Joseph C. Grisham Family
L-R in front:
Eliza (Harville) and Joseph C. Grisham, standing behind them are their two youngest children;
Eliza Jane and Edward Blant Grisham. Joseph C. Grisham was born March 27, 1839 in Smith co.
his parents were Joseph G. Grisham and Nancy Overton. Eliza (Harville) Grisham was born
Jan. 1, 1841 in Smith co. her parents were David and Mary Harville.
Joseph and Eliza Grisham had eight children; Mary Elizabeth, James Sidney, David Burton,
Leonard R., Martha, Tennie Alice, Eliza Jane and Edward Blant.
Tennie Alice married Fleming F. Overstreet and they are my great grandparents. (pictured on this site)
The family name Grisham is misspelled in census years prior to 1880 as Grissom and Grissim.