ISAAC G. GRISHAM

Parents:  __?__ Grisham  and Nancy __?__

Grandfather:  George Gresham, Sr. --Traditionally

Wives: (1) Elizabeth Mason
           (2) Sarah Elizabeth Mason
           (3) Sarah Jane Beggs

Born: 26 August, Lawrence County, TN
Died: 05 June, 1927, Henderson County, TX

Elizabeth (Mason) Grisham, first wife of Isaac Grisham was the daughter of Gillie (Olive) Mason and her first husband--OR she may have been the daughter of Mr. Mason.  After Mr. Mason's death Gillie assumed care of her daughter/step-daughter.  In 1850 Elizabeth was enumerated as Elizabeth Grisham in the home of A. J. and Gillie Grisham in Tishomingo County, MS.

In 1860 Isaac G. and Elizabeth (Mason) Grisham were enumerated immediately after Andrew Jackson and Gillie Grisham in Tishomingo County, MS.

Isaac G. "Black Ike" Grisham was a first cousin of Isaac C. "Red Ike" Grisham, who was a son of George Washington Grisham, Jr., who was the oldest son of George Gresham, Sr.  and his first wife, Miss Waugh.  "Black Ike," who had black hair, and "Red Ike," who had red hair, were contemporaries in old Tishomingo County, MS, and after 1870 in Prentiss County, MS. [Source:  Dr. Lee Williamson, husband of Mary Wyley Grisham, a great-granddaughter of Isaac G. "Black Ike." Grisham]

If Isaac G. "Black Ike" were a first cousin of Isaac C. "Red Ike," then Isaac G. "Black Ike" was a grandson of George Gresham Sr., who died in Lawrence County, TN, in 1852.  I have found nothing to identify the father of Isaac G.  Isaac G.'s father would have been a brother of George Washington Grisham, Jr.  

The mother of Isaac G. "Black Ike" was Nancy, who was born about 1807.  Nancy might have been the widow of Isaac Grisham who died in Lawrence County, TN, in 1838.    If she were the widow of the Isaac Grisham who died in 1838, it appears that she married another Grisham who also died before 1870.  All of her children used the surname Grisham.

Children of Nancy Grisham--mother if Isaac G. Grisham

     i Amanda GRISHAM, born 1835/6, AL.

2  ii. Isaac G. "Black Ike" GRISHAM, born 26 August, 1837.

   iii. Sarah GRISHAM,  born about 1840, KY.²

   iv. Emaline GRISHAM, born about 1842, MS.²

   v. Robert GRISHAM,  born about 1843, MS.²

   vi. Jasper W. J. GRISHAM, born 1845, MS.²

CENSUS RECORDS

1850
Tishomingo County, MS
Family of Andrew Jackson Grisham, Sr. and Gillie Olive
Dwelling #: 150; Family #: 156

NAME	AGE	SEX	COLOR	OCCUPATION	VALUE	BIRTH PLACE
Gresham, Andrew	35	M	W	Farmer	---	VA
Gillie	26	F	W	.	.	NC
Elizabeth	12	F	W	.	.	AL
Ephraim	8	M	W	.	.	TN
Tilda J.	6	F	W	.	.	TN
Martha	5	F	W	.	.	TN
James	5/12	M	W	.	.	MS

1860 Census
MS, Tishominga County
Place of enumeration: Blackland on 20 June, 1860
PAGE 34: Dwelling Number: 224; Family Number: 224

NAME	AGE	SEX	OCCUPATION	VALUE-- REAL ESTATE	VALUE-- PERSONAL PROPERTY	BIRTH PLACE
Grisham, I. G.	23	M	Farm Laborer	$400	.	TN
Elizabeth	22	F	.	.	.
Minnie	8/12	F	.	.	.	MS

1870 Prentiss County, MS
Post Office: Boonville, MS
Enumerated by L. W. Redus, Ass’t Marshall on 9 July, 1870
Page 29; Dwelling No.: 200; Family No: 200
Family of Isaac G. Grisham and Sarah Elizabeth Mason

NAME	AGE	SEX	OCCUPATION	VALUE- REAL ESTATE	VALUE- PERSONAL PROPERTY	BIRTH PLACE
Grisham, Isaac	33	M	Farmer	$600	$400	TN
Sarah E.	31	F	House Keep	.	.	AL
Betty	6	F	.	.	.	MS
John W.	3	M	.	.	.	MS
James H.	8/12	M	.	.	.	MS

Based on the age of Betty --years old in 1870, it appears that Elizabeth (Mason) Grisham died about 1863.

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SOURCES

1. "Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, IV, #3, Pg. 18

2. "Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, IV, #3 Pg. 18

3. Barnes, Mrs. Irene, "Marriges of Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Vol. I, 1837-1859" Compiled & printed by Mrs. Irene Barnes, Iuka, MS, 1978.

4. 1860 US Census, Tishomingo Co., MS.

5. Williamson, Dr. Lee--telephone conversation 8 Nov., 1987. Dr. Williamson has a family Bible which records births and deaths.

6. "Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, IV, #3 Pg. 18, & Vol. VI, #2, p. 38.

7. 1900 US Census, Henderson Co., TX.

8. "Gresham, Any Way You Spell It", Vol. V, #1, Pg. 3.

9. "Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, IV, #3 Pg. 17, 18, 19.

ANDREW JACKSON GRISHAM & GILLIE OLIVE (MAS0N)