James C Grace

Brief Life History of James C

When James C Grace was born in June 1867, in Walker, Alabama, United States, his father, Nathan Pennington Grace, was 25 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Randolph, was 26. He married Nancy Emma Thornton on 22 December 1887, in Wilcox, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Milton, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Brown Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 31 October 1955, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

James C Grace
1867–1955
Nancy Emma Thornton
1866–1933
Marriage: 22 December 1887
DeLenn Grace
1891–1970
Wren Grace
1892–1985
Iter Ilene Grace
1895–1940
Inez G Grace
1895–1985
Kirkscey "Kirk" Grace
1898–1982
Martha Grace
1900–1987
Loomis Buster Grace
1902–1978
Ivory Grace
1904–1904
Avery Grace
1904–1994

Sources (17)

  • James Grace in household of Nathenial Grace, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jim Grace, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
  • J C Grace in entry for Avery Grace, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"

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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French cras, gras ‘fat, big’ (from Latin crassus, Anglo-Latin grassus).

English: topographic name from Middle English gras ‘grass, pasture’ (Old English græs), for someone who lived near an area of grassland.

Scottish: in some instances, probably a variant of Gracey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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