Ella Mae Grigsby
Ella Mae was born in 1893 in
Louisiana.
1 Ella Mae's father was
Benjamin Fitzpatrick Grigsby and her mother was
Martha Ann Jackson. Her paternal grandparents were
Thomas Moody Grigsby and
Emily Euphemia Smith. She had two brothers and eight sisters, named
Thomas M.,
Benjamin,
Martha Ann,
Elizabeth E.,
Eddie Roberta,
Johnnie E.,
Emily E.,
Ivie Lucille,
Grizzie E. and
Mittie Ruth. She was the third youngest of the eleven children. She died at the age of 84 on November 13th, 1977.
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