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Thomas Jefferson Grass, a teacher and farmer in Union district, Lincoln county,
was born in this county, February 3, 1856, and his parents, Peter and Melinda (Spurlock) Grass, settled on
Trace fork of Mud river, about sixty years ago, when this part of the country was a wilderness, inhabited
principally by wolves, panthers and bears. In Lincoln county, March 27, 1879, Thomas J. Grass and Stella
Frances Wigington were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, and their home has been brightened by two
children: Margie, born August 13, 1880; Berta, Apr 4, 1882. Mrs. Grass joined the Missionary Baptist Chunth
in 1880. She was born in Franklin county, Virginia, January 27, 1820, and her parents are Peyton Richard and
Malinde Jane (Oxley) Wigington. Thomas J. Grass has been a most successful teacher of public schools in
Lincoln county for seven years and is respected by all in the community in which he lives. His address is
Griffithsville, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.