Jesse Foster GRIGSBY

1819 - 1890  (71 years)

• Name	Jesse Foster GRIGSBY
  Born	23 Feb 1819	Roane County, Tennessee, United States
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  _UID	FE94A6CE829E1A4D970009CEC05395892C51
  Died	25 May 1890	, Napa, California, United States
  Person ID	I2079	SteveParker
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	George A. GRIGSBY,   b. Abt 1781, , Stafford, Virginia, United States ,   d. Aft 1850, , Polk, Missouri, United States  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Rebecca JAMES,   b. 1782, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1829  (Age 47 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1805	, Blount, Tennessee, United States
  _UID	E9082E75E1226648A0195A169037D6879254
  Family ID	F319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret R. ALEXANDER,   b. 5 Mar 1819, , Guilford, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1902, , Napa, California, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1837	Monroe, , , Tennessee, United States
  _UID	D3EA4D3F2936044FBD904FB85A0EBC940764
  Children	1. Pulaski Devoulquit GRIGSBY,   b. 24 Apr 1838, , Pulaski, Missouri, United States ,   d. 11 May 1900, Walter Springs, Napa, California, United States  (Age 62 years)   2. William T. GRIGSBY,   b. Abt 1844   3. John W. GRIGSBY,   b. Abt 1846   4. Rebecca GRIGSBY,   b. Abt 1858   5. Willis P. GRIGSBY,   b. 14 Dec 1851, Yountville, Napa, California, United States   6. James GRIGSBY   7. Jesse Frank. GRIGSBY
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jesse was born in Roane County Tennesse, and moved to Monroe County, Tennessee when he was young and was schooled there. In 1837 he moved to Pulaski County, Missouri to farm. Then to Greene County in 1840. In Sept 1850 he Moved to Napa County, California via Truckee, and farmed with his brother, Captain John Grigsby Newspaper Gleanings JESSE GRIGSBY Jesse Grigsby was born in Roane County, Tennessee, on 23 Feb. 1819, a son of George and Rebecca James Grigsby. He was educated in Monroe County, Tennes­see, and was married in Tennessee in 1837. The family then moved to Pulaski County, Missouri, where he farmed and raised stock until 1840. They moved to Greene County, Missouri, and continued farming there for ten years. On 19 Feb. 1850, they started across the plains for California, coming via the Green River route and South Pass, entering the state by the Truckee route. They arrived in Napa County, California, on 18 Sept. 1850, and settled with his brother, Capt. John Grigsby, who was then living in the Napa Valley. There Jesse began farming and stock raising again. In 1872 he sold his valley property to D. Emerson, and moved to Berryessa valley. After one year there, he gave his farm to his son, P.O., and retired from the business. During his residence in Napa County, Jesse served two terms as Supervisor and later was City Marshal of Napa. In August, 1886, he had an accident in which he was seriously injured, according to the newspaper account, because he weighed nearly 300 pounds. Jesse's health declined during his last years, when he was subject to fre­quent and severe attacks. He died'on 25 May 1890, at his home on Coombs Street in Napa, and was buried from the Christian Church there. The children of Jesse and his wife (Margaret R. Alexander) were born in Missouri and California. His wife and seven children survived him-Pulaski D., William T., John W., Rebecca, Willis P., James, and Jesse F. Grigsby. (The Napa Register, Friday, 30 May 1890, page 3, columns 2, 3, and 4. The Napa County Reporter, 13 Aug. 1886, page 1, column 8.) Contributed by Ida DeMay Wilson, Napa, California.