Alexander B GREGORY Oneta Belle GREGORY Harvey C GRIMSLEY C O MURPHY Esther B GREGORY Minnie E GREGORY Alvenie P GREGORY Few Edgar GREGORY Malinda GREGORY Lue Jane GREGORY Jane GREGORY Mini tree diagram
Molly L GREGORY

Molly L GREGORY1,4,3,2,3

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]
    - page 16A -
    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

Sources

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