Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Grimes was born on 23 February 1793, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Wilson Grimes II, was 35 and his mother, Mildred Emily Ricketts, was 29. He married Sarah Sally Hart on 1 June 1814, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 June 1841, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Pisgah Cemetery, Hampshire, Maury, Tennessee, United States.
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- Alexander Grimes, "United States Census, 1820"
- Alexander Grimes, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Alexander Grimes, "Find A Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Grim , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted occasionally in Ireland for Gormley and even Houlihan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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