Elesha Peter Grimes
1822 - 1888 (65 years)-
Name Elesha Peter Grimes Born 26 Sep 1822 Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1880 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Died 8 Apr 1888 [1] Buried Snider Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I272 Gritton Last Modified 21 Nov 2018
Family Elizabeth Cessna, b. Oct 1835, Coshocton County, Ohio , d. 5 Feb 1907, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 71 years) Married 3 Oct 1852 Vermilion County, Illinois [3, 4] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 30, Margaret Richardson, mother, signed for Elizabeth Cissna.
Children 1. Austin Grimes, b. 31 Oct 1874, Illinois , d. 13 Jun 1961, Santa Clara County, California (Age 86 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Sep 1822 - Illinois 
Married - 3 Oct 1852 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1880 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Snider Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - History of Vermilion County. H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, IL, H.H. Hill and Co., 1879. Chapter on Blount Township, page 899. E. P. Grimes, Danville, farmer, was born in Pike county, Ohio, on the 20th of August, 1822; was raised a farmer, and has followed that occupation successfully through life. He came to this state in 1838, settling five miles northeast of Danville, where he remained until within a few years. Mr. Grimes was married in this state, in 1852, to Elisabeth Cassia, who was born in 1835. They had by this union ten children, eight living: John M., Elisha c. Alvin, Ella, Charlie, Mary B., Austin and Edward. The deceased were Jacob and William H. Mr. Grimes bas acquired a good property, consisting of three hundred and four acres of good land. In an early day he has frequently gone to Chicago with a team, loaded with apples, and came back with salt. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania. He is republican in politics.
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