Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHenry Grimes 
Birth1796, Maryland
Census1820, Washington Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#103, pg 116
Census1840, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#460, pg 277
Census1850, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Death1878, Fayette City, Fayette Co, PA
BurialMt Moriah Presbyterian Cem, Point Marion, Fayette Co, PA
MemoGrimes Family Plot - no headstone
FatherReason Grimes (~1765-)
MotherSusannah McElfresh (1775-)
Misc. Notes
1820 census: male 1=16-26 fem 1<10, 1=16-26
Son of Reason Grimes, one of the first two blacksmiths in Fayette Co according to Ellis’ Fayette Co history.
Son of Reason Grimes, one of the first two blacksmiths in Fayette Co according to Ellis’ Fayette Co history.
Spouses
Birth30 Sep 1800, Harford Co, MD
Death19 Nov 1866, Springhill Twp, Fayette Co, PA
BurialMt Moriah Presbyterian Cem, Point Marion, Fayette Co, PA
MemoGrimes Family Plot
FatherJames Scarborough (1766-1834)
MotherHannah Hipsley (1770-1856)
Misc. Notes
Headstone for birth and death dates. Married to Henry Grimes, son of Reason Grimes (blacksmith for Tunis).
1850 census lists the family as follows:
Henry (54 MD), Sarah (49 MD), Hannah (27), James (25), Tacey (22), Reason (21), Samuel (19), William H. (16), Joseph (13), John (10), Margaret J. (8), and Malverill (5), with all the children born in Fayette Co, PA.
She is buried in the Grimes family plot.
1850 census lists the family as follows:
Henry (54 MD), Sarah (49 MD), Hannah (27), James (25), Tacey (22), Reason (21), Samuel (19), William H. (16), Joseph (13), John (10), Margaret J. (8), and Malverill (5), with all the children born in Fayette Co, PA.
She is buried in the Grimes family plot.
Marriage1822, Fayette Co, PA
ChildrenJames Scarborough (1824-1905)