Reuben Grigsby
b. 5 July 1780, d. 1863
- Reuben Grigsby was born on 5 July 1780 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
- He married Verlinda Alexander Porter on 26 February 1817 in Orange County, Virginia, and they had eleven known children between 1818 and 1839.
- Reuben Grigsby became a widower at the circa 1846 death of his wife Verlinda Alexander Porter.
- Reuben Grigsby died in 1863 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
- He was interred at Falling Spring Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
- The following appeared in the 1888 catalog of alumni of Washington & Lee University: (1789-1800) 118. *Reuben Grigsby, Rockbridge Co; Teacher; Farmer; Member Virginia House of Delegates; Captain U. S. Army, 1812; Sheriff Rockbridge; Trustee Washington College, 1830-1843; Died February 6, 1863, aged 83.
- Last Edited: 20 Jun 2009
Family: Verlinda Alexander Porter b. circa 1799, d. circa 1846
- Abner Joseph Grigsby b. 10 November 1821, d. 28 June 1851
- George Hugh Blair Grigsby b. 24 August 1823, d. 13 June 1853