George W. Grimes (1921)
BENSON, BERTHOLF, GRIMES, IIMES, HAYWOOD, LEAK, LITTON
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 2/24/2008 at 21:32:44
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 27, 1921G. W. GRIMES
G. W. Grimes was born in Indiana May 18, 1847, and died April 17, 1921, at Peru, Iowa.
He came to Iowa in the year 1861, where he has since resided. He was married Feb. 1, 1872 to Penelope Iimes. To this union were born twelve children, six sons and six daughters, all of whom are living, except one daughter, Sarah, who died in 1894.
Those living are: Mrs. J. H. Leak of Crowder, Okla; George Grimes and Emma Benson of Albia, Iowa; Will Grimes and Mrs. Alonzo Bertholf of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Henry Grimes and Mrs. Eliza Litton of St. Charles; Mrs. George Haywood of Winterset; Jeff, Charles and Arthur Grimes.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. R. Shannon and the remains were laid to rest in the Peru cemetery.
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