MARTHA A. "MATTIE" (GRISHAM) MITCHELL
BORN: 22 Jul 1848, AL/TN
DIED: 29 Nov 1908, near Rosston, Nevada County , AR, BURIED:
Union Cemetery, near Rosston, Nevada County , AR
PARENTS: Andrew Jackson Grisham
and Gillie Mason nee Olive
Husband: Robert Henry MITCHELL
17. Martha A. "Mattie" GRISHAM (4.Andrew2,
1.George1) married Robert
Henry MITCHELL on 5 May 1866, in Tishomingo County (now
Prentiss County ), MS. Robert Henry MITCHELL, a Baptist
preacher, was born 13 February, 1841, in South Carolina. Robert
died 25 March, 1901, near Rosston, Nevada County , AR, and was buried
in Union Cemetery, near Rosston, Nevada County , AR. Hattie
Grisham wrote to my mother, Clara Elsie Fergusson Crain, 24
September, 1964, and identified Martha as "Mattie"
which was a common nickname for Martha.
Robert served in CSA Co. G, 3 Battalion,
33rd Reg. of MS Infantry. He was in the MS Infantry from Nov., 1861 to
May, 1865. On an assignment in Nov., 1863, he took 3 troopers with him to
apprehend deserters. Could this have been the deserters who murdered his
future father-in-law--Andrew Jackson Grisham, Sr.
Robert probably moved his family to AR about
1868. The first of their 13 children was born in MS.
Martha ended her own life after years of mental illness.
Children:
i Ella MITCHELL born
1867, MS, married Mr. PURTLE.
43. ii Thomas Edmond "Tom" MITCHELL
born 1869.
iii Ada MITCHELL born
1871, AR, married Mr. LOGAN.
iv Laura MITCHELL born
1876, AR, married Mr. WATERS.
v Lawrence MITCHELL born
1875, AR.
vi Pickens MITCHELL born
1877, AR.
vii Cornilia MITCHELL
born 1879, AR.
viii Austin Quitman MITCHELL
born 1880, AR.
ix Luther Henry MITCHELL
born 1882, AR.
44. x Ethel MITCHELL
born 1886.
xi Grover MITCHELL born
1883, AR.
xii Willie MITCHELL born
1889, AR.
xiii Richard MITCHELL
born 1890, AR.
1850 Census Records
Andrew Jackson and Gillie (Olive) (Mason)
Grisham, Sr. were enumerated on 17 April, 1850, in the Southern
District of Tishomingo County, MS, Pg. 96, Visit and Family Nos. 150/150
|
Surname, Given Name |
Age |
M
or
F |
Occupation |
Value
or
Worth |
Place
of
Birth |
|
Grisham, Andrew |
35 |
M |
Farmer |
.
|
VA |
|
Grisham, Gillie |
26 |
F |
.
|
.
|
NC |
|
Grisham, Elizabeth (may have been Elizabeth Mason) |
12 |
F |
.
|
.
|
AL |
|
Grisham, Ephraim |
8 |
M |
.
|
.
|
TN |
|
Grisham, Tilda J. |
6 |
F |
.
|
.
|
TN |
|
Grisham, Martha |
5 |
F |
.
|
.
|
AL |
|
Grisham, James (my great-grandfather) |
5/12 |
M |
.
|
.
|
MS |
1860 CENSUS RECORDS
Andrew Jackson Grisham, Sr. and Gillie (Olive)
(Mason) were enumerated on 20 June, 1860, at Blackland Post Office,
Tishomingo County, MS, Pg. 34, Visit and Family Nos. 223/223.
|
SURNAME, Given Name |
Age |
M
of
F |
Occupation |
Value
or
Worth |
Place
of
Birth |
|
Grisham, A. J. |
44 |
M |
Farmer |
$800/
$1200 |
VA |
|
Grisham, Gillie |
38 |
F |
.
|
.
|
NC |
|
Grisham, Ephraim |
17 |
M |
Laborer |
.
|
TN |
|
Grisham, Matilda J. |
16 |
F |
.
|
.
|
TN |
|
Grisham, Martha A. |
14 |
F |
.
|
.
|
TN |
|
Grisham, James L. |
11 |
M |
.
|
.
|
MS |
|
Grisham, Rachel |
9 |
F |
.
|
.
|
MS |
|
Grisham, Andrew J. |
7 |
M |
.
|
.
|
MS |
|
Grisham, G. W. |
4 |
M |
.
|
.
|
MS |
SOURCES:
Bebee, Jo Carolyn
Gurney, Bill, "Cemteries of Prentiss County, MS"
Perry, Jane
Rees, Dorotha
Taylor Jack L., DDS
1850 US Census, Tishomingo County, MS
1860 US Census, Tishomingo County, MS
ANDREW JACKSON GRISHAM & GILLIE OLIVE (MAS0N)
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