John Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1 Dec 1841 - Indiana
    Christening: 
          Death: 21 Jan 1915 2
         Burial: in IOOF Cem., Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa 3
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: George Thompson Grinstead (1817-1865) 4
         Mother: Emeline Wildman (1819-1909) 5
Spouses and Children 
1. *Marie Louise Grinstead (9 Jan 1846 - 10 Aug 1906) 6 
       Marriage: 7 Oct 1865 - Davis Co., Iowa 6
Notes
General:
WGFA:

The William Grinstead Family in America (Gorrell Shumaker and John L. N. Grinstead, 1974):

pg 131: "John Grinstead (12/1/1841 - 1/21/1915) married 10/7/1865 (1) Marie Louise Grinstead (1/9/1846 - 8/10/1906) m. (2) Amanda J. Crony. No children by either marriage. He served with the 3rd Iowa Cavalry. John and Marie are buried at Dunnesville, IA."

COMMENT:

They are buried in Bloomfield, Iowa.

MARRIAGE:

John and Marie Louise were third cousins. Their common great-great-grandfather was John Grinstead who died in 1791 in Henrico Co., Virginia. The two lines of descent are
<pre>
Jack -- John Thompson -- George Thompson -- John
Richard -- Richard (1788) -- Richard H. -- Marie Louise
</pre>

Jack followed his son John Thompson to the northeast part of Jennings Co., Indiana about 1823. His brother Richard went to Warren Co., Kentucky about 1805. Richard H. went with his father Richard (1788) to the west central part of Jennings Co. sometime before 1840. In about 1850 George Thompson and Richard (1788) along with his son Richard H. left Jennings Co. and went to Davis Co., Iowa. There John and Marie Louise married in 1865.
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Sources

1 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 131. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 32485690.

3 "Davis County, Iowa I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa," Iowa Genealogical Society, 1989, pg 67. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

4 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 131 & Supplement pg S-30. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 131 & Supplement S-30. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 93. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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