Henry Cossel Grimm (Grim Grims Grimes)

• Birth Notes
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rgrimmgenealogy/GrimmKiddHistory.html
    
    Henry C. Grimm was born on 30 Jan 1830 in Elm (Roger's Mill), (near Normalville Fayette County PA) ..........................?????
    
    ......................Obituary of Henry (Cossell) Grimm:
    February 25, 1915 Henry Grimm, 88 years old, a former resident of Fayette County, died February 15, the anniversary of his birth, at his home in Lebanon, Pa (MO?). Mr. Grimm was born in Fayette county, February 15, 1827,.............................???
    

• Death Notes
  • Henry C. Grimm was born on 30 Jan 1830 in Elm (Roger's Mill), (near Normalville Fayette County PA) and died in 1915.
    
    
    
    Obituary of Henry (Cossell) Grimm:
    February 25, 1915 Henry Grimm, 88 years old, a former resident of Fayette County, died February 15, the anniversary of his birth, at his home in Lebanon, Pa (MO?).
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• General Notes
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rgrimmgenealogy/GrimmKiddHistory.html
    
    Henry C. Grimm was born on 30 Jan 1830 in Elm (Roger's Mill), (near Normalville Fayette County PA) and died in 1915. He was a Civil War Cavalryman in Company B of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, which saw extensive action in the Eastern theater, and was wounded several times. His wife was Maria Kern who was born 10 Apr 1824 in Springfield Township, PA (Fayette County); she died on 16 Dec 1884 and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetary, Denton, Nebraska.
    
    
    closeup map of Henry C. Grim's home in Springfield Township, Fayette County, PA
    
    most sources list the following: Wife Maria Kern Married: 2 MAR 1849
    Children:
    Ervin Grimm born in 1851 PA, Rachel Grimm born in 1852 PA, Christinanna Grimm born in 1855 PA, William Nelson Grimm born in 1859 PA, Henry Ellsworth Grimm born in 1863 PA, James born in 1866 PA
    (some sources omit William and James)
    
    
    Brother William N. Grimm
    
    found at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/lyon/bios/lybioi-l.txt
    Christina Grim*.., the mother of C.H. Leichliter, is a daughter of Henry Grim.., who was a farmer and a native of Pennsylvania. He is still living in Missouri, where he owns a fruit farm, and is now retired. He was a soldier and was wounded several times. The Grims.. are of German extraction.
    *mispelled as Grimes on original - a common error!
    
    
    The Luther Grimm papers and other derivative sources are proven to be inaccurate on several counts. I obtained a marriage certificate from 6 August 1885, which stated that Henry E. Grimm's father was Henry C. Grimm and his mother was Maria Kern Grimm. The Luther Grimm middlename entry for Henry - should be E.(the L appears to be a phonetic mistake. He was born 24 June 1863, shortly before The Battle of Gettysburg which his father fought in, not 11 January, 1857. He was in Springfield Township, Fayette County PA (near Normalville). Finally, the always suspicious, identical date of death and location for both father and son as Feb. 15, 1915 in Lebanon, Missouri, is false on several counts. I knew that Henry E., the son died in Lincoln Nebraska in March 1947 from a copy of his obituary my father obtained. In January 2003, some seven years after beginning my "free" internet genealogy search, I came upon this suprising information:
    
    Obituary of Henry (Cossell) Grimm:
    February 25, 1915 Henry Grimm, 88 years old, a former resident of Fayette County, died February 15, the anniversary of his birth, at his home in Lebanon, Pa (MO?). Mr. Grimm was born in Fayette county, February 15, 1827, and in 1849 was married to Miss Maria Kern. To the union six children were born, four of whom survive. Mr. Grimm moved to Saline county, Nebraska, in 1876, shortly after the death of his wife. In 1884 he removed to Iowa and in 1885 was married to Mrs. Armina Saxton. In 1891, they went to Lebanon to reside. Mr. Grimm in 1862 enlisted with Company H, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry and served until the close of the war. In early manhood, he united with the United Brethren Church and remained in that church until his removal to Lebanon when he joined the Madison Methodist Episcopal Church. His surviving children are William of near Indian Head; Henry of Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. J. R. Miller of Denten, Neb.; and Irvine of Ronco, Mr. Grimm resided at Normalville for a number of years. He was a brother of A. C. Grimm, formerly of Moyer, an uncle of Miss Gertrude Grimm of Connellsville, and the grandfather of Mrs. Daniel Miller of Pennsville.
    
    While the location of death cited above raises a question- Joyce Post shows census data from MO and corrects the text as it should read "Mr. Grimm moved to Saline county, Nebraska, in 1876. Shortly after the death of his wife in 1884 he removed to Iowa and in 1885 was married to Mrs. Armina Saxton." Beverly Domer provided the following: "I found Armina Grim age 76, a widow, living with her son Clarence Saxton in the state of California on the 1920 census....Henry Grim has a civil war pension file and the widow is listed as Armina Grim who filed March 1915 from Missouri."
    The census data I received from Joyce Post shows:
    1860 PA Census Fayette Co., Springfield Twp., Elm P.O., lists Henry as a farmer with a personal estate of $125. He was living next door to John Kern and Solomon Grim. John was probably Maria's uncle. The Solomon Grim that lived next door to them was born abt. 1780 and his wife was Christiann born abt. 1783. Not sure what the relationship is, possibly a great uncle???
    1870 PA Census Fayette Co., Springfield Twp., Visit 98, Pg. 431, lists Henry working as a blacksmith. They had 5 children at home -- Ervin 20, Rachel 18, Christina 16, William 12, and Henry 8. Catherine Grimm age 70, Henry's mother, was living with them. They were living next to John and Susan Kern and Alexander Grim, a boarder in the home of Josiah and Francis Miller.
    1880 NE Census, Saline Co., Crete Twp., T9-0755, Pg. 14C lists Henry working as a farmer. They had 3 children living at home -- William, Henry, and James. There was a Charles R. Raley age 24 single b. IL, working as a farmer, living with them.
    1900 IA Census, Tama Co., Ward 1 Toledo, T623-460, Pg. 240 has no occupation listed for Henry, probably retired. It states he and Armina were married 42 years, but I believe that is the total years he was married to both wives, since he married Armina in 1885. Armina's father was born in NY and her mother in VT.
    1910 MO Census, LaClede Co., Lebanon City, ED 44, Visit 175 lists no occupation for Henry. He was 83 on this census. They were both married twice, and Saxton was probably Armina's first married name. She had 4 children, 3 living by her first marriage. No children with Henry.
    Info on cemetery location courtesy of Kathy Harmon, MO look up volunteer.
    Luther Grimm acknowledged that errors may exist in his records that he based on county documents and family rememberances, nevertheless, our tree of the Andreas Grimm line was erroneously transcribed and orally lost, until now! getting the good family tree folks to change such errors is another story however. The Grim(m) search was quite an investigatory journey I might say - with noted help from Sue Benton, Bob Dillon, Thomas R. Grimm, Joyce Post, Kathy Harmon, Kimberly Williams, Beverly Domer and Matt Steinhausen. In addition, Matt sent me this picture of Maria Kern Grimm's gravestone: