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died on July 13, 1945, at Marshalltown, Iowa. Harry Orval Grimes was born at Wenona, Illinois, on June 4, 1874. Harry is living at Hemet, California, in 1954.
Reuben died on October 29, 1945. Clara died on August 15, 1936. Reuben and Clara are buried at Marshalltown, Iowa.
Grimm :
An incident that happened in 1904 could have prevented the writing of this history. August Louis Grimm was traveling to Eldora, Iowa, from Lincoln township, Story county, via horse and buggy. He was on his way to meet Elsie Viola Shultz of Hubbard, Iowa. One of the reasons for the meeting in Eldora was to obtain a marriage license. Louis became lost in a snow storm near Union, Iowa. Fortunately a good samaritan happened by and gave Louis the correct directions. One never knows what could happen to a prospective wedding if a prospective bride is kept waiting too long.
Claus Henry Grimm was born on December 28, 1821, in Germany. Catherine Marie Schlichting was born on December 18, 1820, in Germany. Claus and Catherine were married in Germany. They lived near Hamburg before coming to the United States. They arrived in New York on July 6, 1857.
Catherine and Claus lived at Davenport, Iowa, in Louisa county, Iowa, and near Nevada, Iowa, before buying land in Section 11, Lincoln township. They moved to our community in the spring of 1891.
Family sources state that there were four children in the family. It is said that a little girl named Emma, and a baby died in Germany. The other children were August Henry and Carrie Grimm Stahley.
Claus died on March 26, 1892. Catherine died on November 7, 1892. They were buried in the Zearing Cemetery.
August Henry Grimm, the son of Claus and Catherine, was born in Germany on September 12, 1849. Matilda Stoltenberg was born on August 18, 1855, while her parents were crossing the Atlantic ocean from Holstein province, Germany.
August Henry and Matilda were married on October 21, 1873, in Louisa county, Iowa. They moved to Section 14, Lincoln township, in the spring of 1891.
August Henry and Matilda were the parents of six children. Emma died when she was a little girl. She is buried at Nevada, Iowa. August Louis and Malinda Grimm Wolford established permanent homes in Lincoln township. Clara Grimm is living at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1956. Florence Grimm Bell died at Salinas, California, in 1956. Marie Grimm Moore Estes is living at Abilene, Texas, in 1956.