan 1914
"Marriage LIcenses ... C.O. Murphy marriage license to Mollie Grimsby [Grimsley]"
-- Batesville Daily Guard, 24 Jan 1914, Sat, Page 1, Clipping courtesy of Shawn Murphy Member Photo, posted to Newspapers.com 30 Jul 2017, accessed 22 December 2017
Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
Mollie Murphy
Death 29 Oct 1925 Independence County
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