William Henry Griscom

William H. Griscom

William H. Griscom was born in 1844. He left his home in

New Jersey about 1865 and came to Fort Smith, Arkansas. He

was a carpenter and an inventor. While in Fort Smith he met

James Moore from Boonesboro, now Cane Hill. Mr. Moore hired

him to help build a house near Boonesboro. There he met Nancy

Moore, Mr. Moore's daughter. William H. Griscom and Nancy

Ophelia Moore were married about 1870. They had two sons.

Claude Donpedro Griscom, born 1872, and William Clark Griscom,

born 1875. William H. Griscom died in 1875 a few months

before his second son was born. He is buried in Moore Cemetery.

Claude Griscom attended the Blackjack School near Starr

Hill, which is now Lincoln. He was an apple grower and farmer.

Claude was one of seven incorporators of the Ozarks Rural

Electric Cooperative in 1938. Claude Griscom and Sarah Matilda

May were married in 1899. They lived much of their lives on

farms around Sugar Hill, near Lincoln. They had nine children.

Claude Griscom died in 1956, and is buried in Cane Hill

Cemetery. Claude and Sarah Griscom's children were: Ruth May

Griscom was born at Lincoln, in 1900. Ruth married Frank Matthews

in 1933. They had one daughter, Betty May Matthews

Crumb. Betty May had three children: Joe Bill Crumb, Sheryl

Ann Crumb, and Gary Mark Crumb. Betty May and Bill Crumb

live in Rogers, Arkansas. Ruth Matthews died in 1970, and is

buried in Stuckey Cemetery, near Johnson.

Clark Harlan Griscom was born at Lincoln, in 1901. Clark

married Margeret Pitts in 1929. Clark served as Postmaster in

Lincoln. Clark and Margeret had two children: Shirley Griscom

Reeves and William Clark (Bill) Griscom. Shirley has three

daughters: Debra Lynn Reeves Kimes, Sarah Ruth Reeves and

Suzanne Margeret Reeves. Shirley and Dale Reeves live in St.

Louis, Missouri, where Shirley is a teacher.

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William Clark (Bill) Griscom is an apple grower and farmer.

He Jives on a farm near Lincoln. Clark Harlan Griscom died in

1940 and is buried in the Sugar Hill Cemetery.

Horace Oscar Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1903. Horace

married Mildred Tabb in 1940. Horace is an apple grower and

farmer. He and Mildred have one son, John Lee Griscom. John

married Mary Black in 1972. John is a pipefitter. He and Mary

live on a farm west of Lincoln. Horace and Mildred also live on a

farm west of Lincoln.

Floyd Raymond Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1906. He

married Theo Campbell in 1934. Floyd was an apple grower and

chicken farmer. He was well known as a fisherman. Floyd and

Theo had one son Donald Max Griscom. Don married Barbara

Mileur in 1964. They have two children; Cara Lynn Griscom and

Curtis Allen Griscom. Don and Barbara live on a farm southwest

of Lincoln on Sugar Hill Road. Don is an apple grower, farmer

and runs a rural milk route. Floyd Griscom died in 1977 and is

buried in the Cane Hill Cemetery.

Cleopatra Bell (Cleo) Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1909.

Cleo married Edward Metz III in 1930. They had two sons.

Edward (Eddie) Metz IV. Eddie has two children: Lela Karen

Metz and Edward Metz V. Eddie and Jyene live in El Reno,

Oklahoma. Cleo and Edward's second son, Jerry Claude, died at

two years. Cleo is now married to Charles Dixon, and lives in

Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Esther Matilda Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1911. She

married Raymond Uhl in 1938. They have one daughter, Sandy

Uhl Drake. Sandy has two sons: Dean Drake and Scott Drake.

David and Sandy Drake and Raymond and Ester Uhl live in St.

Louis, Missouri.

William Claude Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1914. He

died in 1932 and is buried in Cane Hill Cemetery.

Mildred Heloise Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1917. She

married Harold Watts in 1938. They had three sons: William

Gary Watts, Ronald Lee Watts and James Robert Watts. Mildred

Watts now lives in Modesto, California.

James Moore Griscom was born at Lincoln in 1920. He died

in 1923 and is buried in Cane Hill Cemetery. This concludes the

nine children of Claude and Sarah Griscom.

William Clark Griscom (The second son of William H. and

Nancy Griscom) married Addie Grimsley in 1900. He was a

farmer and lived near Sugar Hill. He and Addie had two sons:

Leonard Griscom born in 1902 and Cage Griscom born in 1904.

William C. died in 1905 several months after the birth of his

second son. He is buried in Bethesda Cemetery.

Leonard Griscom married Berlene Dodson in 1925. They

lived on a farm near Cincinnati. They had three sons: James

Griscom, Jerry Griscom and Donald W. Griscom. James

married Pat Eddy and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jerry married

Irene Wilson. They have two children: Shirley Griscom Baker

and Dale Griscom. Jerry and Irene Jive on a farm near

Cincinnati, Arkansas. Donald W. married Suzanne Lee. They

have two children: Phillip Griscom and Roberta Griscom. Don

and Suzanne live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Leonard Griscom

died in 1970 and is buried in Old Union Cemetery near Cincinnati.

Cage Griscom married Henry Gibson in 1928. They had three

children: Billy Gene Gibson, Anna May Gibson and John David

(J. D.) Gibson. Billy Gene married Pauline Deemartine. They

have three children: Launa Gibson Anderson, Valarie Gibson,

and John Gibson. Billy Gene and Pauline live in Georgia. Anna

May married Clark Ray. They have one child, Gordon Ray.

Clark and Anna May live in Claremore, Oklahoma.

J. D. married Jolene Anderson. They have two children: Karen

Gibson Pierson and Harold Gibson. J. D. and Jolene live in Lincoln,

Arkansas. Cage Gibson died in 1981 and is buried in Ganderville

Cemetery near Summers.

The family of William H. Griscom has traced their heritage

back to Betsy Griscom Ross, maker of the American Flag.

By: Barbara Griscom