The Grimes Group - Past & Present

Grimes, Harold Willis (male)
Father	30 Sep 1894	Grimes, Ralph James
Mother	9 Nov 1895	Shaw, Melvina Jane
Birth	17 Aug 1916	OH, Union Co.
Death	1 Sep 1995	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold W. & Betty J. (Gravestone)
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold W. (Gravestone/Military)
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children
Harold retired from USAF at Tech. Sergeant. Life Member American Legion Post #614, Hilliard, Ohio. He was a drycleaner, bookkeeper, and airplane mechanic (B-24). He died of heart failure from complications due to a doctor's error following bowel surgery. Also he was physically exhausted from taking care of Helen at home during her final illness. He began work as a drycleaner at father-in-law's business in Bellefontaine, OH, and after Patten Brothers Drycleaners went out of business (see Hugh McVay Patten), he was a bookkeeper for a plumbing company in the Hilliard area. Several years later, he returned to drycleaning with Acme Cleaners in Columbus, and later Tremont Cleaners of Upper Arlington. He went to a drycleaning training school, but had no other post-high school education. The family was living in Bellefontaine in 1948 per his mother Melvina's obituary. The family moved to 3434 Main St. in Hilliard in 1960.

Walker, Helen Levon Sink (female)
Birth	2 Oct 1917	OH, Adams Co., Stout
Death	16 Jul 1995	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville

Family of Grimes, Harold Willis & Walker, Helen Levon Sink
Marriage	13 Aug 1979	Unknown
Harold & Helen dated as teenagers in Marysville, then met again (along with Betty Patten) when Helen's first husband was dying of cancer. They all knew each other over the years, since Marysville High School has a class reunion for all classes each year.

Living (male)
Father	9 Oct 1920	Grimes, James Wiley
Mother	11 Apr 1925	Smith, Louise
Birth	1 Mar 1955	OH, Franklin Co., Columbus

English, Bonita Marie (female)
Birth	9 Jul 1955	OH, Franklin Co., Columbus
Death	11 May 2001	OH, Franklin Co., Columbus

Family of English, Bonita Marie
Marriage	19 Jul 1975	OH, Franklin Co., Columbus
Girl		Living
Girl		Living

Grimes, Mary Elizabeth (female)
Father	30 Sep 1894	Grimes, Ralph James
Mother	9 Nov 1895	Shaw, Melvina Jane
Birth	19 Jan 1922	OH, Union Co.
Death	10 May 1997	OH, Champaign Co., Urbana
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	About 1940	Grimes, Mary Elizabeth
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children

Shaw, Leon Joseph (male)
Birth	11 Jun 1920	OH, Champaign Co., Urbana
Death	21 Nov 1987	OH, Champaign Co., Urbana

Family of Grimes, Mary Elizabeth & Shaw, Leon Joseph
Marriage	4 May 1946	Unknown

Grimes, Ralph Wilbur (male)
Father	30 Sep 1894	Grimes, Ralph James
Mother	9 Nov 1895	Shaw, Melvina Jane
Birth	11 Jun 1928	OH, Union Co.
Death	26 Jan 1991	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Ralph Wilbur (Gravestone)
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	1943	Grimes, Howard Eugene and Mildred
Picture	About 1946	Grimes, Ralph Wilbur
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children
Died of Cancer. Nickname was "Red". Veteran of the Korean War.

Living (female)
Birth	22 Apr 1931	OH, Union Co., Pharisburg

Family of Grimes, Ralph Wilbur
Marriage	About 7 Sep 1951	Unknown
Boy		Living
Boy		Living
Boy		Living
Boy		Living
Girl		Living

Grimes, Ralph Wilbur (male)
Father	30 Sep 1894	Grimes, Ralph James
Mother	9 Nov 1895	Shaw, Melvina Jane
Birth	11 Jun 1928	OH, Union Co.
Death	26 Jan 1991	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Ralph Wilbur (Gravestone)
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	1943	Grimes, Howard Eugene and Mildred
Picture	About 1946	Grimes, Ralph Wilbur
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children
Died of Cancer. Nickname was "Red". Veteran of the Korean War.

Living (female)

Family of Grimes, Ralph Wilbur
Marriage	30 Dec 1982	Unknown

Living (male)
Father	30 Sep 1894	Grimes, Ralph James
Mother	9 Nov 1895	Shaw, Melvina Jane
Birth	15 Dec 1930	OH, Union Co.
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children

Alexander, Virginia Mae (female)
Father	Unknown	Living
Mother	Unknown	Living
Birth	21 Oct 1931	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Death	14 Jul 2004	OH, Union Co., Marysville

Family of Alexander, Virginia Mae
Marriage	3 Aug 1951	OH, Union Co., Marysville, First United Methodist Church
Girl		Living
Girl	25 Nov 1954	Grimes, Lori Jane
Girl		Living
Boy		Living

Grimes, Lori Jane (female)
Father	15 Dec 1930	Living
Mother	21 Oct 1931	Alexander, Virginia Mae
Birth	25 Nov 1954	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Death	2 Aug 1957	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Lori Jane (Gravestone)
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Ralph James and Melvina (Gravestone) )

Grimes, Everett E. (M.?) (male)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	4 Aug 1889	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	6 Feb 1896	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, James Henry and Mary E. & Children (Gravestone)
Died of Brain Trouble. Died at 6 yrs., 6 mo., 2 days.Noted in the Marysville Tribune of Wed., February 12, 1896 by the Amrine correspondent: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Amrine attended the funeral of Mr. Grimes' little boy last Friday". Also noted in the Topics About Town feature: "The six-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. James Grimes, who reside west of town, died Wednesday of brain fever, and was buried Friday at Oakdale cemetery".

Grimes, Charles V. (male)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	1892	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	1893	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, James Henry and Mary E. & Children (Gravestone)
Charles is not listed in UCPC records under either births or deaths. The only information showing his existence is from cemetery visit, showing his gravestone.

Grimes, Elva Marie (female)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	30 Jul 1896	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	25 Jul 1963	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
At time of death, she had 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. She was ill and a resident of Crawford Nursing Home. Member of Trinity Lutheran church. 1900 Soundex shows her being born November 1892. Elva is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, OH with second husband Frank Cavis.

Barnhart, Pearl J. (male)
Father	Calc 1860	Barnhart, Thomas M.
Mother	1866	Mary E.
Birth	1895	OH
Death	1952	Unknown

Family of Grimes, Elva Marie & Barnhart, Pearl J.
Marriage	Unknown	Unknown
Boy	13 Nov 1914	Barnhart, Melvin
Boy	11 Feb 1920	Barnhart, Carroll Eugene

Grimes, Ralph James (male)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	30 Sep 1894	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	8 Oct 1974	FL, Reddington Shores
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Ralph James and Melvina (Gravestone) )
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children
Died of Heart trouble. 1900 Soundex shows him as being born Apr. 1890. He was employed on his father's farm in 1910. He worked as a sharecropper, and was a laborer for Federal Brass and Fisher Brass. He also installed crossing signals for the railroad, and finally worked at OM Scotts in Marysville, as a shipping clerk in 1957. The family lived in several parts of Union County, and near Zanesville. Nickname was "Pop".

Beightler, Otella E. (female)
Father	Unknown	Living
Mother	Unknown	Living
Birth	6 Jan 1896	OH, Union Co.

Family of Grimes, Ralph James & Beightler, Otella E.
Marriage	7 Mar 1953	OH, Union Co.

Grimes, Ralph James (male)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	30 Sep 1894	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	8 Oct 1974	FL, Reddington Shores
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Ralph James and Melvina (Gravestone) )
Picture	Unknown	Grimes, Harold Willis with his parents and some family
Picture	About Aug 1970	Grimes, Ralph James with his children
Died of Heart trouble. 1900 Soundex shows him as being born Apr. 1890. He was employed on his father's farm in 1910. He worked as a sharecropper, and was a laborer for Federal Brass and Fisher Brass. He also installed crossing signals for the railroad, and finally worked at OM Scotts in Marysville, as a shipping clerk in 1957. The family lived in several parts of Union County, and near Zanesville. Nickname was "Pop".

McCarty, Monnetta (female)
Father	Unknown	Living
Mother	Unknown	Living
Birth	13 May 1898	OH, Union Co.
Death	1982	Unknown

Family of Grimes, Ralph James & McCarty, Monnetta
Marriage	22 Feb 1957	OH, Union Co., Marysville

Grimes, Elva Marie (female)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	30 Jul 1896	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	25 Jul 1963	OH, Union Co., Paris Twp., Marysville
At time of death, she had 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. She was ill and a resident of Crawford Nursing Home. Member of Trinity Lutheran church. 1900 Soundex shows her being born November 1892. Elva is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, OH with second husband Frank Cavis.

Cavis, Frank A. (male)
Birth	1890	Unknown
Death	1956	Unknown

Family of Grimes, Elva Marie & Cavis, Frank A.
Marriage	Unknown	Unknown

Grimes, Frederick Harry (male)
Father	28 Aug 1857	Grimes, James Henry
Mother	12 Jun 1867	Stoll, Mary Elizabeth
Birth	20 May 1898	OH, Union Co., Allen Twp.
Death	26 Mar 1942	OH, Auglaize Co., New Knoxville
Cause of death was lung cancer. Fred ran a farm near Marysville (now part of the Honda facility site), but was forced to sell it when his barn burned down while they were at church, and he lost two prized Belgian work horses. Without them it would be difficult to succeed on the farm. He then drove a bus route between Columbus, OH and Fort Wayne, IN. He would stop to refuel each way in New Knoxville at a gas station owned by one of Arminta's relatives. She did their accounting books, and that is how they met. When the bus line shut down, he started a grocery in New Knoxville in 1929, which he ran for about three years. He then operated a grocery in Bellefontaine which he leased. His final illness forced him to give up the store shortly before his death, when he moved to New Knoxville, OH where his second wife was from, and where his son Dale had recently purchased a grocery.

McCracken, Nellie Lucile (female)
Father	1866	McCracken, Isaac F.
Mother	1869	Ullom, Eliza
Birth	13 Sep 1898	PA, Greene Co.
Death	1926	Unknown
Commonly known as Lucile. She died from blood poisoning. One day she was opening a can, and cut her hand. While she thought nothing of it, she contracted blood poisoning from the can lid that cut her, and she died within about three days.

Family of Grimes, Frederick Harry & McCracken, Nellie Lucile
Marriage	29 Aug 1918	OH, Union Co., Marysville
Girl	4 Aug 1919	Grimes, Evelyn Marie
Boy	5 Feb 1922	Grimes, Dale Frederick

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