Brief Life History of Columbus Lafayette
When Columbus Lafayette Grissom was born on 14 June 1848, in Alabama, United States, his father, Henry M Grissom, was 51 and his mother, Julia Ann Johnson, was 39. He married Mary Frances Underwood on 19 February 1866, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Beat 2, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 March 1906, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ratliff, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Columbus L Gresham in household of Henry M Gresham, "United States Census, 1860"
- E. L. Grissom, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Columbus Lafayette Grissom, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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