Brief Life History of James Edgar
When James Edgar Grissom was born on 28 November 1899, in Spurger, Tyler, Texas, United States, his father, James Oscar Grissom, was 27 and his mother, Mary Caroline Levins, was 22. He married Mary Frances Willis on 9 October 1926, in Tyler, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Tyler, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Tyler, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 13 August 1975, in Spurger, Tyler, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Turner Branch Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler, Texas, United States.
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- James E Grissom, "United States 1950 Census"
- J E Grissom, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- James Edgar Grissom, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): variant of Grissin, from Old French grison ‘gray’. This surname is now extinct in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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