Josephine McIver

Josephine McIver

• Father: David McIver b. circa 1810, d. circa 1883
• Mother: Nancy Ann b. circa 1810, d. January 1866

• Josephine McIver was born circa 1848 in Texas.
• David McIver and Nancy Ann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Josephine McIver, Mary J. McIver, Ophelia McIver, Mary Eurilda McIver and David H. McIver.
• David McIver and Nancy Ann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, enumerated not far from the household Henry and Ivanona Flynt.. Other members of the household included Josephine McIver, Mary Eurilda McIver, David H. McIver and John D. McIver.
• She married William Holland Grissett on 9 November 1865 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Josephine McIver and William Holland Grissett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Josephine McIver and William Holland Grissett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included M. Ella Grissette, David F. Grissette, Ophelia Grissette, Lizzie Faye Grissette and Franklin David McMillan.
• Josephine McIver became a widow at the 8 July 1885 death of her husband William Holland Grissett.
• The following appeared on 10 October 1927 in The Dallas Morning News: Dr. J. D. McIver, 76, of 4319 Bexar street, a retired physician, died at his home at midnight Sunday. He was born June 27, 1851, at Bryan, received his education in Kentucky and took postgraduate work in Belleview Hospital, New York. He was married to Miss Theresa Antoinette Horton of McKinney, Dec. 22, 1875, three children being born to this union. His first wife dying, he married Miss Vallie Robertson in Dallas in 1910. For thirty years he practiced his profession in this city.
       Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Toy Kreas and Miss May McIver, and a son, Otto McIver, former Texas League baseball star, all of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. Joe Grisset of Waco.
• Josephine McIver died on 4 August 1929.
• She was interred at Zion Methodist Cemetery, Iola, Grimes County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 4 Dec 2013