Robert Calvin Grissom

b. 25 March 1860, d. 29 March 1938
  • Robert Calvin Grissom was born on 25 March 1860 in Mississippi.
  • He married Martha Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Jasper Newton Walker and Martha Jane Lightsey, on 15 October 1884.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom became a widower at the 10 April 1900 death of his wife Martha Elizabeth Walker.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Goshen, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mattie Amanda Grissom. Also in the household were children William N (age 14), Nancy (12, Carry (10, John (9), Thomas (4), Mary (2) and Nora (8 months.)
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen on 12 June 1902 in Walker County, Texas.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom and Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas, Also in the household were Robert's children Nancy J. (age 22), Thomas C. (14), Mary J. (12) and Flora D. (10). Other members of the household included Mattie Amanda Grissom.
  • He was a drygoods merchant, according to the 1910 census.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom and Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Also in the household were Robert's son Thomas (age 24), daughter Flora (20) and her husband Thomas Glover, and granddaughters Thelma (11) and Estelle (9) Walker.
  • He was proprietor of a general store, according to the 1920 census.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom and Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • He was a merchant, according to the 1930 census.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom became a widower at the 5 November 1937 death of his wife Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen.
  • Robert Calvin Grissom died on 29 March 1938 at age 78 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas, . Informant was T. C. Grissom, Richards.
  • He was interred at Ebenezer Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 26 May 2015

Family 1: Martha Elizabeth Walker b. 5 May 1866, d. 10 April 1900

Family 2: Margaret Cornelia Frances Cauthen b. 18 July 1861, d. 5 November 1937